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Murray · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1866

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 25 August 1866 · page 2

The POSTMASTER-GENERAL moved the second rending of the Industrial Schools Bill. He urged the necessity of such a measure in order to deal with the cases of the destitute children of the colony—cases…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 22

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 September 1866 · page 3

A message was received from the Governor, assenting to the Customs’ Validating Bill. Mr. DOCKER presented a petition, and gave notice of motion, for leave to bring in a bill to amend the…

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Albury Police Court. Wednesday, August 29. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M., the Mayor, and [?] Fallon, Esq.’s, J.P.’s.) MURDER

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 September 1866 · page 3

Thomas Saunders was brought up on the charge of having, with malice aforethought, wilfully murdered his wife, Mary Saunders. The prisoner was [?] but appeared a little…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, August 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 8 September 1866 · page 2

Mr. Docker laid on the table of the House the eleventh annual post-office report. On the motion of Mr. JAMES MACARTHUR, leave of absence was given to Sir William Macarthur for…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council Tuesday, Sept. 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 15 September 1866 · page 2

Sir [?] a petition from eight [?]-miners at Forbes, against the Goldfields’ Regulation Bill, which was rejected as being [?]…

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Albury Police Court. Saturday, Sept. 8 (Before Captain [?], P.M. the Mayor, and J. T. Fallon [?] J.P’s.) the Murder at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 15 September 1866 · page 3

Thomas Saunders was again placed in the dock in the larger Court on a charge of suspicion of having murdered his wife, Mary Saunders. Prisoner was still undefended…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Sept. 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 22 September 1866 · page 2

Mr. Docker laid the correspondence respecting the Panama postal route on the table. The Gold-fields’ Bill was passed through committee without amendment. The adoption of the report…

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New South Wales-parliament. Legislative Council Wednesday, Sept. 15

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 29 September 1866 · page 2

Two messages wore received from the Legislative Assembly, stating that some of the amendments made the Legislative Council had been agreed to, and others not, in the Registration of Brands Bill and the…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Sept. 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 2

A bill to permit the sale of [?] brandy distilled by the owners of vine yards from grapes the produces of such vineyards, was brought up from the Legislative Assembly and read a first time…

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Albury Police Court. Tuesday, October 2. (Before Captain Browarigg, P.M., the Mayor, S. C. V. North, J. T. Fallon, J. J. Kestings, and G. Days, Esg, s., J. P.’s

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 6 October 1866 · page 2

John Barlow applied for a hawker’s license, which was granted and the necessary securities entered into the Bench then went into an adjourned case of…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Oct. 9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 13 October 1866 · page 2

On the Order of the Day for the consideration in committee of the Commercial Banking Company’s Bill. The PRESIDENT took occasion to observe, that while…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Oct. 10

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 2

Messages were received from the Governor conveying the assent on behalf of liar Majesty to the Church of England Properties Bill, the Felons’ Apprehension Continuation Bill, the Cattle Disease Prevention Bill,…

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Albury Police Court. Tursday, October 16. (Before Captain Brownrigg, P.M., the Mayor, and Ge[?]rge Day, Esq., J.P.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 20 October 1866 · page 2

Joseph Milton, the manager of the butcher’s establishment in Townsend-street, carried on under the name of Henry Gilr[?], was summoned by Senior constable Anderson, as Inspector of Slaughterhouses…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Oct. 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 27 October 1866 · page 2

The Sheep Disease Prevention Bill was taken through committee and reported with amendments, Mr. DOCKER intimating that he should move the recommitted of the bill, in the hope of re-introducing…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council, Tuesday, Oct 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 3 November 1866 · page 1

In reply to Mr. Deas Thomson, Mr. Docker stated that the Government had not yet come to any determination on the subject of making the salaries of the officers of the House…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, October 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 10 November 1866 · page 3

Mr. Docker laid upon the table farther correspondence respecting the postal service, and a report from the Engineer-in-Chief, respecting the propriety of making Trial Bay a harbor of refuge…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, November 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 17 November 1866 · page 2

The President said it was his painful duty to announce to the House the decease of one of its members—the Honorable Robert Johnson-whose name he had consequently directed to be struck out of the…

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Albury Municipal Council. Albury Municipal Council. Wednesday, November 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 24 November 1866 · page 2

Present—the Mayor, Aldermen Solomon, Murphy, Mol, Rau, Jones, and Barnett. The minutes of previous meeting were read and confirmed…

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New South ,Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Nov-14

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 24 November 1866 · page 2

The President reported the receipt from the Legislative Assembly of messages returning the Sale of Colonial Brandy Bill, with amendments agreed to a bill to Incorporate the Commercial Banking…

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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Wednesday, Nov 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 1 December 1866 · page 2

Petitions [?] presented in reference to the Public Schools Bill by Mr. Docker, from Albury, signed by 212 persons, in favor of the bill; by Mr. Allen, from 22 Western [?] for amendments in the 17th…

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