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Council & local affairs, 1852

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City Council

Empire · Friday 14 May 1852 · page 2

The adjourned quarterly meeting of the City Council took place yesterday at the Town Hall York-street. The Right Worshipful the Mayor having taken the chair, the Town Clerk opened…

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City Council. Thursday, May 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 May 1852 · page 2

PRESENT—The Mayor, Aldermen Egan, Allen, Brown, Ryan; Councillors Thornton, Peden, Thomas, Weekes, Campbell, Roberts, Piddington, Lenehan, Simmons…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 May 1852 · page 3

A Quarterly meeting of the City Council was held on Monday last. Present -- the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Aldermen Egan, and Wilshire: Councillors Campbell, Thornton, Pemell, Williams, Hogan, Peden and Thomas…

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City Council. Monday, May 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 May 1852 · page 2

PRESENT.—The Mayor; Councillors Flood, Thomas, Thornton, Hogan, and Pemell. At a quarter past three there not being a quorum present, the members separated…

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English Extracts. Louis Napoleon's Senate and Council of State. (From the Times, January 28.)

Empire · Tuesday 18 May 1852 · page 2

The choice of the persons who have just been gazetted in the Moniteur to the dignity of the Senate under the new Constitution of France, or to the more…

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

Empire · Thursday 20 May 1852 · page 4

POLICE ACT.—William Lynch was convicted of a breach of the above Act, for riding on his dray in the streets of the City. He was fined ten shillings and half a crown costs. Timothy…

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City Council. Thursday, May 13

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 20 May 1852 · page 9

PRESENT—The Mayor ; Alderman Egan, Allen, Brown, Ryan ; Councellors Thornton, Peden. Thomas Weekes. Campbell, Roberta, Piddington, Lenehan, Simmons…

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Sydney Police Court.—thursday. (Before the Police Magistrate, and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Friday 21 May 1852 · page 2

CUTTING AND MAIMING.—Henry Linfield, a half crazy, eccentric personage, known in the streets of the metropolis by the sobriquet of "the Doctor," was placed at the bar for stabbing…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion, &c., &c., &c

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 22 May 1852 · page 5

THE following notices of Resolutions it is said, will be given for the ensuing meeting of the Legislative body. Contrary to the usual practice on similar occasions they are accompanied by a brief foot note in a different hand writing from that of the body of the…

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Original Correspondence. Sir Charles Fitz Roy and the Mayor of Sydney. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 25 May 1852 · page 2

SIR—As one of the City Councillors elected by the people, I beg to annex you a Ciraular I have received from the Right Worshipful the Mayer. I have abstained from the Levee, not from want…

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

Empire · Wednesday 26 May 1852 · page 2

SQUIBS, CRACKERS, AND CATHERINE WHEELS.— Monday last, being the Queen's birth-day, numbers of persons, in honour of the day, banged off a large and varied assortment of fire-works, in…

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Sydney Pqlice Court.—wedenesday. (Bofore the Police Magistrate and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Thursday 27 May 1852 · page 2

NEGLECTING CHILDREN.—Elizabeth White, a decently dressed young woman, with an infant in her arms, and three little boys by her side, appeared to answer an information filed against her…

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Sydney Police Court.—thursday. (Before the Police Magistrate and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Friday 28 May 1852 · page 3

SLY GROG SELLING.—Mrs. Wright, of Castlereagh-street, appeared to answer to an information filed against her for a breach of the Licensing Act, by having, on the 2nd of last…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 May 1852 · page 4

A MEETING of the City Council will be holden at the Town Hall, on Monday, the 7th day of June, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Sydney Police Court.—saturday. (Before the Police Magistrate, Alderman Egan, and C. H. Chambers, Esquire, J. P.)

Empire · Monday 31 May 1852 · page 2

FALSE CHARGE OF THEFT.—A respectable young woman named Ann M'Carthy, who cried bitterly in the Court, was charged under the following circumstances. Constable M'Caskey deposed that…

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Sydney Police Court.—monday. (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Police Magistrate, and Alderman Egan.)

Empire · Tuesday 1 June 1852 · page 3

AN UNFORTUNATE.—A veteran looking old man, wretchedly dressed, with a long white beard, and in a most emaciated and unclean condition, and who gave his name John Brown, was brought up…

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Sydney Police Court.—wednesday, (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor.)

Empire · Thursday 3 June 1852 · page 2

COMMITTAL.—George Philips, Israel Chapman, and Richard Edsall, who were remanded since Monday, for robbing one Willock, a shoemaker, of some notes, silver, and two pairs of boots,…

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City Council

Empire · Monday 7 June 1852 · page 2

A meeting of this body, convened by the Right Worshipful the Mayor, will be held at the Town Hall, this afternoon, at three o'clock, for the consideration the following business:…

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The Empire. Monday, June 7, 1852. the City Council

Empire · Monday 7 June 1852 · page 2

So much has been send in condemnation of the City Council, and the abuse has been so generally indulged in by all classes, that, to find fault with that body, which…

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City Council

Empire · Tuesday 8 June 1852 · page 2

Parsuant to notice a meeting of the City Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Town Hall. The Right Worshipful the MAYOR having taken the chair, the minutes of the former meeting were…

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