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Hunter Valley · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1851

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Government Gazette. Friday, January 10, 1851. Denominational Schools. Distribution of the sums voted by the Legislative Council for the support of the Denominational Schools for 1851. Church of England Schools.—diocese of Newcastle

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 January 1851 · page 4

Salaries to Teachers, and Local Boards of Inspection, for 1851: Newcastle—salary, £50—local board, Rev. C. P. N. Wilton, Beresford Hudson, Esq.[?] Charles Bolton, Esq…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, March 26, 1851. the Meeting of Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 March 1851 · page 2

THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL is summoned to meet for the despatch of business on Friday next. The session will, we presume, be but a short one. The chief, if…

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Legislative Council. (From the S. M. Herald.) Friday, March 28, 1851. Opening of the Session

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 April 1851 · page 4

Yesterday being the day appointed by his Excellency for opening the final sessions of the Council, at twelve o'clock the Speaker and a considerable number of members assembled…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, April 1, 1851

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1851 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past two o'clock. ADDRESS TO THE GOVERNOR. On the motion of the COLONIAL SECRETARY,…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the People's Advocate and the Herald.) Friday, April 4, 1851. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. PETITIONS

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1851 · page 4

Mr J. MACARTHUR presented a petition from certain freeholders, leaseholders, and householders of the county of Camden, resident in the police districts of Campbelltown, Camden, Narrellan,…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Empire.) Tuesday, April 8, 1851. The Council met at half-past three o'clock. the New Constitutional Act

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1851 · page 4

Mr. WENTWORTH rose to make the motion of which he had given notice for the appointment of a select committee. He contended that the Council ought to take a high and dignified…

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Government Gazette. Friday, April 11, 1851. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1851 · page 1

His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that by a warrant under the royal sign manuel, bearing date the nineteenth day of November, 1850, and countersigned by one of her Majesty's Principal Secretaries…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and People's Advocate.) Friday, April 12, 1851. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. New Member

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 16 April 1851 · page 4

Richard Jones, Esq., the member for the Northern Counties, took the oaths and his seat. THE BALLOT. Mr. WESTGARTH presented a petition from…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 16, 1851. (Abridged from the Empire.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1851 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. THK POST OFFICE. Mr. DONALDSON moved—" that an Address be…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Empire and Herald.) Tuesday, April 15, 1851. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour. Notices of Motion

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 April 1851 · page 4

By Mr. DONALDSON, on Wednesday, for an address to the Governor praying that the report of the Post Office Committee be laid on the table of the house…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, April 15, 1851. [in the Mercury of Saturday we gave our Sydney correspondent's report of the Council proceedings on Thursday up to the moment he left. As the proceedings in committee on the Electoral Bill are of great interest we now abridge a fuller report from the S. M. Herald.] New South Wales Electoral Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 April 1851 · page 4

The house went into committee on this bill. Clause 1, settling the number of the members, was postponed. Clause 2, prescribing the electoral districts,…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 23, 1851. (Abridged from the Empire.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1851 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes after three o'clock. CATTLE SLAUGHTERING BILL. The order of the day for the further consideration of…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Empire.) Tuesday, 22Nd April, 1851

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 April 1851 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes after three. DISTRESS FOR RENT. Mr. MARTIN presented a petition from certain…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, April 24, 1851

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 April 1851 · page 4

[We continue the report (by abridgment from the Herald) of Thursday's Council proceedings from the point at which our correspondent's report closed, as published in Saturday's Mercury.]…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, April 30, 1851. (Abridged from the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1851 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. IMMIGRATION RETURNS. A message was brought in from his Excellency…

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Legislative Council. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, April 29, 1851

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 May 1851 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITIONS. Mr. MOOR presented a petition from Belfast,…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the New Constitution. The select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 8th instant, "to prepare a remonstrance against the Act of Parliament 13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 59," recommend the following declaration and remonstrance, for the adoption of this Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1851 · page 4

We, the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in Council assembled, feel it a solemn duty which we owe to ourselves, our constituents, and our posterity, before we give place to the…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, May 1, 1581. [We continue, by abridgment from the Empire, the report of the debate on Mr. Wentworth's motion to pass resolutions of remonstrance against the new Constitution Act, founded on the report of a select committee of Council. The commencement of the debate, as reported by our correspondent, was published in Saturday's Mercury, including the speeches of Mr. WENTWORTH, in proposing the motion (which was seconded by Mr. MOOR), the Colonial Secretary and the Solicitor General in opposition to it, and Mr. DAEVALL, Mr. James MACARTHUR, and Mr. MARTIN, in support of it]

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1851 · page 4

Mr. PARKER said it would be advisable, before proceeding, to know which document they were considering; and he would recommend that some alterations should be made in the last…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, July 9, 1851. Dissolution of the Council—separation—general Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 July 1851 · page 2

IN a Government Gazette issued on the 30th June appeared a proclamation dissolving the second Legislative Council of New South Wales elected under…

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Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, October 1, 1851. the New Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 October 1851 · page 2

THE Governor-General has summoned the new Council to meet for the despatch of business on Tuesday, the 14th instant. The names of the…

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