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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1873

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 15

Empire · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 3

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-eight minutes after 4 o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT TO BILLS. The PRESIDENT announced to the House that the…

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Parliament Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 15

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-eight minutes after 4 o'clock. ROYAL ASSENT TO BILLS. The President announced to the House that the The documents were ordered to be printed. RESIGNATION OF THE CHAIRMAN OF COMMITTEES. Mr. ALLEN said that at the close of the last session…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1873 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at 29 minutes past 4 o'clock. ASSENT TO BILLS. The PRESIDENT reported the receipt of a message…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 16

Empire · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 2
Also in Evening News

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-seven minutes, after 4 o'cleck. PAPERS. Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table further…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1873 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past 4 o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. SAMUEL laid on the table certain correspondence…

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Borough Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 8

REDERS.—The usual fortnightly meeting of Council was held on Friday, the 10th instant, in the Municipal Chambers, Pitt-street. Present—The Mayor (Mr. H. Hudson), with Aldermen Allen, Hume, Stanley, Andrew, William…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. [?]

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 7

[?] announced his resignation of the Chairmanship of Committees, to which office he had been elected twenty-two times. His chief reasons were failing eyesight and a consciousness…

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Mr. Duncan in Council

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 4

THE appointment of Mr. W. A. Duncan, Chief of the Customs, to be second Romish representative in the Council of Education is a very clear declaration to the public on…

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The Late Council of Education

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 8

Next in importance to the system of education, adopted by any community,—in itself we should say that no item of general state policy can be more…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 15

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 5

The PRESIDENT Announced to the House that the Stamp Duties Act Amendment Act, the act providing for compensation to the disbanded infantry force, and the Mutual Life Assurance of Australasia Bill, had…

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Germany the Decrees of the Vatican Council Not a Danger to the State

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 4

We commend for perusal the following which is the concluding paper of a Memorandum lately issued by the undersigned German Archbishops and Bishops regarding the…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 3

A MEETING of the Municipal Council of Sydney will be held at the Town Hall, York-street, to-morrow, Tuesday, at 11 o'clock forenoon, for considering the following notices of motion:—…

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Sydney Municipal Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Council of Sydney was held yesterday forenoon, at the Town Hall. York-street. Present—The Mayor (in the chair), and Aldermen Oatley, Green, Chapman, Murphy, Day, Linsley, Steel, Macintosh, Moore, Rewe,…

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City Council

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3
Also in Empire

THE usual fortnightly meeting of the City Municipal Council was held in the Town Hall yesterday morning. Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Aldermen Green…

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Mr. Duncan and the Council of Education. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 3

SIR,—Like multitudes of other people, I have been more than a little surprised by the appointment of Mr. W. A. Duncan to the Board of the Council of Education. I have always understood that our Public School system was intended to be national, not…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 4

The President took the chair at twenty-nine minutes passt 4 o'clock. PLACES OF NATIONAL AND SCIENTIFIC INTEREST…

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Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, January 22. the President took the chair at twenty-eight minutes after 4 o'clock. Protection of Objects of Scientific Intebest, &c

Empire · Thursday 23 January 1873 · page 3

Mr. SAMUEL moved for leave to bring in a bill to provide for the protection of objects and places of national or scientific interest: Leave was granted, and the bill was brought up and…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 2

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past 4 o'clock. MATRIMONIAL CAUSES BILL. The order of the day for the further consideration of this bill in…

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