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Illawarra · Council & local affairs
74 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4
The President announced that the Royal assent had been given to the Hard Labor Bill and the Titles to Land Bill. Mr Lutwyche gave notice of his intention to move for leave to bring in a bill to regulate common lodging-houses. Also, a bill to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council adjourned shortly after they met til Wednesday next, out of respect to the memory of the late venerable Dr Cowper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messages were received from the Governor-General intimating that his Excellency his assented to various bills passed during the present Session. Mr Lutwyche replied officially to a series of questions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the motion of the Solicitor-General the Common Lodging houses Bill was postponed till the next day. The debate on the Chinese Immigration Bill was then recommenced, on the motion that the bill should be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Common Lodging Houses Bill and the Graduates of British Universities Bill were each read a third time and passed. Dr Douglass moved for various returns having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →1. Our letter of the 24th March, 1858, will have put you in possession of our general views with respect to the treatment of the people, in the event of the evacuation of Lucknow by the enemy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →After some preliminary business had been disposed of, Mr Docker brought up the report from the select committee on German Immigration, together with the evidence taken during the inquiry. The documents were ordered to be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Macfarlane, Esq., M.D., was sworn in and took his seat as a member of the House. The Gas Light Company's Bill, and the Publicans' Licensing Hill, were each read a first time, and ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After the formal business of the day, William Byrnes took the oath and his seat. The second reading of the Publicans' Licensing Act and the Australian Gas Light Company's Act were, upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The proceedings were chiefly of a routine description, and did not occupy the House more than an hour. The Solicitor General laid on the table certain returns, which were, on the motion of Mr Deas Thompson, referred to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Municipalities Bill was received from the Assembly, and read a first time; the second rending being fixed for the 15th September. Messages were received from the Assembly, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Electoral Bill may now be said to be fairly launched on its course through the Legislative Council. We find it hard to divine what alterations it will undergo. Mr DEAS THOMSON made…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Solicitor-General moved the second reading of the Electoral Law Amendment Bill. Differing from the many amendments which had been made in the original Act, particularly in the distribution of the electorates, where the population principle was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some trifling preliminary business having been disposed of, the motion for the second reading of the increased Assessment Bill was called on. After some discussion, in which the bill was supported by the Solicitor-General,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the absence of Mr Blake, the debate was resumed by Mr Bourn Russell: Universal suffrage had no place whatever in the bill. Ho for one, thought that every man ought to hare a vote. Every man w taxed more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Solicitor-General moved that the House go into committee on this Bill. Mr Deas Thompson was of opinion that, in passing this bill, the House would be going ultra vires, and therefore…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There were not sufficient members present to form a House, and the House was consequently declared by the President to be adjourned to the next day. The members present were the Solicitor-General, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In order to place this very important measure before our readers we omit our extracted articles, &c. Below we give a portion of the Bill, as it has passed the third reading in the Council, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Solicitor-General laid certain papers on the table; one of which was from Commissioner O'Connell, in reference to the Fitzroy Diggings, and which will be found in another column…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →62. The Chairman if present shall preside at all meetings of the Council and in his absence such Councillor as the members present shall choose shall preside And in case of an equality…
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