Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1847
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Mr. COWPER moved that leave of absence…
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Council & local affairs, 1847
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Legislative Council. From the Sydney Morning Herald
The Legislative Council met at noon on Saturday, for the purpose of being prorogued. A large number of visitors, ladies and gentlemen, attended to witness the ceremony. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. [From the Sydney Chronicle.] Friday, October[?] 1, 1847
The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. INTRODUCTION OF SOUTH SEA ISLANDERS. Mr. LOWE moved, pursuant to notice, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. Free Presbyterian Church Marriage Bill. The S[?]l[?]t Committ[?] of th[?] L[?]gislative Council, appointed on the 24th August, 1847, to consider the bill for rendering valid marriages solemnized by ministers of the Synod of Australia Felix, have agreed to the following report
In the opinion of your committee serious doubts may arise as to the validity of marriages solemnized in this colony by ministers ordained by any branch of the Presbyterian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Papers. Minimum Upset Price of Land. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 23rd July, 1847, "to inquire into and report upon, what ought to be the Minimum Upset Price or Prices of Land in the various Counties and Distri[?]ts of New South Wales," have agreed to the following Report
It appears from the testimony of all the witnesses examined—whether favourable or unfavourable to the high minimum price— and even from the despatches of Sir George…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Papers. the Coals Fields of the Colony. Evidence given before a Select Committee of the Legislative Council by the Rev. W. B. Clarke
The Rev. William Branwhite Clarke, M.A., called in and examined:- 1. You are a fellow of the Geological Society of London? I am…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Auctioneers Act. To the Honorable Members of the Legislative Council composing the Committee on the Auctioneers License Act, 11 Vic., No. 16
GENTLEMEN—In addressing you so particularly on the above Act, I am not only desirous of calling your attention, as legislators of this colony, ('the deed itself not…
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