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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1848

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 19, 1848. [From the Sydney Chronicle.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PARLIAMENTARY AGENT. Mr. COWPER gave notice that, on Tuesday…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.) Tuesday, April 18, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 22 April 1848 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. COMMERCIAL BANK. Mr. LOWE presented a petition from Thomas…

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Maitland District Council. Meeting of the Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1848 · page 2

Yesterday, at eleven o'clock, the Maitland District Council held their usual meeting, prior to the nomination of candidates for the ensuing year. Present—E. C. Close, Esq., Warden,…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney Chronicle.) Friday, April 28, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 May 1848 · page 1

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. SLAUGHTER HOUSES. Mr. LAMB gave notice that on Tuesday he…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, May 2, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1848 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ANDREW WHITE. Mr. DANGAR presented a petition from a…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney Chronicle.) Tuesday, May 2, 1848. Proposed Constitution

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1848 · page 2

Mr. WENTWORTH, in moving the resolutions in his name, said he hoped that the alterations he had made in them would answer the end proposed by him in making…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, May 4, 1848. (From our Correspondent.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1848 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. EXILES. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, May 10, 1848. the Council and the New Constitution

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 10 May 1848 · page 2

As yet the course which the Legislative Council is to take in regard to the new constitution is not known. After two nights' debate it was decided to go into…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 10, 1848. [From the Sydney Chronicle.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. MERCHANT SEAMEN. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL asked leave to…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, May 9, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1848 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. LICENSED STATIONS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, May 13, 1848. the Council and the New Constitution

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1848 · page 2

THE Legislative Council, after spending two nights in discussing Mr. Wentworth's resolutions, and a third night in considering the amended series in…

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Legislative Council. (The following is the S. M. HERALD'S report of the debate on the Disputed Boundaries Commissioners Bill, which took place in Council on Wednesday last, and was not reported by the CHRONICLE, from which we copied) Disputed Boundaries Commis[?]ioners Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1848 · page 4

The COLONIAL SECRETARY moved that the [?]Governor's message with the Disputed Boundaries Commissioners[?] Bill, be read. The message having been read,…

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Council Papers. Assessment on Stock. Return of the number of Sheep, Cattle, and Horses, and of the amount of Assessment, under the Act 11 Vic., No. 18, in the districts beyond the boundaries, for the year 1848; distinguishing the number of stock and the amount of assessment for each district

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 May 1848 · page 2

DISTRICTS. HORSES. CATTLE. SHEEP. AMOUNT OF ASSESSMENT. £ s. d. Bligh.......... 1,265 45,664 187,109 691 0 5½ Clarence River[?].. 1,022 31,717 157,227 538 11 3…

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Local News. Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1848 · page 4

[?]A special meeting of the Council was held, on Wednesday, at their rooms, pursuant to announcement, to consider the steps necessary to take for repairing the roads and…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday. May 17, 1848. From the S. M. Herald

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (PORT PHILLIP). Mr. EBDEN gave notice that, on Friday…

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Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Tuesday, May 16, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1848 · page 1

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. CONVICTS.—LAND. Mr. DONALDSON gave notice that, on Friday…

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Council Paper. Stipend to Jewish Minister at Sydney. Copy of Despatch from his Excellency Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy, to the Right Honorable W. E. Gladstone. Government House, Sydney, 1st October, 1846

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 May 1848 · page 1

SIR—I have the honor to transmit the copy of an address presented to me by the Legislative Council of this colony, on the 22nd ult., praying that I would place the sum of one…

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Lagislative Council. [From the Sydney Chronicle.] Thursday, May 18, 1848. [We continue the report of Thursday's proceedings, from the moment at which our correspondent's report (published in our last) was obliged to be despatched.] Supplementary Estimates

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 24 May 1848 · page 1

The following sums were voted, in committee:- For the erection of a new Court-house, at Muswellbrook, £450. For providing furniture…

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Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 May 1848 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon, at half-past three o'clock, there were only six members present; consequently, there being no house, the Speaker adjourned to the fallowing day…

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Legislative Council. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, May 25, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1848 · page 1

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock, FOREIGN IMMIGRATION. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the…

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