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Council & local affairs, 1853

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Legislative Council. Friday, May 27. Hackney Carriages and Omnibuses

Empire · Monday 30 May 1853 · page 2

Mr. THURLOW, in pursuance, of notice, rose to move for leave to introduce a Bill to amend the Law relating to Hackney-carriages and Omnibuses. He was sorry to trouble the House by…

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Council Papers. Australian Museum

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1853 · page 2

COPY of a letter from the Secretary to the Australian Museum, to the Colonial Secretary. Australian Museum, March 15, 1853…

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Legislative Council Business of To-day. Notices of Motion

Empire · Tuesday 31 May 1853 · page 2

Mr. MARTIN to move, (1). That in the opinion of this House the time has arrived when the most prompt and vigorous steps should be taken to permanently construct the following leading…

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Sydney Police Court.—monday. (Before the Right Worhsipful the Mayor, the Police Magistrate, and S. Daniells, Esq., J.P.)

Empire · Tuesday 31 May 1853 · page 2

MIDNIGHT REVELLERS.—John Collins and George Prosser, were placed at the bar by Sergeant Ditcham, for disorderly conduct. The Sergeant stated, that shortly after midnight, a large…

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Our Municipal Affairs. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Tuesday 31 May 1853 · page 3

SIR—I am taking notes of Sydney, and amongst the many that come under my notice are the following:—What are the duties of the Corporation of Sydney? and do they perform those…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1853 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITION. Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 31

Empire · Wednesday 1 June 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. PETITION.—WENTWORTH GOLD FIELDS COMPANY…

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Council Papers. National Education. Fifth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in New South Wales for the Year 1852

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1853 · page 2

We, the Commissioners of National Education in New South Wales, beg leave to submit to your Excellency this our fifth Report— 1. NUMBER OF SCHOOLS IN OPERATION…

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The Late Monumental City—its Late Captain—and the Scandalous and Useless Waste of Human Life, Occasioned on Your Coast, by His Omission or Commission. to the Attorney-general (As Grand Jury) and to the Executive Council of New South Wales. (Per favour of the Empire.)

Empire · Wednesday 1 June 1853 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—It is asserted in the pubolic journals of Sydney, that, a foreigner, a Captain of an American steamer, on this well-known and safe coast, has managed to destroy upwards of thirty…

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Council Paper. National Education

Empire · Friday 3 June 1853 · page 2

Fifth Report of the Commissioners of National Education in New South Wales, for the year 1852. To his Excellency Sir Charles Augustus Fitz…

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Legislative Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 June 1853 · page 9

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITION. Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from William…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. PETITION

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 4 June 1853 · page 2

MR. MARTIN presented a petition from William Charles Wentworth, Chairman, and George Witt, Gilbert Elliott, and Gother Kerr Mann, three of the Directors of the Wentworth Gold Fields Company, praying for leave to introduce a Bill to incorporate the…

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Alderman Thurlow versus the Sydney Corporation. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1853 · page 2

GENTLEMEN,—During the debates on Hackney carriages, in the Legislative Council, on Friday evening last, one of the city members, Mr. Alderman Thurlow, took an opportunity to…

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

Empire · Tuesday 7 June 1853 · page 3

Resumption of the Adjourned Debate on Mr. Flood's Water Committee. Limited Liabilities Bill; second reading. Tenements Bill; second reading…

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Sydney Police Court.—monday. (Before the Right Worshipful the Mayor, and Messrs, Daniells and Hargraves, J P.'s)

Empire · Tuesday 7 June 1853 · page 3

RAILWAY ACT.—Last week, a young man named Patrick Donoghue, was fined in the minimum panalty of 5s. for damaging the works at the railway, by walking on the slopes, and…

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Legislative Council. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day. Tuesday, June 7. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1853 · page 2

Mr. HOLROYD to move:—(1.) That a select committee be appointed to inquire into, and report upon the propriety of placing the construction, management, and control of the Public Works of the Colony under a Beard…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1853 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. MESSAGES. The following messages from his Excellency…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 7

Empire · Wednesday 8 June 1853 · page 5

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following Messages from his Excellency…

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

Empire · Wednesday 8 June 1853 · page 4

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 12, with Publicans' Licensing Bill. Sydney Museum Bill; second reading. Allens Naturalization Bill; to be considered in…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1853 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITIONS. Mr. COWPER presented a petition from…

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