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A DESPATCH relative to the mail contract was laid upon the table by the Attorney General and ordered to be printed. The District Courts Act Amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE greater portion of the sitting was occupied by the Council in debate on the second reading of Mr. Johnson's bill to amend the law of evidence in prosecutions for bigamy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Council after disposing of some unimportant preliminary business was occupied about an hour and a half with the Bill to Amend the Law of Evidence in prosecutions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MOTION by Mr. Pennington gave rise to some discussion, on the present mode of obtaining new trials, and it appeared the general opinion that the practice pursued in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONSIDERABLE time was occupied by the Council with Mr. Johnson's Bill, in reference to the Law of Evidence in Prosecutions for Bigamy. The amendment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE House was occupied for a short time in the discussion of Mr. Montefiore's motion on the subject of Postal arrangement. The House appeared to go entirely with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. HOOD, of Moreton Bay, resumed his seat. After several notices of motion had been postponed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →INTIMATION was given that Mr. Lutwyche bad resigned his seat; and Mr. Bayley stated he had been sworn in as Attorney General…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. BAYLEY intimated that he had been called upon to take his place in the Executive Coundl, and that he would be sworn in on Monday following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No quorum. J LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY.! TUESDAY, MARCH 15. AFTER, some preliminary business, 1…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER preliminary business, A Bill to repeal the Treasury Bills Act of 1857 was read a first time. In reply to a question from Mr. Want,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER same unimportant business, in committee on the District Courts Act A [?] Bill, the amendments 4 and 5 of the Assembly were rejected, being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No quorum. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6. The Appropriation Biil and the Government Loans Bill were read a first time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE session commenced on the above day. Sir W. W. Burton, Mr. George Allen, and Dr. Dickson were Commissioners appointed under the great seal of the colony for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE President and the members present proceeded to Government House, to present the reply to the Governor General's speech. His Excellency briefly replied. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. Geoffry Eagar, a new member, took the eaths and his seat. A deputation took the sessional orders of the Council to the Assembly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AFTER some formal business had been gone through, Mr. Want moved that the question of referring all private bills to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DR. Dickson intimated that he was no longer the representative in the Council of the Government, but declined to explain the cause…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Muntefiore, on the ground that the Government had not yet had the opportunity of appointing a representative for the Upper House, moved that the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. Margrove, Solicitor General, took the oaths and his seat. He will represent the Government in the Council, and he is a member of the Cabinet…
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