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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1853

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Council Papers. Sydney Railway

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1853 · page 1

Copy of a letter from the President of the Sydney Railway Company to the Colonial Secretary. Railway Office, Sydney. 14th Oct., 1852…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, Dec. 28

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at 12 o' clock This being the day fixed for pro[?] the Council there was in large attendance of Ladies and Gentlemen to witness the ceremony of prorogation…

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Legislative Council. Opening of the Session

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 14 May 1853 · page 4

On Tuesday last, His Excellency the Governor-General accompanied by Colonel Butterworth, the Governor of Singapore, and attended by his suite proceeded to the Council Chamber, for the purpose of opening…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 11

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 21 May 1853 · page 8

The Speaker announced the reception of the answer to the Address, which had been most graciously received by His Excellency. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 17

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1853 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three. Mr. COWPER: Having already given notice to the honorable gentlemen at the head of the government, he begged to ask whether it was the intention of the…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 25

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1853 · page 2

Mr. Thurlow stated that a numerous class of the citizens of Sydney had it in contemplation of present a petition to that House on the subject of the Gold Fields Management Bill, he therefore begged…

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Sydney and Colonial News. Legislative Council. Tuesday May 31

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1853 · page 2

Mr. MARIN presented a petition from William Charles Wentworth, Chairman, and George Witt, Gilbert Elliot, and Gother Kerr Mans, three of the Directors of tile Wentworth Gold Fields Company,…

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Council Papers. the Financial Minute

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 2

[His Excellency the Governor-General has transmitted to the Legislature a Financial Minute, comprising a supplementary estimate of expenditure for the present year, and the estimates of revenue and…

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Sydney and Colonial News. Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 7

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1853 · page 2

The following messages from his Excellency the Governor-General were received and read, viz.:— a message transmitting to the Legislative Council the draft of a bill to repeal an Act of Council passed…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 14

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 25 June 1853 · page 4

Mr. MARTIN: It was generally understood that, although the Council had assented to the leave of absence of Sir Thomas Mitchell, and to the retention of his post and full salary during…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 21

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1853 · page 4

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the following papers:—"A letter from George A Lloyd, President of the Gold Ridgo Quartz Crushing Company, in reference to the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 28

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1853 · page 4

Mr. COWPER brought up the report of the elect Committee on the series of persons in public employment. Ordered to be printed. THE COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 5

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1853 · page 4

Mr. THURLOW presented a petition from certain traders, diggers, and other inhabitants of the town of Singleton and district of Patrick's Plains, praying the abolition of the Gold…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 12

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 23 July 1853 · page 4

The SPEAKER reported that His Excellency the Governor-General had been pleased to give the Royal Assent to the following Bills:— Publicans Licensing Bill, Equity Practice Bill,…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 19

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1853 · page 4

THE COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the Annual Report of the Immigration Agent. Also a return in answer to an Address to His Excellency the Governor-General, of the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 26

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1853 · page 4

THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS moved that leave of absence for one fortnight be given to the hon. member for the Southern Boroughs. The hon. gentleman had attempted to cross the…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the New Constitution

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 6 August 1853 · page 4

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed on the 20th May, 1853, to prepare a Constitution for the Colony, and having had the despatches from Sir John…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 2

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1853 · page 4

Mr. COWPER moved, pursuant to notice, that the 50th and 51st Standing Orders be suspended, with the view of presenting a petition and obtaining leave to introduce a Bill to…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 9

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 20 August 1853 · page 4

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid On the table certain correspondence with the Directors of the Sydney Railway Company, in continuation of the correspondence laid upon the table in…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 16

The Goulburn Herald and County of Argyle Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1853 · page 4

Mr. WENTWORTH presented a petition from I. Levy, president, and A. Cohen, treasurer, of the Sydney Synagogue, representing that during the last twenty-two years large sums of…

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