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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1861

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Parliament of New South Wales. (Abridged from the S. M. Herald.) Thursday, December 5. Legislative Council. Wagga Wagga Bridge

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 11 December 1861 · page 3

A MESSAGE was received from the Governor conveying the assent to the Wagga Wagga Bridge Company' Bill. LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL BILL…

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Wednesday, December 4. Legislative Council Hills

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Saturday 14 December 1861 · page 4

The Richmond River Bridge Company's Bill, the Tobacco Duties Bill, and the Murray River Customs Bill, were received from the Assembly, and read a first time…

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The Municipal Council

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 18 December 1861 · page 2

THE fortnightly meeting of the municipal council was held on Monday evening. Present, his worship the Mayor, in the chair, aldermen Corlette, Bolton, Brown, Kemp, Ross, Tighe, and Pratten. The minutes of the previous…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Thursday, December 12. Legislative Council. Legislative Council Bill

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 18 December 1861 · page 4

IN the Legislative Council, the debate on the motion for the second reading of the Legislative Council Bill, and the amendment to refer it to to the select committee…

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Thursday, December 19. Legislative Council. Bills. &C

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 25 December 1861 · page 2

The Tobacco Duties Bill, the River Murray Customs Bill, and the Sale of Liquors Licensing Bill, were read a third time and passed. The report of the committee of the whole on the Navigable Waters Protection Bill, was adopted…

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Wednesday, December 18. Legislative Council. Navigable Waters Protection Bill

The Newcastle Chronicle and Hunter River District News · Wednesday 25 December 1861 · page 2

THE Navigable Waters Protection Bill was further considered in committee, and, on the motion of Mr. Gordon, the maximum penalty wan reduced from five to one hundred pounds. The bill was reported with amendments…

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