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Illawarra · Council & local affairs
28 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 2
On the motion of Mr. Thomson a resolution was carried in favor of the coins of the Sydney Mint being made a legal tender in all parts of the British dominions. The osher business transuded was merely of a formal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Municipal Bill was read a second time. The Loan Bill for 1857 was committed and amended. Leave was given to introduce measures relating to the conveyance of real estate, and the admission of barristers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messages were received from the Governor-General acknowledging the receipt of adresses from the Council in reference to the coinage at the Sydney Mint being made a legal tender throughout the empire, and to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the presentation of several petitions, the Sydney Municipal Council Bill was further considered in committee. After a debate on the clause providing that the vote shall be by ballot, it was passed on a division of 14…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Hubert Plunkett, Esq., Q.C., was sworn in and took his seat as a member. Messages were received from the Assembly announcing that the amendments made by the Council in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Thomson reported that the deputation had presented to Sir Alfred Stephen the address adopted by the Council on Friday last, to which they had received a reply. The reply was ordered to be entered on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the President taking the Chair, it was ascertained that there was not a quorum present, and accordingly the House was adjourned till four o'clock the following day…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Customs' Further Regulation Bill, and the Supreme Court Registration Transfer Bill were severally considered committee, and reported without amendment. The reports were adopted, and the third reading of each bill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robert McIntosh Isaacs, Esq., Bwrister-at-Law, and Edward Wise, Esq., Barrister-at-Law, having taken the oath and subscribed the roll, took their seats as members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the transaction of some format business, Mr Thomson moved for and obtained leave to bring in a bil to establish and regulate electric telegraphs. Mr. Lutwyche brought forward his motion relative to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Towns moved the resolutions standing in his name for the adoption of the report of the select committee on shipwrecks and disasters lit sea, and for the transmission of an address to the Governor-General, proving his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council met at cleven, a.m. After Mr. E. Deas Thomson had replied to two questions, Mr. Deas Thomson's motion for the suspension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament was opened this day by the Govornor-General in person. After reading the vice-regal speech his Excellency immediately left the Council Chamber, and the Council adjourned till four o'clock. On resuming, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Deas Thompson to move—1. That a select committee be appointed to consider and report on the expediency of establishing a Federal Legislature, invested with the necessary power to discuss and determine all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the motion of Mr. Thomson, a select committee was appointed to consider the question of establishing a Federal Legislature for the Colonies. The other business was mostly of a formal character…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →There not being a quorum of members present the Council adjourned until the following Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR—Permit me to submit to the consideration of the public and of our legislators, an Amended Municipal Institutions Bill. I have for years taken a very active interest in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mr. Deas Thomson entered into an explanation of the circumstances under which the Government had sought an adjournment of the House on Friday, and the course which they subsequently deemed it their duty to take in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR — Upon the subject of the ballot, I fully admit the necessity which exists for its introduction in all elections, both for the legislative and municipal councils; and, in admiting, regret it because, I consider the very…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The business transacted was chiefly of a formal character. In reply to a question put by Mr. Deas Thomson, the Solicitor-General (Mr. Latwyche) stated that he did not appear in the House as the representative of the…
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