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Report recommending to place 3 lamps in Bourke Street, 1861

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Unique IDA-00442591SeriesReports of the Lighting Committee, 1857-1892DateBetween 1st March 1861 and 10th June 1861Date qualifierexactFormatVolume - Leather BoundDescriptionReport of the Lighting Committee recommending instruction be given to place 3 lamps in Bourke St. Appended: Memo from Chas H Woolcott, Town Clerk, with Council resolution to refer the petition for lighting in Bourke St South to the Committee; annotation by Edward Bell, City Engineer, recommending that lights are needed to as far as the houses extend viz to Dr Whittell's and Mr Brown's premises and recommending 6 lamps; further annotations that 3 lamps are to be placed at the northern end of the street and the matter of the others to be stood over; Petition by residents of Bourke St South: [signatories, all of Bourke St unless otherwise noted]: [p3] W Brown; Hy Jones; A Robinson; H Pawley; Geo Pawley; W Pawley; [p4, left column]: Charles Stafford, no address; W Thurlow; James Deane, no address; John Regan; Hugh Magill; Daniel Clarke, no address; Edwd Rob Stack, no address; AW Stack, no address; Rob Blake, Chelsea St; John Wise, Chelsea St; Daniel Law; James Rogers; Francis Duval; J Orsbourne; J Francis Phillips; J Carmichael; WR Woodward; E Bennett; John Barlow; [p4, right column]: Jabez Brown; WR Whittell; John Stephens, Victoria St; Joseph Stephens, Victoria St; John Lyons; Wm Lewis; John Woodman; Alexn Dawson; J Grant; Richard Ward; John Rayner; John Nisbet; James Summons; Lewis Ball; Fred Philliss; J Richardson; PN du Moulin; JW McDowell; John Royce; Geo Crisp; Thos Stewart; Benjamin Hodgson; George Evans; [p5, left column]: Henry Deely; Simon Deely; Peter Whelen; JJ Turner; Barry Phillips; C Drake; James Smith; George Smith; John Wilson, Cleveland & Bourke St; Jas Gannon; William Thomson, Cleveland St; Alex Sage, Head's buildings, Bourke St; Thomas Bell; JT Humphreys; Larance Bolland; James MacAulay; Alfred Chabot; [p5, right column]: H Witherden; H Herring; ContinuedLanguageEnglish (eng)Digitised recordNo

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Source system ID24/02/1861/24a

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Authenticity & integrityThese are the original reports by the Municipal Council of Sydney. The records have been held in the Council’s custody and have a high level of authenticity. Users should be aware that these are historical records and the language used within the records was the language of the time it was captured, and may not reflect current community values or expectations.

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Report recommending to place 3 lamps in Bourke Street, 1861