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Council & local affairs, 1853

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Council Paper. Immigration. Report, for the Year 1852, From the Immigration Agent. Government Immigration Office, Sydney, 4th July, 1853

Empire · Saturday 6 August 1853 · page 3

SIR—I have the honour to submit, for the information of His Excellency the Governor-General, the following Report on the Immigration to this colony for the year 1852, accompanied by a…

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Council Papers. Immigration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 August 1853 · page 4

REPORT, FOR THE YEAR 1852, FROM THE IMMIGRATION AGENT. Government Immigration Office. Sydney, 4th July, 1853…

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City Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1853 · page 2

A QUARTERLY meeting of the City Council will be held at the Town HalL, this day, Tuesday, at 12 o'clock noon, for considering tho following NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Sydney Police Court.—friday. (Before the Mayor and Samuel Peek, Esq., J.P.)

Empire · Tuesday 9 August 1853 · page 3

DRUNKARDS.—There were thirteen offenders this morning on the list, who were punished with the usual fine of 5s. each. A FEROCIOUS DOG. — George Patten was…

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Legislative Council Business of To-day. Notices of Motion

Empire · Tuesday 9 August 1853 · page 3

Mr. NICHOLS to move that an Address be presented to the Governor General, praying that his Excellency will be pleased to place upon the Supplementary Estimate for the present year, sundry payments to Mr. William…

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Original Correspondence. Letters to the Speaker of the Legislative Council on the Proposed New Constitution. Letter I.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 August 1853 · page 5

SIR,—The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on Mr. Wentworth's motion, to prepare a New Constitution for this colony, have arrived at conclusions, which, in…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 August 1853 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. MESSAGES. The following messages from the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 9

Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at a quartorpast three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following Mesanges from his Excellency…

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Sydney Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Mayor, the Police Magistrate, and George Hill, Esq., J.P.)

Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1853 · page 3

STEALING.—Catherine Brown was charged with stealing a piece of bacon, vaine 5s., from the shop of James Pascoe, grocer, Clarence-street. Pascoe not being able to save his bacon, gave prisoner into…

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Legislativ[?] Council Business of To-day. Government Business. Orders of the Day

Empire · Wednesday 10 August 1853 · page 3

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 25, with Unclaimed Baiances Bill. Estimates of Expenditure for 1853-4; to be further considered in Committee…

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City Council.—tuesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 August 1853 · page 2

PRESENT,—The Right Worshipful the Mayor; Alderman Ryan; Councillors Arkins, Simmons, Driver, Thomas, Hogan, Watson, Peden, M'Encroe, Weekes, Eldridge, and Oatley…

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Meeting of the City Council

Empire · Thursday 11 August 1853 · page 2

The usual Quarterly Meeting of this body was held at the Town Hall yesterday morning, at 12 o'clock, the Mayer in the chair. There were present—Alderman Ryan, Councillors Weekes, Arkins, Peden, Driver,…

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Council Paper. Tambaroora Gold Mines. (Garden Plots.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 August 1853 · page 2

LETTER from Mr. Commissioner Green to the Colonial Secretary. Gold Commissioner's Office, Bathurst, 22nd July, 1853…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 10, 1833. The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past 3 o'clock. Council Paper

Empire · Thursday 11 August 1853 · page 2

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the Table the Return to the Address in reference to Bounty Immigration, adopted on motion of Mr. Martin, on the 31st May last. Ordered to be printed…

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Legislative Council Business of To-day. Government Business. Order to the Day

Empire · Thursday 11 August 1853 · page 2

Baggage Bill; second reading OTHER BUSINES. NOTICES OF [?]O[?]ON. MR. COWPER to move for leave to bring in a Bill to…

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THE Sydney Morning Herald. Thursday, August 11, 1853. 'Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I.' Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 August 1853 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes after three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1853 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 25 minutes after three. MESSAGES. The following Messages from the…

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Council Paper. Emigration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 August 1853 · page 2

COPY of a Despatch from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle to Governor Sir Charles A. Fits Roy. No. 57…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, August 11, 1853

Empire · Friday 12 August 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. MESSAGES. The following Messages from the…

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The City Council Proceedings. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Friday 12 August 1853 · page 3

SIR—Seeing in your issue of this day a report if the proceedings at the quarterly meeting of she City Council, on 10th instant, in which it is tated that the Town Clerk read a letter from the…

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