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Council & local affairs, 1855

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 3

THE Speaker took the Chair at twenty-five minutes put three o'clock. QUESTIONS OF ORDER. Mr. CAMPBELL said he was not in the House on…

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Acts of Council

Empire · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 5

By a notification in yesterday's Gazette, his Excellency the Governor-General directs it to be notified, that the Right Honorable the Secretary of State for the colonies has intimated in his despatch under date the…

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Council Paper. Proposed Stamp Duties. Message No. 80

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 5

W. DENISON, Governor-General. The Minute explanatory of the financial arrangements of the colony, which was submitted to the Council with the Estimates, shows a balance to the…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 5

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 77, with Registration Bill. consideration of the Governor-General's Message No. 89, proposing certain duties…

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

Empire · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 3

Consideration of Governor-General's Message No. 77, with Registration Bill. Consideration of the Governor-General's Message No. 80, preposing certain Stamp Duties…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 16Th October. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. PAPERS

Empire · Wednesday 17 October 1855 · page 2

The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the undermentioned papers:- 1. Report from Mr. Acting Gold Commissioner Johnson, on the Western Gold Fields, dated 5th…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 October 1855 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. ADMINISTRATION OF CROWN LANDS. Mr. NICHOLS said that, seeing the Colonial…

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

Empire · Thursday 18 October 1855 · page 4

Public Loans Interest Bill; second reading. Registration Bill; second reading. Consideration of the Governer-General's Message No. 80, proposing certain Stamp Duties…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 October 1855 · page 5

Public Loans Interest Bill; second reading. Registration Bill; second reading. Consideration of the Governor-General Message No. 80, proposing certain stamp duties…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, 17Th October. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. POSTPONEMENTS

Empire · Thursday 18 October 1855 · page 4

The consideration of the Governor-General's Message, proposing certain Stump Duties, was postponed, on motion of the COLONIAL TREASURER, until tomorrow (this day)…

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Acts of Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 October 1855 · page 2

THE three following Acts having lately passed the Legislative Council, received on the 12ih of October current, the assent of his Excellency Sir William Donison, "in the name, and on the behalf, of her…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 October 1855 · page 4

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-put three o'clock. COUNCIL PAPERS. Tne COLONIAL SECRETARY laid on the table the following paper:—The return to the Address in…

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Legislative Council. Thursday, 18Th October

Empire · Friday 19 October 1855 · page 2

The SPEAKER took the chair at chair at half-past three. PAPER. The COLONIAL SECRETARY laid upon the table the return to the address in reference to reservations of…

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Legislative Council—business for Today. Notices O[?] Motion

Empire · Friday 19 October 1855 · page 4

Mr. [?] to move—That an address he presented to the Governor-General, praying that his Excellency will take some steps to alleviate the [?]just position in which parties are now placed, who, having [?] from the Government allotments…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 October 1855 · page 6
Also in The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator

THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following Messages from his Excellency the…

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Legislative Council. Teusday October 16, 1855

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 20 October 1855 · page 9

The business of the Council, on Tuesday, was confined mainly to the discussion of Mr. Martin's [?]tion— That a select committee be appointed to inquire…

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Legislative Council Thursday. Public Loans Interest Bill

The People's Advocate and New South Wales Vindicator · Saturday 20 October 1855 · page 3

The COLONIAL TREASURER moved the second reading of this Bill which the Attorney-General seconded. Mr. COWPER objected to the first clause, and agreed with the second, as he believed some explanation was imperatively called…

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Legislative Council. Friday 19Th October. The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three. MESSAGES

Empire · Saturday 20 October 1855 · page 4

The following Messages from his Excellency the Governor-General were received and read:- 1. Dam at Hunt's Creek, Parramatta. W. DENISON, Governor-General…

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

Empire · Tuesday 23 October 1855 · page 5

Mr. NICHOLS to move—For leave to introduce a bill for the establish of Municipal Institutions in New South Wales, and to make provision for regulating, paving, lighting, draining, cleansing, and supplying with water the country towns therein…

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