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Sydney · Council & local affairs

Council & local affairs, 1855

644 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 33

Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 2

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. ASSENT TO BILLS. On the part of her Majesty, the SPEAKER…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 11th SEPTEMBER

Empire · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. ASSENT TO BILLS. The SPEAKER roported that his Excellency the…

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Legislative Council—business for To-day. Notices of Motion

Empire · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 4

The COLONIAL TREASURER to move— That Archibald Campbelt, Esquire, be appointed by this Council, in the place of William Dawes, Esquire, deceased, to be one of the Auditors of the accounts of the City Treasurer, in accordance with the…

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Legislative Council. Business Proce[?]dings for This Day. Notice of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 4

The COLONIAL TAXASVRER to move. That Arohibald Campbell, Esq., be appointed by this Council, in the place of William Dawes, Esq, deceased, to be one of the Auditors of the Accounts of the City Treasurer, in acvordance with the provisions…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Steam Postal Communication Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1855 · page 5

IN considering the Bill which has been referred ta your Committee, with relation mbre especially to the correspondence laid before your Honorable House, with His Excellency the Governor-General's Message…

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Council Paper

Empire · Thursday 13 September 1855 · page 6

REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE STEAM POSTAL COMMUNICATION BILL. The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, appointed on the 4th July, 1855, to consider and…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 September 1855 · page 2

T[?] SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-seven minutes past three o'clock. CITY ACCOUNTS. The TREASURER moved, pursuant to notice, that…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, 12Th September

Empire · Thursday 13 September 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. POSTPONEMENTS. The further consideration in committee of the…

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Legislative Council.—business for To-day. Notice of Motion

Empire · Thursday 13 September 1855 · page 5

The COLONIAL TREASURER to move—That the Standing Orders be suspended for the purpose of passing through all their stages —Bills for regulating the Duties of Customs, and Duties on Spirits distilled in the Colony…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1855 · page 3

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty—five minutes past three o'clock. QUESTION OF ORDER. Mr. PARKES said that, before proceeding with the…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, 13Th September

Empire · Friday 14 September 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. PETITIONS. Captain KING presented a petition from certain…

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Council Paper. Salaries Increased Out Of,territorial Revenue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 September 1855 · page 2

THE Governor—General lays before the Council a copy of a despatch with which he has been honored by the Secretary of State, in reply to one from Sir Charles Fitz Roy, enclosing an address from the Legislative…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 September 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. PETITIONS. Captain KING presented a petition from certain…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 15 September 1855 · page 4

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. ASSENT TO BILLS. On the part of her Majesty, the SPEAKER announced the…

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Sketches in Sydney. No. 2. the Legislative Council—a Group of Its Members

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 September 1855 · page 9

GENTLEMEN, left you in my last letter,—I don't know how —either pleased or vexed, or "betwixt and between," with my reflections, awaiting the appearance of a certain Member who…

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Council Papers. No. Xiv. an Act for Granting Duties of Customs. [Assented to, 14th September, 1855.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 September 1855 · page 5

WHEREAS it te expedient to alter the Customs Duties of the Colony: Be it therefore enacted by his Excellency the Governor of New South Wales, by and with the advice and constent of the Legislative Council thereo[?], as follows:—…

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Legislative Council—business for To-day. Notices of Motion

Empire · Tuesday 18 September 1855 · page 4

MR. NICHOLS to move—That the Petition of Mr. Shuttleworth, presented by him on the 11th instant, in reference to the purchase of a Grant of Land, of which part had been previously granted to another person, be printed…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Dat. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 September 1855 · page 4

Mr. [?] to move, That the potition of Mr. [?] [?] by him on the lith instant, in reference to the purchase of a grant of land, of which part had been previously granted to another person, be printed…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following Menages from his Excellency the…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 18th SEPTEMBER

Empire · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 3

The SPEAKER, took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following Messages from his Excellency the…

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