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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Politics & elections
102 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 6
In answer to a question from Mr. Donaldson, the Colonial Treasurer said that no minute of the Executive Council had been made to authorise the expenditure of the public money without formal Parliamentary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A special general meeting of the subscribers to The Maitland Hospital was held on Wednesday afternoon, for the purpose of electing a Secretary in the room of Mr. Luke Kingsmill, who has resigned, and to take into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Colonial Secretary laid on the table papers relating to the enquiry instituted by the Government as to the state of the unemployed labourers and mechanics in Sydney. The papers were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Several notices of motion were given. The motion of Mr. R. Tooth for consolidating the loans raised on railways and that the railways should be pledged as an additional security for the debentures…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Donaldson brought up the final report from the committee appointed to inquire into the circumstances of the late railway accident. Mr. Robertson moved for leave to bring in a bill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Legislative Assembly met at the usual hour. Some Supplementary Estimates were laid upon the table, after which a message was read from the Governor General who informed the House that in accordance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Earl of Clarendon Inquired if the government could lay before the house any information on the Alleged proceedings of our cruisers on the coast of Cubs, of which the reports were exciting great uneasiness, from the preparations said to be making by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Cowper laid on the table correspondence announcing the dissolution of the contract with the European and Australian Royal Mail Company, and reporting the temporary arrangement made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A most painful scene occurred at Hertford, on the occasion of the re-election of Sir Edward Bulwer Lytion. Towards the close of the Hertforshire election, just after Sir Edward has concluded his address with a [?] of admiration to the womanly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Speaker took the chair at the usual hour. PAPERS. Mr. Cowper laid upon the table the second annual report of the Registrar-General, on the registration of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The House met at a quarter past four o'clock. PUBLICANS' LICENSING ACT AMENDMENT BILL. Mr. Lutwyche moved that the Publicans' Licensing Act Amendment Bill he now read a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The speaker took the chair at half-past three o'clock. RESIGNATION OF MR. HENRY PARKES. The Speaker reported to the House that he had received a letter from Mr. Henry Parkes, notifying the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Speaker took the chair at twenty-six minutes past three o'clock. RAILWAY TO GOULBURN. Mr. Murray, in accordance with an intimation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Speaker took the chair at twenty-eight minutes past three. On counting the House it was found that there was not a quorum of members only the following nineteen…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Legislative Council, on the motion of the Solicitor General, the report of the committee of the House on the Pyrmont Bridge Bill, was adopted. The debate on the Electoral Act was then resumed by Mr. Wise…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The House met at half past three. The Hon. John Hubert Plunkett, Q.C., Introduced by Messrs Macarthur and Forster, took the oaths and his seat as a member for the North Riding of Cumberland…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Plunkett was returned without opposition on Monday last for the North Riding, Mr. Isaac Shepherd having retired, deeming it inexpedient to plunge the country into a contested election…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Council met a few minutes after four o'clock. The report of the Select Committee on Chinese Immigration was brought up by Dr. Douglass, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The President took the chair at the usual hour, but there being only present, besides the President, the Chairman of Committees, the Solicitor-General, Mr. Prince, Mr. A. Lang, Dr. Dickson, Mr. Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There were not sufficient members present to form a quorum, and the House was consequently declared by the President to be adjourned to Wednesday. The members present were the Solicitor-General, Mr…
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