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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Council & local affairs
21 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 1 of 2
YESTERDAY at noon about fifty persons assembled in the hall of the school of arts, to take part in the election of aldermen for the municipality, in place of Aldermen Collins, Byrne, and Fletcher, who retired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday last, at noon, about thirty or forty persons assembled in the hall of the mechanics' institute, for the purpose of hearing the official declaration of the state of the poll…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the appointed hour (8 a.m. on Wednesday) for the nomination of a candidate to fill the seat vacant by the retirement of Councillor Soulby, not a single ratepayer was present,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE ADDRESS.— Mr. Walker moved tho adoption of the address, expressing his concurrence with the speech generally.—Mr. Watt seconded theadoption —.Mr. Plunkett did not oppose it, hut wished the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PUNISHMENT OK DRUNKARDS. -- Mr. Kemp desired to ask, without notice, whether it was the intention of the Government, this session, to make any now provision, or to introduce any new law…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The business was unimportant with the exception of a motion by Mr. Plunkett for the production of all papers having reference to State Aid, which was agreed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROYAL ASSENT. -- The President intimated that her Majesty had assented to the Act to Prohibit Future Grants in Aid of Public Worship; and to the Intestates Estates Distribution Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WEDNESDAY, JULY 29. STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION.-- In reply to a question from Mr. Deas Thomson, the Attorney-General stated that there had been some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The business transacted to day was unimportant. Mr. Hargrave announced his resignation of the Attorney-Generalship and acceptance of tho office of Solicitor-General…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The House was chiefly occupied with discussing Mr. Deas Thompson's bill for abating the smoke nuisance. After some opposition the provisions of the bill were limited to towns having a population…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SMOKE NUISANCE BILL. -- The House went into committed on the Smoke Nuisance Bill. -- Sir W. Manning proposed a clause giving operation to the bill in reference to all furnaces to be hereafter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANSWERS. -- In reply to Mr. Piddington, Mr. Smart stated that he could give no reliable information as to the probable amount of the Supplementary Estimates for 1863; that he could not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ORDERS OF SEQUESTRATION.--The Solicitor-General moved the second rending of the Orders in Sequestration in Insolvency Validating Bill, which he characterised as a bill having for its sole object…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →INSOLVENCY. -- The Orders in Sequestration in Insolvency Bill was read a third time. On the motion that the bill do now pass, Mr. Kemp took occasion to observe that what he believed to be an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →STATE AID. -- Mr. Plunkett moved for the production of a note addressed to the Colonial Secretary by the Bishop of Newcastle, in reference to the bill for the abolition of State-aid. He referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE long pending case of Munoz v. the Mayor of Goulburnâa friendly suit, instituted at the private expense of the mayor (Mr. William Davies), for the purpose of testing the legality of the existence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Legislative Council, Mr. Blaxland, Mr. Ogilvie, and Mr. Johnson took the usual oaths and their seats as members of the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REPRESENTATION OF THE MINISTRY IN THE COUNCIL.--Mr. Pluakett said it would be expected of him to make some explanation to the House as to his appointment to a seat in the new Ministry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →INSOLVENCY AMENDMENT BILL. -- On the motion of Mr. Piunkett, the House went into committee for the consideration of the Assembly's message disagreeing with the Council's amendments in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Bank Bill was read a first time and referred to a select committee. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17. The Scab Act was moved to clause 31. Sir W…
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