Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Assembly Monday, May 22, 1871
Ministers in answers to questions said— That the South Sydney Company of Volunteers had complained of their commanding officer, and Captain Newsham had been…
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Politics & elections, 1871
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Letters to the Editor. the Election for Macquarie Ward To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR— The forthcoming election for Macquarie Ward bids fair to be one of the moat exciting and interesting that has ever taken place in this city, especially when we take into consideration…
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In the Legislative assembly, Ministers, in answer to questions, said: That all Church and School lands had been sold by suction, except in five cases, where they had been…
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Ministers, in answers to questions, said: That there was money due by the Government to John Sullivan, and that he could have it by applying for it and that the collector of…
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The Appropriation Bill for services in the month of May was read a second time, and passed through committee. Mr. Robertson moved the second reading…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Macquarie Ward. Nomination of Candidates
A public meeting of the electors of Macquarie Ward, called by his Worship the Mayor, was held on Tuesday last, at noon, in the Oddfellows Hall, Darby-street, for the…
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Mr. Robertson, in answer to a question, said that the correspondence relating to the, absence from the colony of ministers of religion would be laid on the table as soon as two sets…
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Ministers, in answer to questions, said,— That the Attorney-General had communicated with the magistrates who tried the case of the Justice of the Peace who had been summoned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of N.s.w. Thursday, June 1St. Legislative Council
Mr. Docker stated, in reply to questions, that since March 10th, 1869, the government had received only one report from the commissioners under the Superannuation Act, and…
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The Superannuation Act Amendment Bill was received from the Assembly and read a first time. Mr. Docker moved the second reading of…
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The house went into Committee of Supply. —On the vote of 364020 for the Department of Public Works, on which Mr. Driver had moved a reduction of £300 in the salary of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Assembly. Monday, June 12Th
The home went into Committee of Supply to consider the postponed items.—On the proposal to vote £6286 17a. 6d. on the Supplementary Estimates in aid of the Civil Service…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. the Late Election in the Artillery Battery. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—As some interest has lately been manifested with regard to the election of second lieutenant of the No. 3 Battery Volunteer Artillery, in this city, I have, after much hesitation, decided upon penning these lines…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 13,1871
Mr. Docker laid upon the table an abstract of Crown lads reserved for preservation of water supply; despatch and minute respecting the release of Hovell and Rangi; report…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Council. Thursday, June 15, 1871
Mr. Weekes moved the second reading of the Navigation Bill, explaining that its object was to establish a marine board, with powers to investigate esses of shipwreck, collision, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Assembly. Monday, June 19Th
In the Legislative Assembly, on Monday, Mr. Robertson, in answer to questions, said:—That Kennedy had been declared to be insane by the usual Medical Board, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. the Late Artillery Election. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR,—I must acknowledge the fact of my disappointment in not having my previous communication replied to earlier, and at one time I became somewhat apprehensive that no friend of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of N.s.w. Legislative Council. Tuesday, June 20, 1871
Messages were received from the Assembly transmitting the Appropriation Bill, and notifying that the Assembly had agreed to the Council's amendment on the Main Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Candidate for the Throne of France
Henry diaries Ferdinand Marie Drendonne, Duke of Bordeaux, and Count of Chambord, is the present chief of the principal branch of the Bourbon family. He is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of the Council.—election of Mayor
At 6 p.m., the newly-elected aldermen having made and signed the usual declaration, met in the Mechanics' Institute, for the purpose of electing their mayor for the ensuing term of the…
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