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Council & local affairs, 1852

119 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 6

Council Papers. Newcastle Light House

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1852 · page 4

The select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 18th of June, 1852, "[?]o inquire into and report as to the best position and means for the erection of a…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 21, 1852. (Abridged from the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 September 1852 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. NOMINEES. The SPEAKER announced that he had received…

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Legislative Council. Friday, September 24, 1852. (Abridged from the Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1852 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Proposed New Constitution. The Select Committee of The Legislative Council, appointed on the 16th June, 1852, to prepare a constitution for "the colony pursuant to the powers conferred on this house, by the 13 and 14 Victoria, cap. 9," have prepared three several bills for this purpose, which they bring up with the following report:—

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 September 1852 · page 4

In presenting to the house the bills requisite for conferring a constitution on this colony, which it was the special object of their appointment to prepare, your committee feel it necessary…

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Legislative Council. [From our having received only yesterday the r[?]port of there days' Council proccedings, our a bridgment from the Empire is necessarily contined to a summary of the business done.] Tuesday, September 28, 1852

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

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. PETITIONS. Dr. DOUGLASS presented a petition from…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Proposed New Constitution. Tue Bills. An Act to authorise her Majesty to assent to two several bills of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, for granting a Civil List to her Majesty, and to repeal so much of "an Act for the better government ot the Australian Colonies;" and also so much of another "Act for regulating the sale of the Waste Lands belonging to the Crown in the Australian Colonies," as severally relates to the said colony of New South Wales

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

Whereas the Legislative Council of the colony of New South Wales, constituted and assembled by virtue of and under the authority of the Imperial Act passed in the session holden in the…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald.) Saturday, October 2, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1852 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at ten minutes past twelve. ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE. The COLONIAL SECRETARY moved "That the…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Friday, October 2, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1852 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair. CURRENCY AND BANKING. The report of the select committee on currency and banking was brought up, and ordered…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Proposed New Constitution. the Bills.—no. Iii. Schedule Y. An Act to Confer a Constitution on New South Wales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 6 October 1852 · page 4

Whereas by the thirty-second clause of the imperial act, passed in the session holden in the thirteenth and fourteenth years of the reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the better Government of her…

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Council Paper. IMMIGRATION

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 October 1852 · page 4

The Select Committee of the Legislative Council appointed on the 10th June, 1852, "to enquire into and report upon the most speedy and effectual means of introducing into the…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on Currency and Banking. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 2nd July, 1852, "to inquire into and report upon the state of the currency and of banking in this colony," have agreed to the following report:—

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 October 1852 · page 4

Your committee have not thought it necessary to examine any witnesses because the principles of currency and banking have been so repeatedly and so ably investigated by select committees of…

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Council Papers. Report From the Select Committee on Sand Drifts. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 15th June, 1852, "to inquire into and report as to the best means of preventing the injuries likely to arise to the cities of Sydney and Newcastle by the influx of sand from the neighbourhood of those cities," having taken evidence relative to the nature and extent of the evil and a suitable remedy, have agreed to the following report

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1852 · page 4

Your committee consider it unnecessary to describe in detail the extent of the damage which has been sustained over portions of the outskirts of the cities of Sydney and Newcastle,…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 November 1852 · page 2

On Wednesday this body met at their rooms, pursuant to adjournment. Present—the Warden, Messrs. Wilkinson, Doyle, and Lang. The minutes of the last meeting were read…

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Maitland District Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 November 1852 · page 2

This body met in their rooms yesterday, pursuant to adjournment. Present—the Warde[?]; Messrs. Kingsmill, Cathrow, Doyle, and Lang. It was stated that Mr. Wilkinson was unable to…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, November 27, 1852. Re-assembling of the Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1852 · page 2

PURSUANT to adjournment, the Legislative Council met again on Tuesday last, with but a thin attendance of members…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, Nov. 23, 1852

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1852 · page 4

The Council met pursuant to adjournment. The attendance of members was by no means full. About a dozen nominee and fourteen representative members were present…

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Council Papers. the Revised Estimates.—financial Message. Message No. 53[?] CHAS. A. Fitz Roy, Governor General

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 November 1852 · page 4

1. In the message No. [?]6, of the 9th Septem[?] ber, 1852, the Governor General communicated to the Council a despat[?]h from the Right Hon. the Secretary of State, in which he was…

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Legislative Council. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, Nov. 24, 1852

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

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. MR. BUSBY'S CLAIM. Mr. WENTWORTH brought up the report of the…

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Council Paper. Police Regulation Bill. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 8th of September last, for whose consideration and report the above bill was referred, have agreed to the following report—

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

Your committee, having in their progress report disposed of the points referred to them for more immediate consideration, directed their attention to the bill before the Council "for…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, December 1, 1852. (Abridged from the Herald.)

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

The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table…

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