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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections
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The PRESIDENT took the chair. ATTORNEY GENERAL. The PRESIDENT intimated that he had been informed that Mr. Lutwyche had resigned his seat in the house; and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-time minutes past three o'clock. PETITION. Mr. PIDDINGTON presented a petition from Mr. T. G. Rusden,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. PAPERS. Some papers were laid on the table, including local court rules from the Nuddle gold fields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →His Excellency the Governor come down to the Legislative Council,this afternoon, at four o'clock. The Members of the Assembly had just met, and a discussion commenced, on a mot[?] made by the Treasurer, "That the Assembly do not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-nine minutes past three o'clock. On counting the members in the house, it was found that there were not sufficient to form a quorum, those in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE inquiry as to the circumstances attending Mr. Owen's voting, in his place in Parliament, at the time that it was rumoured that he was about to accept an office under Government, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →T[?] SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past three. [?]EAT VACATED. On the motion of Mr. COWPER, the seat of Robert Owen,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN—With your permission I will now resume my subject, confinging myself to the consideration of the representative character. An accomplished statesman of the last generation has told…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock. RESIGNATION OF MR. JUSTICE THERRY. The PRESIDENT informed the house that he had received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. PAPERS. Some papers, laid on the table and ordered to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The PRESIDENT took his seat at twenty-eight minutes past four. MAITLAND GAS WORKS BILL. The report of Committee on the Maitland Gas Works Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Whereas It is Expedient to provide in certain respects for the better regulation of proceedings at Elections of Members of the Legislative Assembly of New South Wales, and for securing the freedom of such Elections. Be it therefore enacted by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN—Most persons who have paid attention to the action of the popular mind in an election—the extent to which it is influenced by personal likings and aversions, by feelings properly belonging to extraneous circumstances, and by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The SPEAKER took the chair. TELEGRAPH BETWEEN SYDNEY AND ALBURY. In answer to Mr. HAY, Mr. ROBERTSON replied that the Government had engaged to provide a second telegraphic…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GENTLEMEN—To succeed in returning "fit and proper" men to Parliament, the electors ought to be prepared to take upon themselves a reasonable amount of trouble. They have a duty to perform, and they should feel a pride in performing it well…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There was not a quorum in attendance, and the house was adjourned till Frida)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →GENTLEMEN—I shall conclude my observations with a word or two on the important character of the business which the new Parliament will be called upon to undertake. I am fully aware that all politicians have the weakness to imagine a crisis…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT notified that the Hon. Mr Bligh had sent in his resignation of his seat, and that it had been accepted. The Bill passed by the Assembly for the repeal of the Treasury Bills Act, of 1857, was brought up and read a first time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. POINT OF ORDER. Mr. MURRAY called the attention of the Speaker to a point of order which involved a matter for the serious consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The District Courts question of Mr. JOHN[?]ON—"Whether it was intended to propose to the present Parlament a measure to amend the various defects alleged to exist in the District Courts Act?" was answered by the ATTORNEY GENERAL in a negative…
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