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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1870

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City Council Meeting

Empire · Tuesday 1 March 1870 · page 3

A meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney, was holden yesterday (Monday) afternoon, his Worship the Mayor, Walter Renny, Esq., in the chair. The following aldermen were present:—Messrs. Steel,…

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A Municipal Conference on the General Management of Licensed Vehicles

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1870 · page 5

ON the 2nd of February, the Town Clerk—by the direction of the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney, Mr. Walter Renny—issued a circular to the mayors of the various suburban municipalities, informing those…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1870 · page 5

REDFERN.—The usual fortnightly meeting of Council was held on Eriday, the 25th February. Present—The Mayor (Mr. George Renwick), and full Council. The minutes of the preceding meeting were road and [?]enfirmed. The…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 2

Empire · Thursday 3 March 1870 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-seven minutes after four o'clock. EXPLANATION. Mr. GORDON wished to make an explanation with…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1870 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-eight minutes past 4 o'clock. LIGHTHOUSES. Mr. TOWNS gave notice of a question for to-morrow…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March [?]

Empire · Friday 4 March 1870 · page 3

The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-seven minutes after 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. OWEN laid on the table a paper relating to…

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THE " Anti. Oecumenical " COUNCIL. (From La Perseveranza—Naples Correspondent.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1870 · page 5

THE first sitting of the Anticouncilio (Anti-OE[?]umenical Council) not having been able to be held yesterday, because there was a day performance at the theatre of St. Ferdinando, it began to-day in that…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, March 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1870 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-seven minutes Past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. OWEN laid upon the table papers with reference to…

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Municipal. City Municipal Council

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 7

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Municipal Council was held on Monday afternoon, is the Town Hall, York-street, Wynyard-square. There were present—The Mayor (in the chair), Mesars. Bown, Caraher, Steel, Murphy,…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 7

DARLINGTON.—Special meeting, February 24th. Present —the Mayor. Aldermen Loverdge, Macdonald, Earle, Mon gan, and Harnett. Letters were read—1. From the Town Clerk, Sydney, together with a copy of omnibus and…

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The Cecumnical Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 8

THE Council met for about two hours' duration on the 20th December, when it is said that the Committee on Discipline was elected. On the same day the famous Bull Late Sententiœ was posted. The Bull it appears…

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Council, Wednesday, March 2

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 12

In the Council no business of importance was transacted. The only noticeable thing which occurred was, that the President complained that the debates in that honorable…

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The Parliament. Legislative Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 10

The President took his seat at 28 minutes past 4 o'clock. Mr. TOWNS gave notice of motion of question in reference to steps taken by the Government…

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Russia and the Council

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 4

It will be seen from a letter of our Russian correspondent that the project of a Russo-Greek Opposition Council has been strangled in its birth. Except indeed as an…

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France, the Council, and the Concordat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 5

Among the wild canards to which some of our Protestant contemporaries have been giving circulation is this—that in case of the definition of the doctrine of infallibility…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. February 24

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 11

The PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-eight minutes past 4 o'clock. A message was received from the Legislative Assembly, covering a bill for the…

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Punch's Essence of Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, February 24

Sydney Punch · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 3

THE President, having taken the chair, nursed his left leg, rubbed his hands, blew his nose, and desired the right honorables to go it while they were juvenile. A trumpery Appropriation Bill was then brought up from the lower House, and having been duly admired…

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The Council at Rome. a Discourse by the Rev. T. Binney

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 13

We understand that many Nonconformist ministers, of London and the country alike, made reference in their sermons last Sunday to the so-called, but untruly designated…

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A Municipal Conference on the General Management of Licensed Vehicles

Sydney Mail · Saturday 5 March 1870 · page 7

ON the 2nd of February, the Town Clerk—by the direction of the Right Worshipful the Mayor of Sydney, Mr. Walter Renny—issued a circular to the mayors of the various suburban municipalities, informing those…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 March 1870 · page 5

ALEXANDRIA.—A special meeting of the Council was held on Tuesday, March 1st, to consider the steps to be taken in reply to the summons issued against the Council by Mr. Leary, for the sum of £27 1s. 2d., law costs in re Bancroft…

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