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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1850

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1850 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Thurlow, Brown, Egan, and Fisher; Councillors Jenkins, Moore, Thomas, Flood, Moffitt, Board, Mocdonald, Peden,…

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Legislative Council. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.) PROCLAMATION

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1850 · page 2

Whereas the Legislative Council of New South Wales now stands prorogued to Tuesday, the 26th day of March instant, and it is expedient further to prorogue the same: Now,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1850 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will be held at the Town Hall, York-street, on Monday, March 18, at 3 o'clock P.M., for considering the following…

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City Council. Monday, March 11

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 March 1850 · page 3

Present: The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Thurlow, Brown, Egan, and Fisher; Councillors Jenkins, Moore, Thomas, Flood, Moffitt; Board, Macdonald, Peden, Williams, Thornton, Paton. Lingard, Little, May, Josephson…

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Domestic Intelligence. Legislative Council. Proclamation

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 16 March 1850 · page 2

BY His Excellency Sir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy, Knight Companion of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Captain-General and "Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same, &c…

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City Council Gems. (Being Pearls picked up at Monday's Meeting.)

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 16 March 1850 · page 2

TRYING AN IMPOSSIBILITY.—Mr. Jenkins observed, "I'll take the sense" the the Council. AWFUL SANATORT STATE OF THE WATER COMMITTEE.—Mr. Paton, in speaking of the…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1850 · page 2

PRESENT,—The Mayor, Aldermen Thurlow, Broughton, Fisher, Brown, Egan, and Allen: Councillors Thomas, Thornton, Moore, Driver, Williams, Roberts, Josephson, Flood, Board,…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 4

PRESENT. -- The Mayor, Aldermen Thurlow, Broughton, Fisher, Brown, Egan, and Allen; Councillors Thomas, Thornton, Moore, Driver, Williams, Roberts, Josephson, Flood, Board, Paton, Peden, May, Moffitt, Jenkins, Little, Macdonald, Lingard, Wilkie, and…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 March 1850 · page 3

PRESENT:—The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Fisher, Egan, Thurlow; Councillors Ryan, Thornton, Peden, Moore, Thomas, Board, Paton, Flood, Jenkins, May,…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1850 · page 2

PRESENT: The Major, Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Egan, and Thurlow; Councillors Moore, Driver, Josephson, Board, Thomas, Lingard, Roberts, Jenkins, Moffitt, Flood,…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 30 March 1850 · page 2

PRESENT: -- The Mayor; Aldermen Allen, Broughton, Fisher, Egan, Thurlow; Councillors Ryan, Thornton, Peden, Moore. Thomas, Board, Paton, Flood, Jenkins, May, Josephson, Driver. The business was preceded by Alderman Fisher commenting on…

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Gems Gathered at a Late Meeting of the City Council

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 30 March 1850 · page 3

ALPERMAN FISHER'S CONDESCENSION AND COURTESY.—The Alderman, in a speech opposing a proposition before the Sanbedrim, referred to the Town Clerk as a standard authority to cite…

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Police Office. Thursday. Before Alderman Broughton. M'laughlin v. STEWART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 April 1850 · page 2

This was an information under the 26th section of By-Laws for the Regulation of the Hay, Corn, and Cattle Markets, which set forth that, on the 2nd February last the…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1850 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the City Council was held yesterday, in compliance with a requisition which had been forwarded to the Mayor, for the purpose of taking into consideration…

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Sydney Police Court. Wednesday. Before Mr. Alderman FISHER, J.P. EGAN v. Hawksley and Another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1850 · page 3

This was a criminal prosecution for an alleged libel in the People's Advocate of the 30th ult. The complainant was Mr. John Piper Egan, and the defendants were Messrs…

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Sydney Police Court. Friday, Before Mr. Alderman FISHER, J. P. EGAN v. Hawksley and Another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 April 1850 · page 3

HIS WORSHIP pronounced his decision in the above case at considerable length. Besides enquiring whether the article alluded to was a libel in the mere legal sense of the term he had…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 April 1850 · page 2

A MEETING of the City Council will he he held at the Town Hall, on Monday next, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Legislative Council. Proclamation. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 April 1850 · page 2

WHEREAS the Legislative Council of New South Wales now stands prorogued to the 30th day of April instant: Now, I, Sir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy, Knight Companion of the…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 April 1850 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Allen, Thurlow, Egan, Brown, Broughton; Councillors Macdonald, Thornton, Peden, Thomas, Paton, Board, Moor, Jenkins, Roberts, Little,…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 27 April 1850 · page 4

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Allen, Thurlow, Egan, Brown. Broughton; Councillors Macdonald, Thornton. Peden, Thomas, Baton, Board, Moor, Jenkins, Roberts, Little, Smidmore, Moffitt, May, Driver, Williams, Lingard, Josephson, Neale, and Ryan…

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