Friday, April 19, 1861. Legislative Council
The Legislative Council met at twenty minutes past four. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL, The ATTORNEY GENERAL moved the second reading of…
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Council & local affairs, 1861
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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, April 18, 1861. Legislative Council
The Members of Council Qualification Bill (Mr. Johnson's) was read a second time. The consideration of the amendments of the Assembly on the Sydney University Amendment Act gave an…
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An adjourned meeting of the Maitland District Council was held on Tuesday at the Court-house, East Maitland; present, the Warden, and Messrs. Callaghan and M'Laughlin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, Airil 23, 1861. Legislative Council
Mr. HUNT gave notice of his intention to move, on some [?] ture day, the adoption of a resolution in favor of immigration, and the encouragement thereof by grants of land. CROWN LANDS ALIENATION BILL…
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THE whole work of passing a Legislative Council Bill through both houses will have to be done over again. Even if we do not learn ty telegram, before publishing, that the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, April 24, 1861. Legislative Council
The Council sat until near twelve o'clock. Considerable time was occupied in an improvised debate on the subject of the Tawell papers and their nonproduction as yet for the purpose of the debate on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday, April 26, 1861. Legislative Council
The Council met at twenty-five minutes past four. The SECRETARY FOR LANDS moved that Monday and Saturday be added to the present sitting days, but the motion was rejected on a division by a majority of 12…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, April 25, 1861. Legislative Council
Several messages were brought up from the Assembly: —1. A Bill to provide for the Salary and Tenure of Office of the Commissioner of Insolvency. This bill was read a first time.—2. The Council Bill to continue Temporary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, May 1, 1861. Legislative Council
The SECRETARY FOR LANDS, in reply to a question put by Captain Lamb, R.N., stated the Government of this colony had had no intimation of any bills having been introduced into Parliament for the dismemberment of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, April 30, 1861. Legislative Council
Captain LAMB gave notice of questions—first, in order to ascertain if the Government had any information as to the introduction into the Imperial Parliament of a bill to separate a portion of the territory of New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Act for Regulating the Alienation of Crown Lands. (As Amended by T[?]e Legislative Council in Committee of the Whole.) Preamble
Whereas it is expedient to make better provision for the Alienation of Crown Lands. Be it enacted by the Queen's most excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday, May 3, 1861. Legislative Council
The Council met at the usual hour. BILLS ASSENTED TO. The Private Secretary to the Administrator of the Government came down with the "assen" to a number…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 7, 1861 the Council and the Land Question
THE first change of importance made in the Crown Lands Alienation Bill by the Council, is the exemption of all the lands under lease, or promise of lease, in the unsettled districts, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S.M. Herald.) Thursday, May 2, 1861. Legislative Council
The Legislative Council met at twenty minutes past four. Notice was given by the SECRETARY FOR LANDS of his intention to move, on Friday, that the house should sit…
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A public meeting was held at the Court-house, East Maitland, on Tuesday, for the purpose of electing two members to serve in the District Council of Maitland, and as Commissioners of the Road Trust, in the room of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Waies Parliament. (From the Herald and Empire.) Monday, May 6, 1861. Legislative Council
The Council met at four o'clock. Captain LAMB gave notioe of a motion in favor of pecuniary grants in favor of the aborigines.—The SECRETARY FOR LANDS gave notice of his intention to move the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, May 7, 1861. Legislative Council
The SECRETARY FOR LANDS gave notice of a motion in reference to the title, &c., of the representative of her Majesty in this colony, and deprecating any change if such should be contemplated…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the Herald and Empire.) Wednesday, May 8, 1861. Legislative Council
The Council met at the usual hour. The SECRETARY FOR LANDS laid upon the table various papers, which were ordered to be printed: also returns required from the District Courts under Acts of Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Council.—friday, May 10. (From the Herald and Empire.)
The President took the chair at thirty-two minutes past three o'clock.—RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT: The President said—I have the honour to communicate to this house that within the last few minutes I have received a verbal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 14, 1861. Sudden Death of the Council
As we were able in our last to briefly inform our readers, from telegraphic intelligence, the Legislative Council has put a sudden termination to its labours, and its life, or rather the…
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