Parliament and Progress
PARLIAMENT in Sydney commenced another cession on Tuesday last, when the usual inaugural address was delivered by His Excellency, Sir JOHN YOUNG, and the programme…
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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, July 24
At twelve o’clock the President of the Council, the Honorable Terence Aubrey Murray, Esq., took his seat. The CLERK of the Parliaments read the Governor’s…
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Those who paid much attention to English politics when Sir R. Peel was Premier may remember the time when Mr. Disraeli bantered Peel on his giving way to the Commons, and stated that the day had gone by when…
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In reply to questions put to Ministers, the following information was clicited:—That the Government under consideration the expediency of introducing a bill for the encouragement and promotion of…
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The Postmaster-General laid upon the table a copy of new regulations issued for the management of the Gold-fields, and the Blue Book for 1865. The PRESIDENT reported a message covering a bill…
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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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A return has just been laid upon the table of the House by the order of Mr. Piddington, showing the extent to which members of the Legislature are interested as Crown tenants in the lands…
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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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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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Sir [?] a petition from eight [?]-miners at Forbes, against the Goldfields’ Regulation Bill, which was rejected as being [?]…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Several motions for the printing of petitions were agreed to as formal motions; The House then went into committee on the Public Schools Bill…
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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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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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