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Council & local affairs, 1852

119 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 4 of 6

Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1852 · page 2

On Monday this body met, pursuant to adjournment. Present—the Warden, Messrs. Cathrow, Kingsmill Wilkinson, and Green. The meeting had been adjourned with special…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Friday, August 20, 1852. The SPEAKER took the chair. GUNDAGAI

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1852 · page 4

In answer to Mr. M'LEAY, the COLONIAL SECRETARY said he hoped to be able on Tuesday to lay on the table the papers and correspondence connected with the settlement of Gundagai…

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Council Papers. Proposed Establishment at Sydney of a Branch of the Royal Mint. Copy of a Despatch from the Right Honorable Earl Grey to Governor Sir Charles Fitz Roy. Downing-street, Feb. 20, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 25 August 1852 · page 4

SIR—With reference to previous correspondence on the subject of the gold discoveries in Australia, I have to acquaint you that the establishment of a mint at Sydney having been…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, August 25, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1852 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-seven minutes after three. PETITIONS. Mr. FITZGERALD presented a petition from the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 24, 1852. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) The SPEAKER took the chair. Family Colonisation

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1852 · page 4

Mr. DONALDSON moved for returns of all correspondence between the Government and the Sydney board of the Family Colonisation Lean Society. He described the operations of the…

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Council Paper. Moreton Bay.—separation—with Exiles. Proceedings of the Executive Council respecting petitions, praying for the erection of the Northern Districts into a separate colony. Present: His Excellency the Governor, the Honorable the Colonial Secretary, the Honorable the Attorney General, the Honorable the Colonial Treasurer

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1852 · page 4

The Council resumed the consideration of the petitions for the formation of the Northern Districts into a separate colony, which had been postponed at their meeting on the 4th instant,…

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Legislative Council. Friday, August 27, 1852. (From the S. M. Herald.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes after three. the Speaker's Salary

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 1 September 1852 · page 4

Mr. WENTWORTH postponed until Tuesday next his motion with reference to this subject. CHRIST CHURCH PARSONAGE. Mr. HOLROYD postponed his motion relative…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, August 31, 1852. (From the S. M. Herald.) The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITION

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1852 · page 4

Mr. ALICK OSBORNE presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Ulladulla, representing the want of mooring chains in the harbour and praying relief.—Petition received…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 1, 1852. (Abridged from the Herald.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three. Customs Department

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 September 1852 · page 2

In answer to a question from Mr. CAMPBELL, The COLONIAL SECRETARY stated that despatches had been received relative to the trans[?]er to the Colonial Government of the control of…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1852 · page 2

Yesterday the Council met, pursuant to adjournmen: present, the Warden, Messrs. Green, Cathrow, Wilkinson, and Lang. The minutes of the last meeting having been…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Friday Sept. 3, 1852. The Speaker took the chair. the Late Mr. Assistant Surveyor Kennedy

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 September 1852 · page 4

Ihe SPEAKER announced that he had this day received a letter from the Hon. the Colonial Secretary, acquainting him that the tablet to the memory ot this officer, voted by the Council…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 8, 1852. (From our own Correspondent.) Cataract and Nepean Bridge Bill

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1852 · page 2

Mr. HOLDEN brought up the report of the select committee on this bill, with the evidence taken by them; ordered to be printed. Mr. HOLDEN gave notice that on Tuesday he…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney papers.) Tuesday, Septebber 7, 1852. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. Internal Defence

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 September 1852 · page 4

Dr. DOUGLASS found that the police force of Sydney had been reduced to a very small number by the desertion of many to the gold-fields, and he wished to know whether it was the…

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Government Gazette. Friday, September 10, 1852. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1852 · page 4

His Excellency the Governor General directs it to be notified that, by a warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, bearing date at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of February, 1852,…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, Sept. 9, 1852. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes after three. MESSAGES. The following messages from his Excellency the Governor-General were delivered. Gold Revenue. Charles a Fitz Roy, Governor-General

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 September 1852 · page 4

The Governor-General loses no time in placing before the Legislative Council the copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, received this morning, setting forth the terms upon…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 15, 1852. (From our Correspondent.) PETITIONS

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1852 · page 2

Mr. WENTWORTH presented a petition from Messrs. Edward and Dennis M'Encroe, tobacco merchants, in Sydney, setting forth that they had been damnified by the alteration of the…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, Sept. 14, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1852 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. GOLD MINERS' PETITION. Mr. NICHOLS presented a petition from certain…

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Government Gazette. Friday, September 17, 1852. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1852 · page 1

His Excellency the Governor General directs it to be notified, that by a warrant under the Royal Sign Manual, bearing date at Buckingham Palace, the 15h May, 1852, and…

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Council Paper. Road From Sydney to the Wollombi

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1852 · page 2

A return of all moneys expended for the construction of the new line of road now in progress from Sydney to the Wollombi, by way of Peat's Punt, from 1st January, 1847, to…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, September 16, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 September 1852 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. The SPEAKER announced that he had received a letter from the Colonial Secretary,…

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