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Council & local affairs, 1852

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The Municipal Election

Empire · Thursday 4 November 1852 · page 2

A POLL of the citizens will be oponed this morning at 9 o'clock for the election of ten City Councillors. Twenty-three gentlemen have been placed in nomination, of…

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Quarterly Meeting of the City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 3

A Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the City of Sydney, will be holden at the Town Hall, York-street, on Tuesday the 9th day of November instant, at 12 o'clock noon. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Van Diemen's Land.--legislative Council. Tuesday, 12th OCTOBER, 1852. Norfolk Island Convicts Per Ship "Sir R. SEPPINGS."

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 7

Mr. ANSTEY, being called upon by the Speaker, moved, pursuant to notice, the following resolution:--" That the recent introduction of incorrigible offenders from Norfolk Island in the ship Sir R. Seppings is calculated to obstruct the Immigration to this…

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The Municipal Election

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 2

Monday last being the day appointed for the nomination of City Councillors, a meeting of the citizens was held at the Town Hall, at which from two hundred to three hundred persons were present…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 November 1852 · page 2

A QUARTERLY meeting of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall to-morrow, at 12 o'clock. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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The Municipal Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 November 1852 · page 2

SATURDAY being the day appointed by the Mayor for the official declaration of the result of the municipal elections in the city, at two o'clock P.M., about 100 people assembled in…

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City Council

Empire · Wednesday 10 November 1852 · page 2

Pursuant to notice, the quarterly meeting of the City Council took place at the Town Hall yesterday. The members present were, the Mayor,…

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City Council. Quarterly Meeting, November 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 November 1852 · page 2

PRESENT: The Mayor; Aldermen Ryan and Brown. Councillors—Hogan, Campbell, Simmons, Driver, Cockburn, Thomas, Oatley, Eldridge, Weeks, and Lenehan…

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City Council. Quarterly Meeting, November 9

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 11 November 1852 · page 9

Present: The Mayor; Aldermen Ryan and Brown. Councillors—Hogan, Campbell, Simmons, Driver, Cockburn, Thomas, Oatley, Eldridge, Weeks, and Lenehan…

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City Council. Tuesday, November 9

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 13 November 1852 · page 5

A quarterly meeting of the City Council was held on Tuesday last. Present--The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Aldermen Brown aud Ryan; Councillors Hogan, Simmons, Campbell, Cockburn, Eldridge, Driver, Thomas, Oatley, Weekes, and Lenehan…

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To the Honourable the Legislative Council of New South Wales

Empire · Wednesday 17 November 1852 · page 3

The Petition of the undersigned sheweth:- "That your petitioners are aware that there are two Bills before your Honourable House; one, entitled 'An Act for granting a Civil List to…

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Sydney Polich Office.—friday. (Before the Police Magistrate, Alderman Egan, J. P., and occasionally Mr. M'L[?]rie, J. P.)

Empire · Saturday 20 November 1852 · page 2

SUSPICION OF STEALING.—James Barker and Elizabeth Barker who had been remanded from the previous day, were again brought up on thecharge of stealing a halter, the property of one…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day. Tuesday, November 23. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 November 1852 · page 3

1. Mr. NICHOLS to move-(1.) That the estibhshment of a Settlement at Albany Island or or the neighbourhood thereof, is an object of paramount importance, of essential to the…

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SATURDAY, 2 o'clock. City Council Nomination

Empire · Monday 22 November 1852 · page 3

Noon, this day, being the time for the Nomination of Candidates for the six vacancias in the City Council, the Mayor and Town Clerk, and about forty other persons attended at the Town…

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The Empire. Monday, November 22, 1852. the Re-assembling of the Council

Empire · Monday 22 November 1852 · page 2

TO-MORROW the Legislative Council resumes its sittings. It is a critical business which will now devolve on it. The short time it can sit this year will be scarcely…

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Municipal Election

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 November 1852 · page 2

PURSUANT to advertisement, on Saturday last a meeting of the citizens, convened by the Mayor, assembled in front of the Town Hall, York-street, to elect members to serve in the…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 November 1852 · page 2

The Council met, pursuant to adjournment. The attendance of members was by no means full. About a dozen nominee and fourteen representative members were present…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, November 23

Empire · Wednesday 24 November 1852 · page 2

Pursuant to adjournment, the SPEAKER took the chair shortly after three o'clock. GENERAL GRIEVANCES. The SPEAKER reported that he had received…

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Precis of the Legislative Council Business for This Day

Empire · Wednesday 24 November 1852 · page 3

GOVERNMENT BUSINESS—ORDERS OF THE DAY:- Estimates for 1852-3; to be further considered in Committee, with Riessages Nos. 46, 52. Police Disqualifying Bill; second rending…

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Sydney Police Office.—tuesday. (Bofore the Right Worshipful the Mayor and S. Peek, Esq., J.P.)

Empire · Wednesday 24 November 1852 · page 3

STREET ROBBERY.—William Smith, alias Burnes, was charged with stealing, on the previous afternoon, a £20 note from a girl about 13 or 14 years of age, named Bridget Moore, lt appears that…

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