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Politics & elections, 1860

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, June 5. Legislative Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 June 1860 · page 6

The Legislative Assembly met at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. Mr. HAY brought up the report of the committee on the seizure of opium on the Kate…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, June 7. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1860 · page 2

The Legislative Council sat until seven o'clock. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the promised addenda to the return to the order of the house, of 10th April, in reference to payments unauthorised by…

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The Proposed New Houses of Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald, June 12)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1860 · page 6

In one of our monthly summaries last year we noticed a series of beautiful views which had been photographed by the Messrs. Freeman, of George-street, from an elevation erected for the purpose above the statue of Sir…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Tuesday, June 12. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1860 · page 6

The Council commonced business at eighteen minutes past four o'clock. The consideration in committee of the Tolls' Act Amendment Bill; and the second reading…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wednesday, June 13. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 June 1860 · page 2

The Council did not sit more than half an hour yesterday. The Governor's assent was brought down to the Lien on Wool Act Continuation Bill, and to the Newcastle…

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New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, June 13

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1860 · page 2

[In our Saturday's issue we gave the result of the first day's debate on the motion for the adoption of the Maitland Pasturage Reserve. We now report in full the Herald's report of that debate.]…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herrald.) Tuesday, June 19, 1860. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1860 · page 4

The Council sat until n[?]arly eleven o'olock. SHOALHAVEN MUNICIPALITY. Mr. DOCKEE moved the adoption of the report of the select committee on the petition of…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the Herald.) Thursday, June 28, 1860. Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 July 1860 · page 1

The Legislative Council met at twenty-eight minutes past four o'clook. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table of the House—([?].) Copies of the bye-lawsof St. John's College,…

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The Morpeth Election. Sydney, 17th July, 1860

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 July 1860 · page 2

The Honorable Terence Aubrey Murray, Esq., Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, directs it to be notified, for general information, that a writ hath this day issued, and the following arrangements have been made, for the…

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The Morpeth Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 July 1860 · page 2

IN another column will be found the requisition to Mr. Samuel Cohen, from the electors of Morpeth, and his reply, consenting to become a candidate. Mr. Cohen cannot be in Morpeth, we…

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Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, July 31, 1860. the Morpeth Election

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 July 1860 · page 2

THE electors of Morpeth have offered to them rather an unusual choce—a rich man, shrewd and clever in all commercial matters; or a very poor man, of some ability, but chiefly…

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The Morpeth Election. the Nomination

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1860 · page 2

The public meeting of electors of Morpeth convened for the purpose of nominating a member to represent that district in the Legislative Assembly, in the room of E. C. Close, Esq., j[?]n., resigned, was held on Tuesday,…

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Further Prorogation of Parliament

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1860 · page 2

The following proclamation appears in Tuesday's Gazette:- By his Excellency Sir William Thomas Denison, Knight, &c., &c…

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The Morpeth Election. To the Editors of the Maitland Mercury

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 4 August 1860 · page 3

GENTLEMEN—Every inhabitant of the electorate of Morpeth knows that the present election represents a crisis in the history of their district, and that it may, and probably will, determine whether this locality is to…

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Queensland Parliament. (From the Moreton Bay papers.) Legislative Council.—august 23. Retirement of the President

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1860 · page 2

Sir CHARLES NICHOLSON rose and said: As m[?] connected with my own private affairs will probably require my leaving Brisbane within a few days, 1 purpose, during that interval to place in the hands of his…

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Latest Telegraphic News. (From our Sydney Telegraphic Correspondent.) Opening of Parliament. Sydney, Wednesday, 5.50 p.m

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 27 September 1860 · page 3

Parliament was opened yesterday, by the Governor General. The attendance of ladies was larger than usual. The Premier stated he should deal first with the…

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Maitland Mercury. Saturday, September 29, 1860. Opening of Parliament

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1860 · page 4

THE opening speech of the Governor General is certainly brief enough, in its promises and intimations, to satisfy the most exacting admirers of brevity. There is, however, one merit in a…

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Opening of Parliament Tuesday, September 25, 1860. (from Wednesday's Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1860 · page 3

The Session commenced yosterday. The weather was fine, and as it was known to some that Lady Damson intended to honour the opening by her presence, there was consequently a larger attendance of ladies than on…

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New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, September 26. (from the S. M. Herald.) Legislative Council

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 29 September 1860 · page 4

The Legislative Council met at a quarter to two, and proceeded to Government House with the Address in reply to the Governor General's speech, adopted on the preceding day. The Address having been presented, his Excellency returned a suitable reply…

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New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, September 27. Legislative Assembly

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 October 1860 · page 2

The Legislative Assembly met on Thursday at twenty-three minutes past three o'clook. Papers were laid on the tablE by Ministers, and ordered to be primed, including the Statistical Register for 1859…

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