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Sydney · Council & local affairs
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THE usual periodical meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held at the Town Hall, Wynyard-square. yesterday, at three o'clock. Present: the Mayor, and Aldermen Broughton, Northwood, Cartis, Carahar,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. JOHNSON to move—1. That the practice which has of late prevailed, of spending the public moneys upon the authority of votes of the Legislative Assembly only, is illegal, and subversive of the rights and privileges of this House, and ought not to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—Relying on your desire to promote the success of the municipal institutions now so rapidly being established throughout the colony, I am induced to ask the favour of a spice in your columns to offer a suggestion to the electors of the Balmain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[We extract the following from the columns of the Weekly Register: it will give the clergy, schoolmasters, and laity an opportunity of judging of the quality of the education furnished under the Privy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Johnson to ask the Colonial Secretary—Whether it is the intention of the present Government to take any immediate step[?] to revise the Commission of the Peace? Mr. Johnson to ask the Colonial Secretary—Whether it is the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the 13th December, the small but handsome Chapel built in this district by the munificence of Alexander M'Donnell, St. Anne's Mount, Lasswades, was solemnly blessed and opened for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past four o'clock. COLONIAL SECRETARY'S EXPLANATION. The COLONIAL SECRETARY said that having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty miuutes past four o'clock. KESIG NATION. The PRESIDENT announced that the Hon. David…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past four o'clock. Mr. JOHNSON asked whether it was the intention of the Government to take any immediate steps to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Council met at twenty minutes past four o'clock. THE COMMISSION OF THE PEACE. Mr. JOHNSON, in pursuance of notice, asked the Colonial Secretary, "Whether it was the intention of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE weekly meeting of this Council was held in the Council Chambers, Waverley, an Tuesday, the 3rd instant. Present—The Chairman, Messrs. Birrell, Brown Joseph Vickery, Simmons, Newland, Smith, Watkins,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Both, Houses of the Legislature assembled on Tuesday, pursuant to adjournment. The President announced that Mr. David Jones had resigned his scat, and that his Excellency had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a meeting held on Thursday, 5th April, present,— the Chairman, Mr. C. Moore, and Mr. Dawson, the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. In the absence of the mover Mr. Kidman's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr Deas Thomson to move—1. That the report of the Standing Orders Commit [?] recommanding the adoption of a Standing Order in reference to protests against the passing of any Bill, be now adopted. 2. That the President do now leave the chair, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past four. A message was received from his Excellency the Governor-General, in reply to an address of this House,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE PRESIDRNT tcok his seat at nineteen minutes past four o'clock. KXPENDITUKE-NEW ZEALAND. His Excellency's aide-de-camp was iatroduced, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Tuesday, 3rd April, the PRESIDENT announced that Mr. David Jones had resigned his seat, and that his Excellency had accepted his resignation. Mr. JOHNSON gave notice of his intention to ask the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No business was done—save the reception and order for printing of two messages from the Governor. General—one, in reference to the expenditure of public moneys without the sanction of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall, Wynyard-square, at three o'clock yester day afternoon. Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Aldermen S[?]herland, Williams, Broughton, Oatley, Sutton, Speer, Smithers,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GENTLEMEN,—As it will become your duty, on an early day, to fix the permanent bound[?]ries of the wards, into which the municipality is to be divided, it is hoped that your local prejudices will be laid aside on the occasion, and that the division of the wards…
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