Maitland District Council
On Monday this body met at their rooms. Present—The Warden, Mr. Lang, Mr. Cathrow, and Mr. Evans. The minutes of the last meeting were read…
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Council & local affairs, 1853
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Council Paper. Marriage Laws. Final Report From the Select Committee on Marriage Laws
The Select Committe of the Legislative Council, re-appointed on the 11th May last, "to inquire into and report upon the state of the Marriage Laws in the colony of New South…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Sydney Morning Herald.) Friday, August 26, 1853. The SPEAKER took the chair. Assent to Bills
The SPEAKER reported that the Governor General had assented to the Sydney Gold Escort Company's Bill and the Maitland Roads Bill; and had reserved Blake's Marriage Voiding Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Additional and Supplementary Estimates. Charles A. Fitz Roy, Governor-general
The Governor General transmits to the Council a further Supplementary Estimate for the year 1853, and an additional Estimate for the year 1854, the former amounting to £35,102…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and the Empire.) Tuesday, August 30, 1853
The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes after three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, August 30, 1853. the Constitution Bill
MR. MACARTHUR, [the report of whose speech was postponed by the daily papers,] spoke at great length in support of the bill. Avowing his own opinion to be in favor of a nominative…
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Yesterday this body met at their rooms. Present, the Warden and all the members. The minutes of the last meeting were read. The letters written by the clerk since the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and the Empire.) Thursday, Sept. 1, 1853. Constitution Bill.—adjourned Debate
The SOLICITOR GENERAL at considerable length supported the bill. Commencing with allusions to the great difficulty and importance of the subject, and its momentous bearing on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, Sept. 6, 1853. The SPEAKER took the chair. Council Papers
The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table [?]he following paper:—The return to the address in reference to applications for the survey of lands for purchase which have not been complied…
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On Monday the District Council met at their rooms. Present—the Warden, Messrs. Wilkinson, Lang, Cathrow, and Evans. The minutes of the last meeting were read…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. the District Council and the Roads. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury
SIR—That miserable burlesque on municipa[?] institutions, the Maitland Distric[?] Council, has in no respect shown itself more inefficient than in the management of the public roads of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and the Empire.) Thursday, Sept. 8, 1853. [We continue the report of Thursday's proceedings, from the point at which our correspondent's report concluded, as published in Saturday's Mercury.] the Estimates
On the item of £500 for a second police magistrate for Sydney, a lengthy discussion ensued, principally as to the precise mode in which the appointment could be made so as to ensure…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 14, 1853. (From the S. M. Herald.)
At half-past three, there being only sixteen members present, the SPEAKER declared the Council adjourned until to-day. The following were the members in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and the Empire.) Tuesday, Sept. 13, 1853
The SPEAKER took the chair. BURWOOD TRAMROAD BILL. Mr. COWPER brought up the report of the select committed on this bill…
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Yesterday the Council met at their rooms. Present—the Warden, Messrs. Kingsmill, Wilkinson, Lang, Cathrow, and Evans. The minutes of the last meeting were read…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, Sept. 15, 1853
[?]We continue the report of Thursday's proceedings, from the point at which our correspondent's report closed, as published in Saturday's Mercury.] SYDNEY HAMLETS POLICE BILL…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1853. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The SPEAKER took the chair. PRIVILEGE. Mr. WENTWORTH called the attention of the house to a breach of privilege. A letter had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Gold Fields Management Bill
The select committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 8th of June last, "to whom was referred a Bill to amend the Act for regulating the management of the Gold Fields…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Council. Friday, September 16, 1853. [Neither of the Sydney papers of Saturday having reported Friday's Council proceedings at length, we copied into Wednesday's Mercury the Empire's brief
Mr. MURRAY moved for copies of all regulations which have been established, and all instructions given to the Local Commissioners, relative to sales and leases of crown lands. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. District Council—meetings with Closed Doors. To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury
SIR—I have observed that latterly the objectionable practice has been adopted by the Maitland District Council, of keeping the door of their room closed during their meeting…
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