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Council & local affairs, 1855

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Council Paper. Lands of Moreton Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 8

To the Honorable the Legislative Council of New South Wales, in Council assembled. THE humble Petition of the Inhabitants of the Police District of Brisbane, in the Northern Districts of…

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

Empire · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 4

Mr. FLOOD to move—(on the Order of the Day for the Committal of the Hunter River Tonnage Duty Bill being read)—l. That in the opinion of this House, it would materially conduce to the public advantage if the Port of Newcastle, and also the River…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Day. Wednesday, September 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 September 1855 · page 5

CONTINGENT NOTICE OF M[?]TION.— MR. FLOOD to mov.—(on the Order of the Day for the Committal of the Hunter River Tonnage Daty Bill being read)—(1.) That in the opinion of this House it would materially conduce to the…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 September 1855 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-part three o'clock. THE SYDNEY AND PARRAMATTA RAILWAY…

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Legislative Council. Wednesday, 10Th September

Empire · Thursday 20 September 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. PAPERS. The Colonial Secretary laid upon the table the…

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Legislative Council.—business for To-day. Government Business—orders of the Day

Empire · Thursday 20 September 1855 · page 4

Sydney Building Bill:second reading. Gold Fields Management Bill; second reading. Marriage Bill; to be further considered in Committee, Police Agreements Bill; third reading…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Day. Government Business—orders of the Day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 September 1855 · page 5

Sydney Building Bill; second reading. Gold Fields' Management Bill; second reading. Marriage Bill; to be further considered in Committee. Police Agreements' Bill; third reading…

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Starvation of an Alderman. (From the Household Words.)

Empire · Friday 21 September 1855 · page 7

The following account of a tragedy which is no filling with consternation many persons resident in th neighbourhood of Clump Lodge, Brixton, and which ha caused despair among the friends of the [?]…

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Council Paper

Empire · Friday 21 September 1855 · page 7

Report from the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the falling in of a portion of the Tunnel over the RailwAy At Chippendale. The select committee appointed to inqnire into and…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 September 1855 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at twenty minutes past three o'clock. NEW MEMBER. Mr. RICHARDSON took the oaths and his seat, as…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, 20Th September

Empire · Friday 21 September 1855 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. NEW MEMBER SWORN. John Richardson, Esquire, having taken the oath, and…

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Legislative Council. Business Proceedings for This Day. Notices of Motion and Orders of the Day. Friday, September [?]1. Notices of Motion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 September 1855 · page 8

MR. MURRAY to move, That the Petition of Mr. Anson, of Braidwood, presented by him on the 18th instant, in refere[?] to certain losses sustained by him by the fraud of the late clerk of Petty Session an Gold Receiver at Aralu[?]n, be printed…

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Legislative Council

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. NEW MEMBER SWORN. John Richardson, Esquire, having taken the oath, and…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 18Th September

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 5

The SPEAKER took, the chair at twenty-five minutes past three. MESSAGES. Several messages were received from his Excellency the…

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Legislative Council. Friday, 21St September

Empire · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 3

The SPEAKER took the chair at hall-past three o'clock. MESSAGE. The following Message from his Excellency the Governor General received and road:…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 18

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 9

Mr. Hood on Tuesday moved an address to his Excellency praying that the sum of three thousand pounds might be placed on the Estimates to defray the expenses of a survey for a tram-road between…

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Sketches in Sydney. No. 3. the Legislative Council—a General Outline of Its Members

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 22 September 1855 · page 9

GENTLEMEN—Lest it should appear extraordinary for a mere stranger among you "to take the liberty" of criticising your men of weight—your learned and honourable signors,—I may as…

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Council Paper. Report From the Select Committee on the Australian Joint Stock Bank Bill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 September 1855 · page 2

THE Select Committee of the Legislative Council, to whom, on the 10th July last, the above mentioned bill was referred, have agreed to the following report:—…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 September 1855 · page 4

When we prepared our last summary on the 18th of August for the Phoenician and Oliver Lang, the Legislative Council had been sitting upwards of seventy days, during which discussions of unusual, length had…

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