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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1857

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City Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 2 May 1857 · page 2

The Municipal Council met on Monday at three o'clock. After some routine matters, petitions were received from the inhabitants of Wynyard-square asking a water supply; from residents in…

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Municipal Council

Empire · Monday 4 May 1857 · page 4

A meeting of the Municipal Council will be held this afternoon, at 3 o'clook. The following are the notices of motion placed on the business paper for the day:- 1. By Aldermnn MOSES—That the first duty of the…

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Municipal Council. Monday, May 4Th, 1857. (Present the Mayor and all the Aldermen.) Minutes and Correspondence Read

Empire · Tuesday 5 May 1857 · page 4

The Finance Report was presented and received, the Report on the crossing at the Market Wharf was read and received. Alderman Moses presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Wynyard-square, praying…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1857 · page 5

THE Right Worshipful the Mayor took his seat at 3 o'clock p.m., precisely. There was a full attendance of Aldermen. The TOWN CLERK read the minutes of the previous…

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Parliament of Tasmania. (From the Tasmanian Daily News, April 25.) Legislative Council. Friday, April 24, 1857

Empire · Wednesday 6 May 1857 · page 2

The honorable the President took the chair shortly after 4 o'clock. Present—The Honorables Messrs. Wedge, Whyte, Walker, Henty, Bedford, Innes, Kermode, Nairn, Knight…

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Municipal Council

Empire · Saturday 9 May 1857 · page 2
Also in Freeman's Journal

The next meeting of this body will be held on Monday afternoon, at 3 o'clock. The following are the NOTICES OF MOTION. 1. By Alderman HOGAN—That the three Aldermen…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 May 1857 · page 5

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, King-street, on Monday, the 11th instant, at 8 o'clock in the afternoon, for considering the following NOTICES OF MOTION…

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Municipal Council. Monday, May 11Th, 1857. (Present the Mayor and fifteen Aldermen.) Minutes of Previous Meeting

Empire · Tuesday 12 May 1857 · page 4

The business of the Council was opened by the Town Clerk reading the minutes of the business transacted at the last meeting, hich was unanimously confirmed. FINANCE REPORT…

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Municipal Council. the Right Worshipful the Mayor took his seat at three o'clock, before a full board of Aldermen. MINUTES

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 May 1857 · page 5

The minutes of the former meeting were read and confirmed. FINANCE REPORT. On the motion of Alderman HOGAN, the report of…

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Central Police Court.—tuesday. (Before Alderman Hill, the Police Magistrate, Mr. Gordon, Mr. Weekes, and Mr. Egan.)

Empire · Wednesday 13 May 1857 · page 4

Five drunkards were disposed of int he usual manner, Esther Pickering and Sarah King were each fined £1. for being drunk and using obsence language. Mary Moran, an idle and disorderly character, was…

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Municipal Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 May 1857 · page 3
Also in Empire

The Right Worshipful the Mayor took his scut at three o'clock, before a full board of Aldermen, The minutes of the former meeting and the report of the Finance Committee were approved…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1857 · page 2

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, King-street, on Monday, the 18th instant, at three o'clock, in the afternoon, for considering the following NOTICE OF MOTION…

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Proceedings of the Executive Council respecting the re-establishment of an Observatory. Minute No. 55-12. Dated 4 April, 1855

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 May 1857 · page 3

His Excellency tho Governor-General lays before the Council a Memorandum explanatory of the advantages which would ensue on there-establishment of an Observatory in this colony. 2. The Council express their entire concurrence in his…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1857 · page 5

THE Right Worshipful the Mayor took his seat at three o'clock, there being then a full attendance of Aldermen. CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES…

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Municipal Council. Monday, May 18Th, 1857

Empire · Tuesday 19 May 1857 · page 4

The Right Worshipful the MAYOR took the chair at 3 o'clock. There was a full attendance of Aldermen. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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City Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 23 May 1857 · page 4

The Municipal Council met on Monday at three o'clock. The routine business having been transacted ; reports recommending improvements in differents parts of the city were read. Petitions…

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The Mayor's First Ball. To the Editor of the Empire

Empire · Monday 25 May 1857 · page 5

SIR—Would not our new Mayor have better studied the public taste and his own dignity by treating the citizens to a proper dress ball than by inviting them to a fancy ball, where, as is well known, the most…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 June 1857 · page 3

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney will be holden at the Town Hall, King-street, on Monday, the 1st June, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. NOTICES OF MOTION…

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