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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1865

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Municipalities Act—district Councils

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 June 1865 · page 3

TEH following Bill "to Establish District Councils, and to amend the Municipalities Act of 1858," was introduced into the Assembly last week by Mr. Pointer:— Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty by…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1865 · page 5
Also in Empire

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. There were present the following members:—The Golicitor-General, Mr. Deas Thomson, Mr. Allen, Mr…

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Suburban Municipalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1865 · page 5

COOK.—A meeting of the council of, this, municipality was held on the 15th instant. Present—The chairman (Mr. James Larkin), and councillors M'Grath, O'Brien, and Bartley. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. Correspondence:…

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Legislative Council

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 24 June 1865 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. There were present the following members:—The Solicitor-General, Mr Deas Thomson, Mr Allen, Mr…

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The Pretensions of the Legislative Council Defeated

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 24 June 1865 · page 396

THE stand taken by Mr. Cowper against the pretended right of the Legislative Council to amend money bills was worthy of a statesman. Without offering provocation…

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Suburban Municipalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 June 1865 · page 5

RED[?]ERN.—The usual meeting of council was held on the 22nd instant. Present—the chairman (Mr. T. Wild) and councillors Renwick, Ball, Ellison, and Williamson the minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The chairman of the…

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Municipality Meetings

Sydney Mail · Saturday 1 July 1865 · page 9

REDFERN.—The usual meeting of council was held on the 22nd ultimo. Present—the chairman (Mr. T. Wild) and councillors Renwick, Ball, Ellison, and Williamson. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. The chairman of the…

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Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 July 1865 · page 5

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney will be held at the Town Hall, Wynyard-square, this day, the 3rd July, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, for considering the following notices of motion:—…

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The Mayor's Cup

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 July 1865 · page 5

THE nomination for the Mayor's Cup, to be run on the Metropolitan course at Randwick on Thursday, the 7th of next September, closed on Saturday last, with the unusually large number of twenty-seven. There were but thirteen…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 July 1865 · page 2

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, in the chan, and Aldermen Oatley, Raphael, Renny,…

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City Council

Empire · Tuesday 4 July 1865 · page 5

The usual fortnightly meeting of the City Municipal Council was held yesterday afternoon, in the Town Hall, Wynyard-square. Present—The Right Worshipful the Mayor (in the chair; Aldermen Hurley,…

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Suburban Municipalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 July 1865 · page 8

HUNTER'S HILL.—Meeting of this council held Friday, June 30th. Present—The chairman (Dr. Campbell), and councillors Joubert, Jeanneret, W. B. Campbell, and Fitzpatrick. Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Moved by…

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The Mayor's Cup

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 July 1865 · page 2

THE nomination for the Mayor's Cup, to be run on the Metropolitan course at Randwick on Thursday, the 7th of next September, closed on 1st instant, with the unusually large number of twenty-seven. There were but thirteen…

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Sydney Municipal Council

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 July 1865 · page 8

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Council was held in the Town-hall, Wynyard-square, at three o'clock on Monday afternoon. Present: The Right Worshipful the Mayor, in the chair, and Aldermen [?]tley, Raphael, Renny…

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Nominations for the Mayor's Cup

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Chronicle · Saturday 8 July 1865 · page 2

THE MAYOR'S Cup of the value of 120 sovs, presented by the Right Worshipful John Woods, Esq., Mayor of Sydney, supplemented by the Australian Jockey Club with 200 sov added to a handicap…

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Municipality Meetings

Sydney Mail · Saturday 8 July 1865 · page 9

HUNTER'S HILL.—Meeting of this council held Friday, June 30th. Present—The chairman (Dr. Campbell), and councillors Joubert, Jeanneret, W. B. Campbell, and Fitzpatrick, Minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Moved by…

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Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, 29Th March, 1865. De Comas V. Prost and Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 July 1865 · page 2

JUDGMENT of the Lords of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the appeal of De Comas v. Prost and others, from New South Wales; delivered 29th March, 1865. Present—Lord Kingsdown, Sir Edward Ryon, and…

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The Mayor's Cup

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 7

The nomination for the Mayor's Cup, to be run on the Metropolitan Course at Randwick, on Thursday, the 7th of next September, closed on Saturday, the 1st, with the following entries:…

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Representative Men. the Modern Alderman. Give thy fancy scope, And thou wilt find that no imagined change Can beautify this beast.--SOUTHEY

Sydney Punch · Saturday 15 July 1865 · page 2

HE invaluable civic virtues, the envied possession of which has gained…

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