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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1851

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

Empire · Wednesday 28 May 1851 · page 3

The Council met on Monday at three o'clock. The chair was taken by the Right Worshipful the Mayor. RESIGNATION…

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Police Office— Monday, (Before the Mayor and the Police Magistrate,)

Empire · Tuesday 3 June 1851 · page 2

STEALING,— James Elliott was brought up on the charge of stealing a coat, valued at 21s., from the premises of Messrs. Rossiter and Lazarus, in whose employ he was at the time of the theft. It…

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Police Office.—monday. (Before the Police Magistrate and Mr. O'Neil Brenan; Alderman Egan attended towards the close.) '

Empire · Wednesday 4 June 1851 · page 3

SHOOTING.—William M'Donaid, a woodman, was charged with shooting at a competitor in the same business, on Monday last, under the following circtimstanccs: It appears that Antonio, the person…

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Court of Aldermen. (From the Times, February 19.)

Empire · Thursday 5 June 1851 · page 4

Yesterday a Court was held for the purpose of "receiving the return of the election for an Alderman for the "ward of Walbrook, in the room of Mr. Michaol Gibbs, resigned," and upon other…

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Police Office,—tuesday. (Before Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Wednesday 11 June 1851 · page 3

STEALING—John Foster and Elizabeth Foster, servants in the employ of John Share, of NewTown, were charged with stealing, in notes and silver, £57, a cheque for £3, and an order for…

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Appeal of the New South Wales Council of the Australasian League

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 June 1851 · page 2

THE New South Wales Council of the Australasian Anti-transportation League appeal to their fellow-subjects in the United Kingdom against the grievous injustice inflicted by the…

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Police Office.—monday. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Mr. Alexander, Alderman Egan, and Mr. M'Leric.)

Empire · Tuesday 17 June 1851 · page 2

ASSAULT AND ROBBERY.—Thomas Julien, was charged with assaulting and robbing William May, of Gloucester-street, on Saturday night last, about 12 o'clock. According to the prosecutor's…

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Frecland. Banquet of the Mayor of Drogheda. The newly elected [?]

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 19 June 1851 · page 3

[?] Mayor of Drogheda entertained the his Grace the Lord Primate and the clergy the town and neighbourhood-the members of the corporation and several of the leading…

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Police Office.—thursday. (Before the Police Magistrate, Alderman Egan, and subsequently tho Mayor.)

Empire · Friday 20 June 1851 · page 3

BRUTAL ASSAULT.—A being in human form, though utterly unworthy its glorious attributes, named Mary Mitchell, was brought up on the singular charge of assaulting an infant eighteen…

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City Council

Empire · Friday 20 June 1851 · page 3

A meeting of the City Council will be held at the Town Hall, York-street, on Monday, the 23rd instant, at three o'clock in the afternoon. The following is the business paper:—…

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Police Office.—friday. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Alderman Brown and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Saturday 21 June 1851 · page 3

ASSAULT.—John Roden and William Roden appeared to answer the charge of assaulting John Carminatti, on Thursday morning last. It appears that the defendants are brothers, residing with…

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City Council. a Meeting of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall to-day, at 3 o'clock. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 June 1851 · page 2

By Councillor TIERNEY.—1. That the report of the Board of Health of date 9th May, recommending the removal of a grating in Pittstreet, near Dr. Fullerton's premises, be…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 June 1851 · page 2

PRESENT:—The Mayor; Aldermen Broughton and Brown; Councillors Macdonald, Ryan, Peden, Board, Simmons, Weekes, Peek, Roberts, Tierney, Moora, Neale, Thomas,…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Wednesday 25 June 1851 · page 6

A meeting of the City Council vu hold on Monday, at three o'clock, P. M. Alderman Broughton brought up two report a from the Improvement Committee, one with reference to the construction of wha[?]…

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Police Office.—monday. (Before the Police Magistrate and Alderman Egan.) ABDUCTION

Empire · Wednesday 25 June 1851 · page 3

Patrick Meehan, out on bail, and James Mather, Mary Ryan, and Mary Oates were charged, the first for being principal,and the others for being accessories in the abduction or " taking away"…

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City Council. Monday, 23Rd June

Empire · Wednesday 25 June 1851 · page 3

Present: The Mayor; Aldermen Broughton and Brown; Councillors Macdonald, Ryan, Peden, Board, Simmons, Weekes, Peek, Roberts, Tierney, Moore, Neale, Thomas, Driver, Josephson,…

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Police Office. (Before the Police Magistrate and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Friday 27 June 1851 · page 3

STEALING.— Margaret Smith, Margaret Martin, Henry Reeve, James Newman, and Archibald Oampbell were again brought up on the charge of having been concerned in the robberies of Mr…

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The Law of Appeal to the Privy Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1851 · page 2

FOR the last three-and-twenty years the law of Appeal, so far as this colony is concerned, has remained in a very unsatisfactory condition. That which ought…

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Police Office.—monday. (Before George Hill, Esq., and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Tuesday 1 July 1851 · page 3

ABUSIVENCESS.—Catherine Freeman'was brought up on a charge of having made use of threatening and abusive language, on Wednesday last. The parties it seems, aro neighbours, and the quarrel…

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Dissolution of the Legislative Council. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.) PROCLAMATION. By his Excellency Sir Charles Augustus Fitz Roy, Knight Companion of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Governor-General of all Her Majesty's Australian Possessions, and Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief of the Territory of New South Wales and its Dependencies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 July 1851 · page 2

WHEREAS by a certain Act of the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, passed in the fifth and sixth years of the reign of Her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria,…

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