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Hunter Valley · Politics & elections
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Parliament met to-day. There were about fifty members present, of whom about thirty were on the Ministerial side, ten on the Opposition, and the remainder on the cross benches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARLIAMENT has re-assembled, and the Premier has lost no time in giving a definite announcement of the intentions of the Ministry. This, at least, may be inferred from the brief outline…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly, Mr. D. BUCHANAN asked what steps had been taken to release a man named Henry Corbett, at present confined as a lunatic in the Parramatta Asylum, although it was well known that the man had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Cowper, Mr. Smart, Mr. Robertson, Mr. Darvall, and Mr. Arnold took the oaths and their seats upon their re-election since their acceptance of office. The following hon. members took the oaths and their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—In reply to Mr. Samuel, Mr. Smart said it was not the intention of the Government to introduce, during the present session, a bill for the more effectual audit of tbe public accounts and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Supreme Court, on Thursday, an application by rule insi was heard, on the part of Mr F. W. Hollnd, an elector, and a candidate for the office of councillor at the late annual election for Enmore Ward, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the sitting of the House Mr. Phelps took the oaths and his seat for Balranald. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—In reply to questions put to Ministers, the following replies were [?]ed:— That it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.—In reply to questions put to Ministers, the following information was elicited:— That Dr. Featherston had come here deputed by the Government of New Zealand to negotiate with this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—In reply to questions put to Ministers, the following information was elicited:—That it was not the intention of the Government to abolish the escort fee on conveyance of gold imposed by the late…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL COMPANY.—The standing orders were suspended, on the motion of Mr. Mitchell, for the presentation of a petition for leave to introduce a bill to enable the Australian Agricultural Company to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FELONS' APPREHENSION BILL.—The Solicitor-General moved the second reading of the Felons' Apprehension Bill, entering into a detail of the crimes committed by the four bushrangers now at large, Hall, Gilbert, Dunn,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ERADICATION OF BATHURST BURR AND THISTLES.—Sir W. Manning moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bill for the destruction of Bathurst burr, dock, and certain thistle plants.—The bill was read a first time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS—In reply to Mr Macpherson, Mr. Arnold said that the Government bad no means and no intention to make a tramway from the Pennant Hills quarry to the Parramatta River, that the Rev. W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →QUESTIONS ANSWERED — In reply to hon, members Mr. Robartson gave the following information—that Mr Henry Hill's clain for a reward for the discovery of gold at Pipeclay Creek was refused, on the ground that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →QUESTIONS ANSWERED —In reply to hon. members Mr. Robertson gave the following information—that Mr Henry Hill's claim for a reward for the discovery of gold at Pipeclay Creek was refused, on the ground that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS.—In reply to questions by Mr. Lucas, as to the production of the invoices of the low priced rails imported for experiment and the correspondence and other information connected therewith, Mr. Arnold gave a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday a meeting of the retepayers of the municipality of West Maitland was held in the School of Arts, for the purpose of hearing the official declaration of the poll that had been taken on Tuesday, for the election of a member for the Council,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SUPERANNUATION BILL.— The Solicitor-General presented a petition from 474 members of the Civil Service of New South Wales, resident in Sydney, against the Superannuation Bill proposed by Mr. Forster, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →APPROPRIATION BILL.—The Consolidated Revenue Bill (No. 2.) or Appropriation Bill was read a second time, and ordered for committal for Wednesday next. [The bill is for the current month only, and not to the 30th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament was opened to-day with all the solemnity to be conferred on it by a ceremonial which was robbed of its chief pomp and circumstance by the absence of the chief actor[?] To judge, however, by the numerous…
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