Opening of Parliament. the Queen's Speech
The session of 1869 has fairly commenced, and it will be observed that the Gladstone Government have lost no time so far in inaugurating their policy. The speech elicited no…
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Politics & elections, 1869
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Maitland District Council. Nomination of Candidates
On Tuesday a meeting of electors was held, at the Court-house, East Maitland, for the purpose of nominating two councillors to serve in the Maitland District Council in the room of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arrival of the Suez Mail Steamer Avoca. Latest News to 17Th April. O'farrell Papers in Parliament. Irish Church Bill Second Reading Large Majority. Lowe's First Financial Speech. Belgian Colliers Fighting the Troops. Outrages in Ireland. Wool Sales Closed Still Depressed. Suez Canal Opened. Mercury Office. Monday evening, 9 o'clock
We have just received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney Correspondent. The Alexandra arrived at Glenelg this afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The English Mail. Arrival of the "Geelong," with News to the 2Nd September. Improvement in the Wool Market. Tallow and Hides Advanced. Oxford Beat the American Rowers. Proposed Colonial Conference in London. Parliament Prorogued. Preparations for Irish Church Changes. Bright Invited to Balmoral. Gladstone Recovered From Illness. Cholera in India. Napoleon Ill. Marshal Niel Dead. Differnces Between Sultan and Egyptian Victory. United Atates Offer to Buy Cuba. Carlist Disturbances in Spain. Mercury Office, Maitland. Monday morning
Last evening we received the following important telegram from our Sydney telegraphic correspondent:— The Geelong arrived at the Sound on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of Parliament. (From our Special Correspondent.)
The last session of the fifth Parliament of New South Wales was opened on Tuesday, at noon, by his Excellency the Governor, the Right Hon. the Earl of Belmore, in person,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. Wednesday, September 29. (From the S. M. Herald) Legislative Council
Mr. OWEN laid upon the table several copies of despatches, and a number of papers required under the Public Schools and the Municipalities Acts, which were ordered to be printed. Mr. WEEKES gave notice of a question as to whether it was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. Tuesday Afternoon, September 28, 1869. [We continue and complete, from the S. M. Herald's report, the proceedings of Tuesday afternoon, from the point where our correspondent's report terminated, as published in the Mercury of Thursday] Legislative Council
The Council met again at the usual hour. Mr. Allen was appointed Chairman of Committees for the present session, being the eighteenth occasion on which he has been nominated to the office…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Frtdat, October 1, 1869. Lesislative Assembly
QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—Ministers, in an swer to questions, said:—The Government had already taken steps torestore the silver currency to a more satisfactory footing; that it was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Parliament. Tuesday, October 5. (By our Special Reporter.)
The Speaker took the chair at twenty-eight minutes after three p.m. Mr. Egan, in answer to Mr. J. Stewart, said the Government were considering the propriety…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Thursday, Oct. 8, 1869. Legislative Council
Mr. Owen brought up the usual 'sessional return of the Legislative Council printing; also the report of the Post Office Department for 1868…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Parliament. (From our Special Correspndent.) Tuesday, Oct. 12. Legislative Assembly
Mr. Sutherland, in answer to Mr. Morrice, stated that the Government were aware of the dilapidated condition of the court house at Berrima, and that as soon as the estimates passed…
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[We received from our Special Sydney correspondent a full report of the proceedings of Thursday, including a portion in Empire proofs (kindly favoured); and also received a brief report of the proceedings to a certain hour…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1869. Legislative Council
Mr. Owen gave notice of a question in reference to the recent regulations respecting payment for lands conditionally purchased. The Blue Book for 1868 and other papers were laid…
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We copy from the Herald the report of Thursday's proceedings, from the point at which our correspondent's report in the last issne terminated.—The debate was on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Parliament. (From, our Special Correspondent.) Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, Oct. 19
The Speaker took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past three o'clock. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—Mr. Robertson, in answer to Mr. Macleay, tabled returns in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Wednesday, October 20, 1869. [?] Legislative Council
Mr. Do[?] asked, in terms of notice—Whether the present Attorney-General has given any opinion to the Government to the effect that the power to issue the recent regulations under the provisions of the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald) Thursday, October 21. Legislative Council
Mr. Owen laid upon the table the report of the commission on the water supply of Sydney— a very b[?]lky volume—which was ordered to be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales Parliament. (From our Special Correspondent.) Tuesday, 26Th October, 1869. Legislative Assembly
The Speaker took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past three. QUESTIONS ANSWERED.—Ministers, in answer to questions, said that four locomotive engines…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Parliament. Tuesday, October 26 1869. Legislative Assembly
[We complete, from the S. M. Herald and Empire, the report of the proceedings of Tuesday, from the point at which our special correspondent's report, stopped, as published in Thursday's Mercury]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales Parliament. (From the S. M. Herald Thursday, October 28, 1869. Legislative Council
Mr. A. Campbell's motion for returns as to export bonds for gunpowder and other warlike materials vas agreed to; Mr. Owen intimating, however, tbat it might be a very long time…
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