Legislative Council. Wednesday, June 8
The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. PETITIONS. Mr. COWPER presented a petition from…
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Council & local affairs, 1853
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Legislative Council
THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. GOLD BILL COMMITTEE. The SPEAKER reported that the name…
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The Governor-General transmits to the Council a supplementary estimate of expenditure for the service of the present year, and the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 1854…
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The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. The SPEAKER reported to the House, that in numbering the votes, in the ballot for members…
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Mr. DARVALL to move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the Law of Defamation. Mr. HOLROYD to move that a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the Quarantine Laws of the…
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GENTLEMEN,—A mysterious leader appears in your paper of this day. It refers to something which took place in the Legislative Council on Tuesday last, and that much surprise had been…
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THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. EDUCATION. Dr. DOUGLASS, seeing the hon. the…
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The SPEAKER took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. POSTPONEMENTS. Mr. HOLROYD postponed the motion standing…
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The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the following papers: -- The return to the address in reference to the proposed railway between Newcastle and Maitland, adopted on motion of Mr. Nichols, on the 31st ultimo…
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ASSAULT ON THE POLICE.—One Edward Baines was charged by Constable Harris with assaulting him in the execution of his duty. He was fined £1, and 2s. 6d. costs…
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CHARLES A. FITZ ROY, Governor-General. A GREEABLY to the provisions of the 19th section of the Act of Parliament for the better…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Council and the Canadian Constitution. (From the Maitland Mercury, June 4.)
Mr. Wentworth, in moving for a committee to frame a new constitution, took occasion to explain his views as to how far the Council were bound by the conditions of their own grievances petition,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Legislative Council. Tuesday. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. MESSAGES
The following messages from his Excellency the Governor-General were received and read, viz., a message transmitting to the Legislative Council the draft of a bill to repeal an Act of Council passed in the 16th year of Her present Majesty's reign…
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GENTLEMEN, -- Allow me to request your special attention to a few remarks on the National System of Education, together with certain existing obstacles to the prosperity of the present system set forth in the correspondence with the Board…
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SHOPLIFTING.—At a late hour on Saturday night, Constable Rochford met a woman carrying a bandle at the corner of Market and Castlereagh streets. She was intoxicated, and gave her name…
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Mr. COWPER to move for leave to bring in a Bill to Incorporate the Sydney Gold Escort Company. Mr. COWPER to move for leave to bring in a Bill to Incorporate the Australian Joint Stock Bank…
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THE Board have not found it necessary to make any change in the regulations for the management of the schools from those adopted in previous years…
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THE Speaker took the chair at half-past three. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon…
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Repert from the Select Committee on the Constitution Despatches. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 27th May last, "to…
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The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'olock. COUNCIL PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the…
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