Parramatta Borough Council
The usual fortnightly meeting of the Borough Council was held in the Council Chambers at 3.30 p.m. on Wednesday last. Present: The Mayor, and…
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Council & local affairs, 1879
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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 6
THE PERSIDENT took the chair ot half-past 4 o'clock. After some formal business had been transacted. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON moved that the House resolve itself into a committee of the whole, to consider the Assembly's message, dated April…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The ELECTION of Aldermen Under the New Corporation Act. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The time is near at hand when we shall be called upon to elect additional Aldermen, already many influential citizens and ratepayers are enquiring whether it is not possible to take measures to improve the City Council, and…
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It was raining bete all day yesterday and through the night. To-day it is cloudy and business is dull. The case of Hanley Bennett, M.L.A., versus…
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Yesterday his Worship the Mayor, accompanied by the Mayoress of Sydney, proceeded by the P. and O. Co.'a steamer Avoca to Melbourne, where he intends to spend a month, having been granted leave by the…
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Mr. De Salis to ask the Vice-President of the Executive,Couneil.—Do Government contemplate giving, at an early date, this eolony the benefit of a similar Law Reform with that in troduced into England by the Supreme Court Procedure Acts of 1873 and…
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The case of Hanley Bennett, M.L.A., against Alderman Cohen, was heard to-day and dismissed, the Bench holding that they had no means to decide whether Mr. Cohen was an alderman or not,…
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THE bill to secure the better payment of debts due to workman was read a first time, and the second reading of it appointed for Wednesday, 14th. The City of Sydney Improvement Bill was read a third time, passed and was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, May 13. The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill
Mr. CHARLES CAMPBELL brought up the report of the select committee on the Parliamentary Powers and Privileges Bill in reference to the Assembly's message. It was ordered that the report be printed…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock's and reported that the royal assent had been given to the Customs Regulation Bill. the Copyright Bill, and the Chippendale Roman Catholic Land Sales Bill. Mr. CHARLES CAMPBELL…
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The President took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. BILLS ABSENTED TO. Messages were laid by the PRESIDENT from the Lieutenant-Governor, intimating that the following bills had…
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DARLINGTON.—The usual monthly meeting of the above borough council was duly convened on Thursday, May 1st, 1879. Present—the Mayor (Mr. Elvy), and Aldermen Biddles, Humphries, Edwards, and Hargreaves; Alderman Beale being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, May 15
The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. BARRISTERS' AND ATTORNEYS' BILL. Mr. HOLT moved that this bill be read the second time There was an Act passed in 1848, the 11 Via., No. 57, to…
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THE usual meeting of the -above Council, took place on Wednesday last, 14th inst., in the temporary chambers, West Market-street. Present: The Mayor…
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A REGULAR meeting was held on Friday, the 9th inst., at half-past 7 p.m. Present: The Mayor, Aldermen Watts, Colvin, Bennett, Coulter, Jackson,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliamentary Summary. Council
TUESDAY, MAY 13.—13. Mr. Charles Campbell brought up the report from the select committee on the Parliamentary powers and privileges bill, in…
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Mr. Dalley once described Sir Henry Parkes as a manufacturer of crises. Whatever be the truth as to the charge of the Premier having a mania for political sensations, his adoption of a policy which…
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Messages were received from the Lieutenant-Governor notifying that his Excellency had consented to the Customs Regulation Bill, the Copyright Bill, and the Chippendale Roman Catholic…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Return Ball given by the Citizens to the Mayor and Mayoress of Sydney
OUR artist has given some real or imaginary sketches of incidents in connection with this ball. Perhaps, with a slight allowance for exaggeration, he pretty fairly presents the exigencies and accidents incident to a Fancy…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hon, J. P. Bell, President Legislative Council, Queensland
WE present our readers with a portrait of Hon. Joshua Peter Bell, President of the Legislative Council of Queensland, This gentleman is regarded as one of the most honourable and…
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