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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1859

404 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 21

Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 17th

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 19 February 1859 · page 2

Mr. Hood, Moreton Bay, resumed his scat on his return from Europe. The motion for an address for the Lang libel correspondence was disposed of very summarily,…

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The Executive Council. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1859 · page 3

SIR,—The following extract from the Melbourne Argus, January 12th, 1859, discloses the opinion of the Governor of the colony of Victoria on the right of ejected Ministers to retain their seats in the Executive…

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Colonial Parliament. New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1859 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took his [?] minutes past four o'clock. RESIGNATION OF MR LUTWYCHE MR. BAYLEY, ATTORNRY-GENERAL The PRESIDENT intimated to the House that he had received…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1859 · page 3

A MEETING of the Municipal Council will be held, at the Town Hall, on Monday (this day), at 3 p.m., for considering the following notices of motion:- By Alderman THURLOW: That the report of the Finance…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1859 · page 4

THE City Council met yesterday, at three o'clock p.m. Present—the Mayor and twelve aldermen. MINUTES AMD REPORTS. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and…

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Colonial Parliament. New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, 2Nd March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1859 · page 3

THE PRESIDENT took his seat at a quarter-past four o'clock. LOCAL COURT, NUNDLE. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL laid upon the table…

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Bell's Life in Sydney. Sydney, March 5, 1859. Municipal Institutions

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 5 March 1859 · page 2

THE love of liberty is implanted by nature in the breasts of all men, and only increases with indulgence. Like everything else, however, it is measured by comparison,' and what one would…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1859 · page 5

A SPECIAL meeting of the Municipal Council, to receive the annual report of the Finance Committee, was held yesterday, at three o'olock p.m. Present—the Mayor and twelve Aldermen. MINUTES…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1859 · page 3

THE eight quarterly meeting of the new City Council was held at the Town Hall, yesterday, at 12 o'clock a.m., for the transaction of general business. Present—The Right Worshpful the Mayor and Aldermen Williams (1), Murphy, Smithers. Spence, Sutton,…

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Colonial Parliament. New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, 9Th March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 March 1859 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock. RESIGNATION OF MR. JUSTICE THERRY. The PRESIDENT informed the House that he had…

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The Lord Mayor of London on Ecclesiastical Affairs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1859 · page 3

ON the afternoon of Thursday, November 25th, Mr. Alderman Wire, the present Lord Mayor of London, laid the foundation stone of a now Congregational Church at Ware. He was accompanied by his…

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Colonial Parliament. New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, 10Th March

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1859 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-eight minutes past four o'clock. MAITLAND GAS WORKS. Mr. PENNINGTON brought up the report of the…

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The Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 7

On Wednesday, 16th February, Mr. HOOD, resumed his seat on his return from Europe. Several motions on the paper were postponed, on account of the absence of the members who had given…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, 9th March

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 2

The Council met at half-past four. Mr. Bayley intimated that he had been called upon by the Governor to take his place in the Executive Council, and that all that remained to be…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1859 · page 4

A MEETING of the Municipal Council is to be held at the Town Hall this afternoon, at three o'clock, for considering the following notices of motion:- By A 'derman THURLOW: That the report of the Finance…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1859 · page 4

THE City Council met yesterday, at three o'clock p.m. Present: The Right Worshipful the Mayor, and fourteen Aldermen. MINUTES AND REPORTS…

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The Sentence Upon the Mayor of Adelaide. (From the S. A. Register, 1st March.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1859 · page 3

WILLIAM Thompson Sabben, convicted on his own confession of forgery, exhibited, when called up, traces of severe bodily or mental suffering. Alderman Lazar, the prosecutor, said he took that…

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Colonial Parliament. New S0uth Wales. Legislative Council. Thrusday, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1859 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took his seat at half-past four o'clock. There not being a sufficient number of members in the chamber, the bell- was rung, but without…

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Redfern Municipality. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1859 · page 8

SIR,—I am sorry to see a movement on foot to stay the establishm[?] of a municipality for this district, sad the parties convening a meeting, to be held in the Congregational Schoolroom, Botany Road, calling…

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Randwick Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1859 · page 8

A MEETING Qf the electors within the boundaries of the Municipality of Randwick, was held yesterday, for the purpose of electing six councillors, and two auditors, There was a large attendance, and grea' interest was manifested…

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