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221 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 12
The petition presented by Mr. Parkes from several meroantile firms in the city of Sydney—representing that the Chinese at Lambing Flat had arrived in the colony under the portection of British law, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the 12th Mr Mate moved to bring in a to prevent the careless me of fires. The object the bill was to prevent the frequent recurrent hush fires, owing to which there were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The petition, presented by Mr. MEREWETHER, from a Chinamau setting forth that having been on the Lambing Flat diggings, with a large amount of property, he had received notices to leave, and had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Council, on Tuesday, the whole of the salary attached to the office of President was resolved to be paid to the gentleman holding that office during the absence of Sir James Palmer. The Hon. M…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the 15th, the House went into committee on the Impounding Bill, when clauses 1 to 8 were gone through. As we have referred to the measure at length, in our leading article to-day, we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly, on Thursday, the Medical Practitioners Bill was read a second time, an [?] the House went into committee upon it the committee were engaged the greater part of the evening in[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Council, on the 20th, the Great Scal question was postponed for a month, the correspondence not being ready. The [?] Tramway Bill was carried through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In answer to Mr. DEAS THOMPSON, “Whether any answer bad yet been returned to the communications of the Chief-Secretary of Victoria, inviting the concurrence of the Government of New South Wales in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council met on Tuesday. Beyond a tilt at the Assembly by the redoubtable Johnny Fawkner, there was little done. A Weights and Measures Bill had been introduced into the [?] similar…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The âmerchants, bankers, and others of Sydney, true to their individual interests, are beginning to petition Against the Chinese Immigration Bill. In the Assembly on the 22nd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Hay's petition from one hundred and ten merdiants including nearly all the principal mercantile firms in Sydney, praying that the Bill for the Regulation of Chinese Immigration might not receive the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly, on Thursday, Mr. Hesle[?], in reply to Dr. Evans, admitted that a man named [?], sentenced [?] years imprisonment for an assault at [?]wood, had been released after serving only…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Assembly on the 26 th was engaged on the Estimates A long list of state pensions was passed without a division. We publish a few of the largest:â…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE Legislature resumed Tuesday evening last, when Mr. Giant gave notice of his intention to bring in a bill for the establishment of local insolvency courts. Mr. Chapman likewise gave notice that, on an early day, he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The holidays over, the Assembly met again on Wednesday. The business done was, however, very limited, several items of the Estimates were passed, and it being moved in committee that the further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly on the 2nd, Mr. Cawper obtained leave to introduce a Pleuro Pneumonia bill, and the measure was read a first time. Mr Buchanan moved far leave to introduce…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Speaker took the chair at twenty minutes past four o'clock. LADY JULIA PERCY ISLAND. BROOKS said that in accordance with the wish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The customary oath[?] were administered to the Hon. John Robertson, who took his seat as a member of the Council. The House went into committee for the consideration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Wednesday, Mr Frazer asked the Honourable the Commissioner of Mines, If lie intended to insured a clause in the slow Gold-field Act exempting mining machinery from taxation by municipal coinable…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Assembly , on the 5th. the Chinese Immigration Bill was considered in committee. Several members spoke against the measure, on the grounds that is was opposed to the new treaty of Pekin,…
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