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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1848

58 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 3 of 3

Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydeny Morning Herald.] Tuesday, May 30, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1848 · page 4

The SPEAKER took his seat at the usual hour. MESSAGES FROM THE GOVERNOR. Two messages were introduced from his…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, May 31, 1848. (Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. WOLLOMBI. Mr. DANGAR presented a petition from a…

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Council Paper. IMMIGRATION. Despatches from the Right Honorable Earl Grey, Secretary of State, to Governor Sir Charles A. Fitz Roy. Downing-street, December 18th, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1848 · page 4

SIR—In my despatch No. 212, of the 30th August last, I informed you that, in accordance with your recommendation, her Majesty's Government had determined immediately to…

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Legislative Council. [From our Correspondent.] Monday, June 5, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. GIPPS LAND. Mr. COWPER presented a petition from Mr…

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Council Paper. Railways in the Hunter River District. Notice of Motion.—Friday, June 9

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1848 · page 1

Mr. GRANT to move the following Resolutions:- (1.) That, although the attention of the public in this colony has been principally…

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Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Thursday, June 1, 1848. [We continue the report of Thursday's proceedings from the hour when our correspondent's report was sent off, as published in Saturday's "Mercury."] Savings Bank Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 June 1848 · page 1

The first three clauses of this Bill were carried, in committee. The COLONIAL SECRETARY moved that the fourth clause stand part of the Bill, giving the…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 7, 1848. (Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1848 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took his sent at the usual hour. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the…

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Legislative Council. [Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.] Monday, June 5, 1848. [We continue the report of Monday's Council proceedings from the hour at which our correspondent's report was sent off, as published in Wednesday's Mercury.] Estimates for 1849

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1848 · page 4

The following items were also passed:- For Cockatoo Island expenses, £1958 2s. 9d., the salary for a visiting magistrate having been struck off, and the surgeon's…

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Legislative Council. [From our Correspondent.] Monday, June 12, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. MURRURUNDI. Mr. DANGAR moved the printing of the…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.) Thursday, June 8, 1848. [In Saturday's MERCURY we published our correspondent's report of Thursday's Council proceedings up to the hour be left, but as his report was brief, we repeat the principal portion from the Herald.[?] Colonial Receipts and Expenditure

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 June 1848 · page 4

A message from the Governor was introduced, enclosing a despatch from the Secre tary of State as to the method of keeping the colonial accounts, with the Auditor…

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Legislative Council. (From the Sydney Morning Herald.) Tuesday, June 13, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 4

The SPEAKER took his seat at the usual hour. BOTANIC GARDENS, MELBOURNE. Mr. ROBINSON withdrew the motion…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 14, 1848. [From the S. M. Herald.]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1848 · page 2

The SPEAKER took his seat at the usual hour. SAVINGS BANKS LOAN FOR PUBLIC WORKS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY said that since…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on Railways

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1848 · page 4

The Select Committee of the legislative Council, appointed on the 28th of March, 1848. "to take into consideration the practicability and expediency of introducing railways into…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydey Morning Herald.) Friday, June 16, 1848

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 June 1848 · page 1

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. APPROPRIATION BILL. The SPEAKER announced that his…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 August 1848 · page 2

The District Council met yesterday at their rooms. Present—the Warden, Messrs. Poulton, Keddie, Green, Evans, and Lang. The accounts respecting the expenditure of…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August 26, 1848. the New Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 August 1848 · page 2

THE returns from all the electoral districts of the colony have now been obtained; and according to these returns the following gentlemen have been…

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Government Gazette. Tuesday, October 24, 1848. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1848 · page 4

The Governor directs it to be notified, for general information, that a writ has been returned to his Excellency certifying the return of the undermentioned gentlemen to serve as…

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Municipal Elections. (From the Herald, Nov. 2.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1848 · page 2

The elections to supply the several vacancies in the City Council came off yesterday, with the following [?]esult:—For G[?]pps Ward, Mr. M. Donald was returned; for Bourke…

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