Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, March 20, 1850. the Cumberland Election
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 March 1850 · page 2
THE course of events during the last few months affords convincing proof that public spirit is at present thoroughly dormant in the Middle District, and…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 May 1850 · page 2
Yesterday, at noon, the nomination of two District Councillors took place at the Courthouse, East Maitland. The WARDEN, E. C. Close, Esq., as Returning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of Parliament. Tuesday, January 31
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1850 · page 3
The Parliament was opened to-day, with the usual formalities, and the Lord Chancellor read the following speech:- "My Lords and Gentlemen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney News. the City Election. (Abridged from the Herald, July 24.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 July 1850 · page 4
Yesterday, at noon, the nomination of a member for Sydney, in the room of Dr. Bland, resigned, took place at the h[?]stings in Macquarie-place, the Mayor opening the proceedings,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Gazette. Friday, September 6, 1850. Writ of Election
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 11 September 1850 · page 4
His Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified, for general information, that Kenneth Snodgrass, Esq., having in due form resigned his seat in the Legislative Council for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Council Paper. Report of the Select Committee on Privileges of the House. The select committee of the Legislative Council appointed on the 7th June, 1850, "to inquire into and determine what are the privileges of this house (if any) with reference to contempts or breaches of the privileges of this house, committed in the face of the house as well as out of the house; and if the committee should be of opinion that no power of summary punishment for such contempts or breaches of the privileges of the house exists, that it be an instruction to the committee to frame and present a bill to confer on this house the same rights and privileges as belong to the Commons House of Parliament in England, or such other rights and privileges as the committee may suggest," have agreed, though not unanimously, to the following report
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 5 October 1850 · page 4
It is evident, from the 48th Standing Order of this Council, that the subject of contempts was under the consideration of the committee which framed the Standing Orders now in force,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Mercury. Wednesday, October 9, 1850. the Election for Gloucester, Macquarie, and Stanley
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Wednesday 9 October 1850 · page 2
IT will be seen from the report in our fourth page of the proceedings at Raymond Terrace on Saturday last, that Mr. Robert Campbell, of Sydney, and…
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