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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1851

586 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 30

Domestic Intelligence. Police Office.—saturday. Before His Worship the Mayor and the Police Magistrate

Empire · Monday 21 April 1851 · page 2

VIOLENT ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO Roh.—William Molloy and Thomas Nolan, were charged with violently assaulting Mr.John Belfield and Mr. Charles Adams, on the Race Course, on…

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City Council. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1851 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—The City Council seems to be in the position of a Shrove Tuesday cock— stuck up for every noodle to have a shy at. It has, however, sufficient of its own sins…

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The Renegade, (A Sketch from the Gallery of the Legist Council.)

Empire · Tuesday 22 April 1851 · page 2

I knew by the slanders disgracefully hurled At the people of Sydney, that Wentworth was near; And I said, if a renegade's found in the world…

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Legislative Council Tuesday, 22Nd April

Empire · Wednesday 23 April 1851 · page 2

Tho Speaker took the Chair at twenty-five minutes after three. DISTRESS FOR RENT. Mr. MARTIN presented a Petition from certain…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. PETITIONS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1851 · page 2

Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from sixty-three residents in the city and its vicinity, praying that the House would pass some enactment for regulating distresses for…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, AriiiL 23

Empire · Thursday 24 April 1851 · page 2

The Speaker took the Chair at twenty minutes after three o'clock. CATTLE SLAUGHTERING BILL. The Order of the Day for the further…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. Post Office Department

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 April 1851 · page 9

Mr. Donaldson moved an address to the Governor, praying for the Report of the Commission on the Post Office Department. Mr. WENTWORTH seconded the motion…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at a quarter past three. Cattle Slaughtering Law Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1851 · page 2

Mr. LAMB presented a petition from the Sydney Board of Health, praying that the Bill at present before the House for amending the laws relative to the slaughtering of cattle,…

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Police Offtce.—thursday. Before Mr. Alderman Egan

Empire · Friday 25 April 1851 · page 3

INDECENCY.—Isaac Hindle was fined £5 for indecently exposing his person in York-street. CALIFORNIAN COLD.—John Frederick Saunders, A working jeweller, residing in Castlereagh street,…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1851 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITION. Mr. DANGAR presented a petition from…

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Legislative Council. TuunsDAY, 24Th April

Empire · Friday 25 April 1851 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. POLLING PLACES. Mr. DANGAR presented a Petition from certain…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday April 22Nd

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 26 April 1851 · page 5

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from certain. landholders in Sydney, praying that the Council would pass a Bill to regulate distresses for rent…

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Legislative Council. Friday, 25Th April

Empire · Saturday 26 April 1851 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr.WESTGARTH presented a petition from…

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Legislative Council. Friday. the Speaker took the chair at half-past three. PETITIONS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1851 · page 4

Mr. WESTGARTH presented a petition from the Town Council of Melbourne, praying for increased representation for that city.—Received…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 29Th April

Empire · Wednesday 30 April 1851 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at half[?]past three o'clock. PETITIONS, Mr. MOOR presented a petition from certain…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday. the Speaker took the chair at half-past three. PETITIONS

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1851 · page 2

Mr. MOOR presented a petition from 73 electors, &c., of Belfast, in the district of Port Phillip, in favour of the vote by ballot.—Received…

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Domestic Intelligence. Legislative Council

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 1 May 1851 · page 9

The Speaker took the chair at half -past three o'clock. PETITION. Mr. DANGAR presented a petition, praying some…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the New Constitution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1851 · page 2

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 8th instant, "to prepare a remonstrance against the Act of Parliament 13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 59," recommend the…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. the Speaker took the chair at half-past three. Immigration Returns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1851 · page 2

A message was brought in from His Excellency the Governor, transmitting certain returns with reference to the immigration department, applied for by an address from the…

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THE Sydney Monring Herald. Thursday, May 1, 1851. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1851 · page 2

THE business of the last session of the Legislative Council will be finished today, and the Council will, it is expected, be prorogued to-morrow. It is not…

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