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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1851

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 November 1851 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor, Aldermen Brown, Allen, and Fisher; Councillors Driver, WilHams, Little, Hogan, Ryan, Campbell, Thornton. Pemell, Piddington, Macdonald, Peden,…

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The Empire. Wednesday, November 26, 1851. the Tenth Mayor of Sydney

Empire · Wednesday 26 November 1851 · page 2

THE Mayor of Sydney hitherto has been a functionary but little known beyond our own shores, and enjoying no great share of domestic honour or importance. Any…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 November 1851 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past three. RETURNS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon…

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Legislative Council. Thursday. Petition

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 November 1851 · page 9

Mr. MACARTHUR presented a petition from certain Stock holders and others in Counties of Camden and Westmoreland, for certain relief relative to measurement of lands for sale…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, 26th NOVEMBER

Empire · Thursday 27 November 1851 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair at twenty five minutes past three. PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the…

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Council Papers. Health Officer. Copy of a letter from the Health Officer, to the Colonial Secretary. Sydney, 31st October, 1851

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 27 November 1851 · page 10

SIR,—In compliance with my instructions I have the honour to report to you, for the information of. His Excellency the Governor-General, that in the performance of my duty as health officer of…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 November 1851 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past three. SYDNEY EXCHANGE COMPANY'S BILL…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, 27th NOVEMBER

Empire · Friday 28 November 1851 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at twenty five minutes post three. PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the…

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Leaders of the British Press. the Lord Mayor in Paris. (From the Times, August 5.)

Empire · Friday 28 November 1851 · page 4

The invasions of Peace and of War are very different things, but, leaving Mr. Cobden to describe the difference, we are compelled to admit that they have some…

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Nomination of Aldermen

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 3

On Monday next at 12 o'clock, the citizens will assemble in front of the hustings, in Macquarie-place, to name three fit and proper persons as Aldermen of the city. There are no less…

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The Election of Aldermen

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 2

THE nomination of citizens to fill the office of Aldermen, occasioned by the vacancies which occur on the 1st. December will take place on Monday next. The citizens will it is hoped have an…

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Sydney Police Court.—friday. (Before Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 4

VAGRANCY.—Ann. M'Call, a heroine of the ave was charged by Inspector Singleton, with drunkenness and disorderly conduct in the streets of the city. The prisoner denied the charge, but…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 5

A meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall, on Tuesday, at which were present the Mayor and two and-twenty Councillors and Aldermen. THE WATER…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. MARTIN gave notice of his intention…

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Legislative Council. FRIDAY, Nov. 21

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair at half-past three. The Colonial Secretary laid upon the table a return to an address adopted by the House, on the motion of Mr. Cowper, being a copy of correspondence between the Government and the Judges…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, November 27. Education

Empire · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 4

LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27. EDUCATION. (Continued from our fourth page.)…

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Legislative Council. Thursday. Estimates for 1852

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 2

On the motion of the COLONIAL TREASURER, the House went into Committee on the Estimates of Expenditure for 1852. The COLONIAL TREASURER moved the…

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Victoria. Opening of the First Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 29 November 1851 · page 9

The twelfth day of November, 1851, will date the commencement of a new era in Victora. The Members of the new Council assembled within Saint Patrick's Hall, Melbourne, at noon, aud…

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Legislative Council. Friday, November 28th, 1851

Empire · Monday 1 December 1851 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 28 minutes after three. NOTICES OF MOTION. Mr. MARTIN gave notice that he would on…

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Election of Aldermen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 December 1851 · page 2

YESTERDAY, being the day appointed for the nomination of three gentlemen to serve as Aldermen of the city, in the place of Messrs. Thurlow, Fisher, and Broughton, retired…

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