Council Paper. Proposed Moorings at Newcastle. Return to an address from the Legislative Council of New South Wales, dated 17th July, 1855, praying that his Excellency the Governor General would be pleased to cause to be laid upon the table:-
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 15 August 1855 · page 1
"(1.) A return of the moorings proposed to be laid down at the port of Newcastle, their number, position, and the depth of water, at low spring tides, with respect to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 15, 1855. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1855 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair. THE MARRIAGE BILL. The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the second reading of this bill. He did not go into explanation its several…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplement to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, August l8, 1855. Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, August 14, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 August 1855 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair. MESSAGES—NEW BILLS. A message from the Governor General was introduced, transmitting the draft of "A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 22 August 1855 · page 1
The debate on the night of Wednesday, and morning of Thursday, the 15th and 16th, on the vote for the artillery corps, while the house was in committee on the Estimates,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 22, 1855. ([?]bridged from the Herald and Empire.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 August 1855 · page 2
The SP[?]AKER took the chair. MESSAGES. Five messages from the Governor General were received. The first transmitted a despatch from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, August 23, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 29 August 1855 · page 1
The SPEAKER took the chair. THE TWOFOLD BAY PASTORAL ASSOCIATION. In answer to Mr. EGAN, the CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, August 28, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1855 · page 1
The SPEAKER took the chair. PETITIONS. Mr. HOOD presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Ipswich, praying that the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, August 29, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1855 · page 2
The SPEAKER took the chair. COUNCIL PAPERS. Papers were laid on the table referring to the system of immigration in force in Van Diemen's Land. Also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Paper Publicans Licenses Fees Bill. a Bill to increase the Fees payable for Publicans' licenses, and to impose a Fee upon the Registration of Spirit Merchants
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1855 · page 1
Whereas it is expedient to increase the fees payable for publicans' general licenses, packet licenses, and confectioners' licenses, under the Act of Council 13th Vict., No. 29,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland District Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1855 · page 2
On Monday the District Council met, pursuant to adjournment—present, the Warden, Messrs. Evans, Borthwick, Kingsmill, Walsh, Portus, and Gorrick…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, August 30, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 September 1855 · page 1
The SPEAKER took the chair. COUNCIL PAPER. A letter from Mr. J. F. Johnstone, in reference to immigration, with report thereon,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, September 5, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1855 · page 2
The Speaker took the chair. PETITIONS. Petitions were presented by— Mr. PARKES, from Pyrmont, praying a share of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Supplement to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, September 8, 1855. Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, September 4, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1855 · page 1
The SPEAKER took the chair. NEW BILLS. Two messages from the Governor General were introduced, one trans[?]itting the draft…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Papers. Captain William Dumaresq's Land Claim. Report from the Select Committee on Captain William Dumaresq's Land Claim. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 27th July, 1855, to consider and report upon the claim of Captain William Dumaresq, have agreed to the following report
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 September 1855 · page 1
The committee which was appointed during the session of 1854, having examined Captain Dumaresq, in reference to the statements contained in his petition, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Thursday, September 7, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 1
The SPEAKER took the chair. COUNCIL PAPERS. Several papers were laid on the table, including a return in reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Council Papers. Illegal Increase of Government Salaries. (From the Empire, Sept. 7.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 1
On the 30th of November last year the following resolutions were adopted by the Legislative Council, on the motion of Mr. Martin:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, September 12, 1855. the Government and the Legislative Council
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 2
IT is rather a remarkable feature of the times that both the Sydney daily papers are urging the Government to reconsider their course in reference to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Is Newcastle Represented in Council? To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 2
GENTLEMEN—The debate in Council on the item of £1100, proposed by the Auditor General for building a boat-house at Nobby's, with accommodation for pilot and crew, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Council Paper a Bill to Amend the Law of Libel and of Arrest on Civil Process
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 2
In order to prevent undue restraint of writing or speaking, and to abolish arrest on civil process: Be it enacted by his Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council. (Abridged from the Herald and Empire.) Tuesday, September 11, 1855
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1855 · page 1
The SPEAKER took the chair. ASSENT TO BILLS. The SPEAKER announced the Governor's assent to the Country Towns Streets Alignment Bill, the Abattoir…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →