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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Politics & elections

Politics & elections, 1859

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, January 27

The Yass Courier · Saturday 5 February 1859 · page 3

The Law of Evidence in Prosecutions Bill was finally disposed of for the session, Mr. Johnson having moved that the further discussion of the bill be postponed to that day…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Assembly. Friday, February 4

The Yass Courier · Saturday 12 February 1859 · page 3

Mr. Forster moved, "[?]. That this House has an undoubted right to exercise supervision and control over, and to be consult ad in, the papment of salaries to all public…

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New South Males Parliament Legislative Council. Thursday, February 17

The Yass Courier · Saturday 26 February 1859 · page 3

The Long-libel correspondence was laid upon the table of the House by the Attorney. General, and was ordered to be printed. A very long discussion took place on the…

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Election Movements

The Yass Courier · Saturday 26 February 1859 · page 2

IT is with a feeling akin to regret we announce that Mr. Laidlaw, after having been waited upon by a number of the most influential electors, and solicited to permit…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Council. Wednesday, February 23

The Yass Courier · Saturday 5 March 1859 · page 4

THE intimation of the President, that he had received from the Private Secretary to the Governor-General a note informing him that Mr. Lutwyche had resigned his seat in this…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Council. Wednesday, March 3

The Yass Courier · Saturday 12 March 1859 · page 2

The Council met and adjourned for a week, without the transaction of any real business, in consequence of the absence of any Minister of the Crown…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Council

The Yass Courier · Saturday 19 March 1859 · page 3

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. The adjourned debate on Mr. Deas Thomson's motion, in reference to telegraphic communication with Europe, was…

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Undue Expenses at Elections Prevention Bill

The Yass Courier · Saturday 19 March 1859 · page 3

WHEREAS it is expedient to provide in certain respects for the better regulation of proceedings at Elections of Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, March 15

The Yass Courier · Saturday 26 March 1859 · page 4

Mr. Murray moved an address to his Excellency for compensation to Thomas Woore Esq., for railway services. The motion was discussed at considerable length,…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Council. Tuesday, March 29

The Yass Courier · Saturday 9 April 1859 · page 3

THE District Courts Act Amendment Act was under consideration in Committee. Amendments 4 and 5 of the Assembly were rejected, being those by which it was proposed…

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Original Correspondence. the Lachlan Election. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 9 April 1859 · page 2

Dear Sir, -- The Yass correspondent of the freeman's Journal having, in an article which appeared in that paper of the 30th ultimo, stated that "self-intoresteil agitators" were…

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New South Wales Parliament Legislative Council. Wednesday. April 6

The Yass Courier · Saturday 16 April 1859 · page 2

THE Appropriation Bill and the Government Loans Bill were read a first time. A notice of question was given by Mr. Johnson, in reference to the unauthorised…

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The Yass Plains Election

The Yass Courier · Saturday 23 April 1859 · page 2

CIRCUMSTANCES have occasioned rumours to be circulated in connection with the forthcoming election for this district which render it necessary for us to endeavour to…

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The Approaching Election. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 23 April 1859 · page 2

SIR,-- The old Parliament is now defunct, and the new Electoral Act gives us a privilege we never before possessed-- the right of returning our own member. Several…

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Electioneering News

The Yass Courier · Saturday 23 April 1859 · page 3

A requisition is in course of signature to Mr. W. Macleay, to become a candidate for the representation of the Murrumbidgee. Mr. Clements, of Littlebourne, has accepted…

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Yass Plains Election. To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Saturday 7 May 1859 · page 2

SIR, -- In the last copy of your valuable paper which I received you had a leader headed as above, and in which I entirely concur. However, as to his (Mr. Faucett's) reply…

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The Yass Plains Election

The Yass Courier · Saturday 14 May 1859 · page 2

Up to the present time no candidate has announced himself for the representation of Yass Plains; and a general apathy in the matter seems to exist amongst the electors…

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Proposed Act of Parliament. Ladies' Dresses

The Yass Courier · Saturday 28 May 1859 · page 5

WHEREAS it has become necessary and expedient for divers cogent reasons hereinafter set forth and fully shewn, that certain customs relating to crinoline and…

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Electioneering.--actual Candidates

The Yass Courier · Saturday 28 May 1859 · page 2

THE following is a list of gentlemen who have publicly announced their intention of coming forward, and who are actually in the field can vassing the electors of the…

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Domestic & Colonial News. the Elections

The Yass Courier · Saturday 28 May 1859 · page 2

AT a meeting held in the Lyccum Theatre, Sydney, on Tuesday, Mr. D. H. Denichy proposed Mr. Plunkett as a candidate for the city. The speaker, in the midst of continual…

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