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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1862

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Central Police Court. Tuesday. Before the Mayor, the Police Magistrate, and Messrs. Ronald, Day, P[?]den, and S. Cohen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1862 · page 4

Five persons apprehended for drunkenness were discharged. William Stewart, a mute, was on the 22nd ultimo given into the custody of sergeant Sutton, charged with having…

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Suburban Municipalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1862 · page 5

BALMAIN.—A meeting of the council was held at the chambers, Darling-street, on Monday, the 10th instant, Present—Mr. N. D. Steahouse, chairmen; councillors Beattie, Booth, Cameron, Church, Cohen, Elliott,…

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Inauguration of the Lord Mayor of Dublin for 1862

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 26 March 1862 · page 6

New Year's Day the installation, of Alderman Denis Moylan, Lord Mayor for the ensuing year took place with the customary formalities. At eleven o'clock, the Alderman and members of the…

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Municipal Nuisances, As Illustrated in the Case of Marrickville. To the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 March 1862 · page 5

SIR,— I desire, through the medium of your paper, to call the attention of the public to the very great annoyance to which many are now being subjected by the unjustifiable eccentricities of some of the small…

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Municipal Council

Empire · Tuesday 1 April 1862 · page 4

THE fortnightly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon, at 3 p.m., in the Council chambers, Wynyard-square, His Worship the Mayor in the chair, Present were Aldermen Speer, [?]…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1862 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was herld [?] Town Hall W[?]yard-spuare, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Present—the right worshipral the Mayer, and Aldermen Speer, Raphael, Sutton, Aitken, Smithers,…

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Municipal Council

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 2 April 1862 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the Sydney Municipal Council was held on Monday afternoon, at 3 p.m., in the Council chambers, Wynyard-square. QUESTIONS…

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Sydney Municipal Council

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 April 1862 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council to held in the Town Halt Wynyard-square, at 3 o'clock on Monday afternoon. Present—the Right Worshipful the Mayor, and Aldermen Speer, Raphael, Sutton, Aitken. Smithers…

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Municipal Nuisances, As Illustrated in the Case of Marrickville. To the Editor of the Sydney Mail

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 April 1862 · page 8

SIR,—I desire, through the medium of your paper, to call the attention of the public to the very great annoyance to which many are now being subjected by the unjustifiable [?]centricities of some of the small…

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To the Worshipful the Mayor and Corporation of the City of Sydney. (Per favour of the Herald.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1862 · page 5

GENTLEMEN,—Endurance has its limits. My neglected state, I can put up with no longer. The lives of my supporters are endangered—the absence of drainage being productive of fevers, of which you have lately had such a…

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The Privy Council. Australian Appeal Cases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1862 · page 8

THE appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, in the case of "Humphery and Christian v. Nowland," has been heard before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council; present, Lord Chelmsford, Lord Justice Knight Bruce,…

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, February 24. (Present, the Right Hon. Lord KINGSDOWN, the MASTER of the ROLLS, and Sir J. T. Coleridge.) Lang V. Purves and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 April 1862 · page 5

The arguments in this appeal from Australia were resumed to-day, but not concluded when their Lordships adjourned. Mr. Anderson, Q.C., and Mr. Dickinson are for the appellant, and the Solicitor-General and Mr. Godfrey Lushington for the…

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Privy Council. The Bank of Australasia v. Harris

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1862 · page 5

The following is the Judgment of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the Appeal of the Bank of Australasia v. Harris, from Queensland; heard 21st June, 1861; delivered February 8th, 1862…

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The Scene of the First General Council

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 23 April 1862 · page 3

In the close of the month of May, 1853, it was my good fortune to be descending, in the moonlight of an early morning, from the high wooded steep of one of the mountain ranges in Bithynia…

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The Privy Council. Australian Appeal Cases

Sydney Mail · Saturday 26 April 1862 · page 7

LANG v. PURVES AND OTHERS.—The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, February 24.—(Present, the Right Hon. Lord KINGSDOWN, the MASTER of the ROLLS, and Sir J. T. COLERIDGE.)—The arguments in this appeal from Australia were resumed…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 April 1862 · page 4

THE Municipal Council will meet to-day at 3 p.m. The business on the notice paper consists entirely of motions for the adoption of the reports of various committees appointed by the Council…

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Municipal Council

Empire · Tuesday 29 April 1862 · page 4

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council took place yesterday, at the Council-chambers, his Worship the Mayor in the chair. The following Aldermen were present:—Sutherland, Spear, Raphael, Sutton,…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1862 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held in the Town Hall, Wynyard-square, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon. Present, the Right Worshipful the Mayor, and Aldermen Speer, Raphael, Sutton, Spence,…

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Municipal Council

Freeman's Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1862 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council' took place at the Council chambers, his Worship the Mayor in the chair. The minutes of last meeting were read and…

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Parramatta. Municipal Council.—monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1862 · page 2

[?]E council met on Monday at the usual hour. Present; [?]e Mayor and Aldermen Pye, Harvey, Houison, Williams, Trott, Payten, Taylor, and Neals. Minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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