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Council & local affairs, 1853

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Sydney Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor and the Police Magistrate.)

Empire · Wednesday 15 June 1853 · page 3

LARCENY.—Henry Harris was committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions, for stealing a chair, valued at 18s., from the shop of a cabinetmaker named Hanslow, in George-street. The prisoner…

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Legislative Council Business of To-day Government Business. Orders of the Day

Empire · Wednesday 15 June 1853 · page 3

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 13, with Gauge of Railway Bill. Publicans' Licensing Bill; second reading. Trustee Bill; third reading…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1853 · page 2

The Speaker took the chair at half-past three. GAUGE OF RAILWAYS BILL. In the absence of the Colonial Secretary, the…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 15

Empire · Thursday 16 June 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past threo o'clock. POSTPONEMENTS. The first reading of the Law Pleading Bill was…

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Council Paper. Coins of the United Kingdom. (Current in Australia.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 June 1853 · page 2

DESPATCH from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, February 28, 1853. Sir,—I transmit to you an Order in Council…

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Legislative Council Business of To-day. Government Business.—orders of the Day

Empire · Thursday 16 June 1853 · page 3

Consideration of Government-General's Message No. 15, respecting the currency in this colony of Coins of the United Kingdom. Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 19,…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at a quarter past three. CURRENCY. On the motion of the COLONIAL…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, June 16

Empire · Friday 17 June 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. POSTPONEMENTS. On the motion of the COLONIAL…

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

Empire · Friday 17 June 1853 · page 2

QUITTING SYDNEY FOR THE GOOD THEREOF.— Sarah Dade, one of those unfortunates who are always visiting the Police Office, was chaged by 16 A with drunkenness and disorderly conduct…

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Legislative Council Business of To-day. Notices of Motion

Empire · Friday 17 June 1853 · page 2

Mr. FLOOD to move that an Address p[?] presented to his Excellency the Governor-General, praying that his Excellency will be pleased to cause to be placed upon the Supplementary Estimate for the year 1853, a sum of…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. HARD LABOUR BILL. This Bill was read a first time and ordered to be read a second time on Wednesday next…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half-past three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the following papers: -- (1.) Return to an address in reference to the…

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Council Papers. Gold Discoveries. To the honourable the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in Council assembled

Empire · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 6

The petition of William Tom, junior, and James Tom, both of Springfield, near Bathurst, and of John Lister, of Guyong, near Bathurst, in the colony of New South Wales, yeoman—…

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Domestic Intelligence Legislative Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 9

The Speaker took the chair at half-past three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL-SECRETARY laid upon the table a return to an address in reference to the…

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Legislative Council. Friday, June 17

Empire · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 4

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

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Sydney Police Court.—friday. (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, Captain Wingate, C. H. Chambers, Esq., Captain Moriarty, Dr. Huntley, and—Darvail, Esq., J.P.'s.)

Empire · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 8

DISTURBANCE IN THE VICTORIA THEATRE. George Gammie, Esq., appeared to answer the complaint of Mr. Henry Huison, a draper, recently arrived in the colony by the Great Britain…

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The Empire. Monday, June 20, 1853. the Quixotes of the Council

Empire · Monday 20 June 1853 · page 2

THOSE valorous knights (of the shire) Dr. Douglass and Mr. Martin, have been pointing their respective lances at the windmills of National Education. To…

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Sydney Police Court.—saturday. (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, the Police Magistrate, and G. Hill, Esq., J.P.)

Empire · Monday 20 June 1853 · page 2

OUT OF THE FIRE INTO THE FRYING PAN.—A man named John Lynch was dealt with a day or two ago for being drunk. No sooner was he released upon payment of the fine, than he was arrested…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, June 20, 1853. 'Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' Council Papers. Proposed Railway Between Newcastle and Maitland. No. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 June 1853 · page 2

COPY of a letter from W. C. WENTWORTH, Esq, M.L C., to the Hon, the COLONIAL SECRETARY. Sydney, May, 1853…

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City Council

Empire · Tuesday 21 June 1853 · page 2

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

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