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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1856

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Parliamentary Intelligence. Legislative Council. Friday, June 6, 1856. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4 o'clock. Ministerial Explanations

Empire · Saturday 7 June 1856 · page 2

At quarter after four o'clock, in obedience to the call [?]f the honorable the President, Mr. E. DEAS THOMSON, rose and said,—It would be in the recollection of the House, that a few evenings ago…

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Council Papers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1856 · page 5

[THE following are the Bills introduced by the Chief Justice.] A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATION TO WITNESSES IN ACTIONS; AND TO…

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Acts of Council. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

Empire · Saturday 14 June 1856 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has intimated in his despatch under date the 4th March last, No. 32, that the Queen has…

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Cape Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, 3Rd April, 1856. Responsible Government

Empire · Monday 16 June 1856 · page 2

Sir A STOCKENSTROM rose to move,—"That in the opinion of this House, there should be a Responsible Ministry, to advise the Governor in the execution of the powers and authorities committed to him by her Majesty's…

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Parramatta Streets. (From the Government GAzette.) Executive Council, Sydney, 13th June, 1856

Empire · Wednesday 18 June 1856 · page 5

His Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, directs it to be notified, in conformity with the Act of Council, 2 Victoria, No. 2, that the breadth of the Carriage-ways and Foot-ways of…

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Council Paper. Railways. (Report from Commissioners of Sydney and Hunter River Railways.) Railway Office, Sydney, 19th February, 1856

Empire · Wednesday 18 June 1856 · page 2

SIR, 1. In accordance with the provisions of the 12th clause of the Government Railway Act, the Commissioners for Railways do themselves the honour to…

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Council Papers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1856 · page 2

THE following have been laid upon the table of the House of Abssembly, and ordered to be printed…

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Council Papers. Sale of Lands. Report From the Surveyor-general to the Colonial Secretary

Empire · Friday 20 June 1856 · page 2

Surveyor-General's Office, Sydney, 12th May, 1856. SIR—I have the honour to forward herewith, as information connected with the sales of land, and for the consideration of his Excelleney the Governor-General,…

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The Empire. Friday, June 20, 1856. Municipal Government

Empire · Saturday 21 June 1856 · page 4

THE subject of local self-government will shortly occupy the attention of the Legislature. Mr. COWPER has given notice of a measure for the restoration of municipal institutions to the…

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Council Paper. University of Sydney. By-laws, Rules, and Regulations

Empire · Wednesday 25 June 1856 · page 5

[All By-laws, Rules, and Regulations, heretofore passed by the Senate of the University of Sydney, and duly approved by his Excellency the Governor-General and the Executive Council (in accordance with the…

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Council Papers. City Sewerage Works. No. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 June 1856 · page 5

The Colonial Secretary to A. Dawson, Esquire. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 20th March, 1856. SIR,—I have the honor to transmit to you a copy of the Report of the "Select Committee" of the Legislative Council on the City…

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Council Paper. City Sewerage Works. No. 1. The Colonial Secretary to A. Dawson, Esquire. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 20th March, 1856

Empire · Saturday 28 June 1856 · page 2

SIR—I have the honour to transmit to you, a copy of the Report of the "Select Committee" of the Legislative Council on the City Commissioners Department, and I am directed by his Excellency the Governor-General to…

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Council Paper. City Commissionrs

Empire · Tuesday 1 July 1856 · page 3

Second Yearly Report of the City Commissioners on General City improvements—the Sewerage—the Water Works—with the State of their Finances, for the year 1855…

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Acts of Council

Empire · Saturday 5 July 1856 · page 1

Yesterday's Government Gazette contains a notification that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has intimated in his Despatches under date the 18th March last, Nos. 36 and 37, and in those under…

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Acts of Council

Empire · Saturday 5 July 1856 · page 4

Yesterday's Government Gazette contains a notification that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has intimated in his Despatches under date the 18th March last, Nos. 36 and 37, and in those under…

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Correspondence. the Legislative Council. (To the Editor of the Freeman's Journal.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 July 1856 · page 2

SIR,— In giving expression to the prevalent feeling of astonishment and disgust at the absence of Catholic representation in the Legislative Council,…

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The Lord President of the Council on Education

Empire · Tuesday 8 July 1856 · page 3

The conversion of the old diocesan school into a trade school, and its opening on the 28th March, at Bristol, was the occasion of a visit from Earl Granville, who had accepted an invitation from the committee to assist at…

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Wollongong Streets. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.) Executive Council, Sydney, 16th July, 1856

Empire · Saturday 19 July 1856 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor-General, with the advice of the Executive Council, directs it to be notified, in conformity with the provisions of the Act of Council, 2nd Victoria, No. 2, that the breadth of the…

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Acts of Council. (From Yesterday's Government Gazette.)

Empire · Saturday 26 July 1856 · page 5

The Right Honourable the Secretary of State for the Colonies has intimated in his Despatches, under dates the 2nd and 4th May last, Nos. 53 and 55, that the Queen has been graciously pleased to approve and…

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XXX. At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 9th day of April, 1856. Present, the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Empire · Tuesday 29 July 1856 · page 4

It is this day ordered by her Majesty in Council, that the prohibitions now subsisting under her Majesty's royal proclamation of the 18th day of February, 1854, and under divers subsequent Orders of Council on the…

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