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Council & local affairs, 1853

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Legislative Council

Empire · Friday 26 August 1853 · page 2

]The following speeches were omitted, in consequence of mechanical obstructions in our office, from our reports of Tuesday's and Wednesday's Council proceedings.]…

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Legislatives Council Business of To-day. Notices of Motion

Empire · Friday 26 August 1853 · page 2

Mr. RICHARDSON to move that the petition of the in habitants of Moreton Bay, against the 51st clause of the Constitution Bill, presented by him on the 18th instant, be printed…

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Sydney Police Court.—tuesday. (Before the Police Magistrate, the Mayor, Captain Darley, and the Superintendent of Police.)

Empire · Friday 26 August 1853 · page 2

THREATENING LANGUAGE.—John Handley was summoned by Mary Handley, his wife, charged with having used very dreadful threats towards her, in c onsequence of which she went in fear of…

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Legislative Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 8
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator

The Speaker took the chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT. The Speaker reported that His Excellency…

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City Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 6

Present -- the Mayor, Alderman Ryan, Councillors, Eldridge Peden, Thomas, Weekes, Watson Broad, Oatley, Arkins, Hogan Simmons, Driver, M'Encroe. The Town Clerk read the minutes of the last meeting…

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Domestic Intelligence. City Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 8

This Council met pursuant to summons at the Town Hall, on Monday, at three o'clock. The TOWN CLERK read the minutes of the last meeting…

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West Indian Council To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 5

GENTLEMEN,—If the witty Baronet, Sir Osborne Gibbs, imagines he has extinguished me, he really is mistaken. With reference to my quotation from Bryan…

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Legislative Council. Friday, August 26

Empire · Tuesday 30 August 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past three. MESSAGES. The following Messages from His Excellency…

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Sydney Police Court—monday. (Before the Mayor and the Police Magistrate.)

Empire · Tuesday 30 August 1853 · page 2

ATTEMPTING SUICIDE.—Jeremiah Meringham, a miserable-looking, man, who trembled in every joint, was charged with attempting to commit suicide by shooting at himself with a pistol. Inspector Singleton deposed…

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Council Paper. Additional and Supplementary Estimates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 August 1853 · page 2

CHARLES A. FITZ ROY, Governor-General. The Governor-General transmits to the Council a further Supplementary Estimate for…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 August 1853 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes alter three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 30

Empire · Wednesday 31 August 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the…

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

Empire · Wednesday 31 August 1853 · page 3

Estimates of Expenditure for 1853-4; to be further considered in Committee. Baggage Bill; third reading. Consideration of Governor-General's Message, with…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday's Debate continued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 September 1853 · page 2

Mr. JAMES MACARTHUR entirely concurred with the honorable gentleman who had last spoken, that this was a question which no member of this House could approach without…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 30. [The following speech was omitted in our report of Tuesday's debate on the Constitution Bill.]

Empire · Thursday 1 September 1853 · page 2

Mr. JAMES MACARTHUR: He quite concurred in the sentiment of the honourable gentleman who spoke last, that this was a question which no member of this House should approach…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 September 1853 · page 3

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes after three. N. S. WALES COAL AND INTER-COLONIAL STEAM NAVIGATION…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 31

Empire · Friday 2 September 1853 · page 2

[The following speeches were omitted in our report of Wednesday's Council proceedings.] THE NEW CONSTITUTION. Dr. DOUGLASS: He never rose to address…

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

Empire · Friday 2 September 1853 · page 3

Resumption of the Adjourned Debate on the Constitution Bill. Powers of Attorney Bill; second reading. Wentworth Gold Field Company's Bill; second reading,…

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