Legislative Council
The SPEAKER took the Chair at half-put three o'clock. MESSAGE. The following Message from His Excellency the Governor-General was received and read:—…
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Council & local affairs, 1855
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Legislative Council. Wednesday, 14Th November
The SPEAKAR took the chair at half-past three. MESSAGE. The follwing Message from the Governor-General was received and read:-…
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Additional Judge's Appointment Bill; to be further considered. in committee. Government Railways Bill (2); to be considered in Committee…
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ADDITIONAL Judge's Appointment Bill; to be farther considered in committee. Government Railways Bill (2); to be considered in committee. Electoral Rolls Alteration Bill; third reading…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Council Papers. Navigation of the Rivers Brisbane and Bremer. Francis H. GRUNDY., Esq., to the Colonial Architect. 30, HUNTER street, Sydney, 20th October, 1855
SIR—In accordance with the instructions of his Excellency the Governor-General, I have the honour to submit to you, for his Excellency's information, my report upon the rivers Brisbane and Bremer, between…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Council Paper. Orphan Schools at Parramatta. (Report from Commission appointed to Inquire into the State of Education throughout the Colony.) Commission Appointed to Inquire Into the State of Education Throughout the Colony, Respecting the Orphan Schools at Parramatta. Sydney, 16th October, 1855. Report No. 21
In judging of the efficiency of these institutions, regard should be had to the object for which they were established, and the aims they are intended to accomplish. Their main design should be to supply, to the…
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THB SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. MARTIN took occasion to complain of certain…
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The SPEAKER took, the editor at half-post three POSTPONEMENT. Mr. RICHARDSON postponed till Thursday next the motion standing his name, relative to the rivers Brisbane…
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Mr. Nichols to move—That this Council having taken into consideration the correspondence laid upon the table of this House relative to the grate for proposed grant to Mr. Henry Osborne, of twenty neres of land, being a portion of the villiage…
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Mr.NICHOLS to move, That this Council having taken into consideration the correspondence laid upon the table of this Home, relative to the grant (or proposed grant) to Mr. Henry Osborne of twenty acres of land, being a portion of the village reserve in…
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[?] ok the Chair at half-past three [?] [?] [?] only fifteen members present, exclusive…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at half past three o'clock. messages The following MESSAGES from his Excellency, the Governor-General, were received and read:--LOCAL PARLIAMENT HOUSES…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at twenty-five minutes past three o'clock. QUESTION OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. MARTIN complained of certain statements in a leading…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three, but there not being a quorum of members present, the Council was further adjourned till Tuesday next at three o'clock;…
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Messages were received from the Governor-General in reply to addresses on the New Parliament Houses, the Navigation of the rivers Murray and Murrumbidgee, the Extension of…
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THE select committee of the Legislative Council appointed, on 28 September, "[?]o inquire into and report upon the claims, of such pa[?]ties, as have been losers through the defalcations of Mr. Gray, late…
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The proceedings in the Legislative Council, since our last summary of them, made up to the 6th instant, have been of a varied and desultory character. The official announcement of the receipt of the new…
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Mr. RICHARDSON to move—That this Council—having taken into consideration the report on the state of the Rivers Brisbane and Bremer, and also the report on the expense of deepening the Bar at the mouth of the River Brisbane, and clearing the channel…
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THE SPEAKER took the Chair at half-past three o'clock. MESSAGES. The following messages were received from his…
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1. A Return of the number of Pounds in the Colony. 2. A nominal Return of the Keepers of such Pounds, shewing the localities in which they are severally…
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