Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 24
The PRESIDENT took the chair at live minutes past 12 o'clock. GOVERNMENT RETURNS. Mr. SAMUEL laid upon the table abstracts…
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Council & local affairs, 1879
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New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday, July 24
The PRESIDENT took the chair at noon. The members of the Council present were—Mr. Samuel, C.M.G.; Mr. Marks, Mr. Holt; Sir George Innes, Knt.; Mr. Foster, Mr. Thornton, Mr. Moore, Mr. Busby, Mr…
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At the Water Police Court, to-day, the corporation business was disposed of by Messrs. Smart, Charlton, and Frazer, in the following manner:—John Jones, allowing fifth to remain on his premises, fined £2,…
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THE usual fortnightly meeting took place in the Council Chamber on Friday, the 16th instant. Present The Mayor (J, R. Lindsay), and Aldermen Coulter, Bennett, Herring, Bishop,…
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Present: His Worship the Mayor, Aldermen Riley, Dempsey, Golless, Smith, C. Evans, Long, Beatson, and J. Evans.— The minutes were read and confirmed…
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The Hon. Sir JOHN HAY, President of the Conncil, took the chair shortly after 12 o'clock, when about a dozen other members were present. Mr. SAMUEL tabled an abstract of Crown lands authorised to be dedicated for public purposes,…
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THURSDAY, JULY 17.—A message was read from the Lieutenant-Governor, notifying that his Excellency had assented to the Islanders’ Shipping Engagement Bill. . . . . The President…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Vindication of the Council
As the Council commanded the sympathy of the public by its courage, it is not surprising that a deep and general interest should be felt in its vindication of itself from the charges preferred against it. That vindication is complete. Of course the…
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The Council on Tuesday proceeded to the resumption of the debate on the resolutions moved by Mr. Docker, in reference to the action of the Council impugned by resolutions placed before the Assembly. Only Messrs. Samuel…
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WHEN, the PRESIDENT took the chair, he reported that the Lic[?]nant-Governor had assented to the Sydney Municipal Loan Bill, the International Exhibition Bill, and the Resumption of Land in Macquarie-street Bill. The Loan…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Resignation of the Burewood Borough Council. To the Editor
SIR,—Allow me to make a few remarks in reference to a letter signed" Lindsay G. Thompson," in which he states he has gathered, from casual conversations, that very great misapprehension exists as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir Henry Parkes Addressing the Assembly on the "Irresponsible Hostility" of the Council
Sir HENRY PARKES: Talk of sessions being wasted! How can business be done if measures which have occupied days, weeks, and months in their preparation and deliberation, are cast to the winds, almost without consideration whatever, when they get into another place? There is no prospect of healthy legislation or of economy of time if this is to be the order of things in the future. In natural history, the supporters of the Cuvier theory of the fixity of species tell us that the sacred cats of the Egyptian tombs are the same type of cats as the cat which catches mice in our houses to-day—that the dog has remained a dog, that the ass has remained as ass through all the changes of four thousand years. No doubt this theroy is hotly disputed by the advocated transmutation; but if any…
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A special meeting of the above council was held last night to take into consideration the Question of the unemployed." Mr. W. [?]. Cols, the trades were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Assembly and the Council. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Partly through my own fault, partly owing to the absence of that courtesy to my colleague for East Sydney— Mr. Greenwood—which I think ought to have been extended towards him, I was deprived of the opportunity of…
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A meeting of the Trades and Labour Council was held at the Haymarket last night. Mr. Harris was voted to the chair, and he having stated the object with which the meeting had been convened, asked…
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WATERLOO BOROUGH COUNCIL.--The usual fortnightly meeting of the council was held on Friday night; the mayor occupied the chair and there were also present--Aldermen Fusedale,…
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The business of the City Council, to be transacted at! meeting to be held to-morrow morning, at 11 o'clock, at the Town Hall, is of considerable importance. First, the Council will be asked to adopt an address for presentation to…
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Sir,—In looking over the report of the proceedings of the Newtown Council which took place on the 15th instant, I notice that the sum of £25 was voted as an endowment to the Newtown and Camperdown Volunteer Fire Brigade…
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The council clerks from several of the suburban municipalities met at the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany, on Saturday last, for the two-fold purpose of holding a picnic and forming an association of a character somewhat similar…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tammany Ring in Sydney. Where the Corporation Funds Go. Rich Aldermen [?]Etend They Have No Money
THIS morning the Mayor said, in reply to Alderman Carter, that £10,000 had been placed by parliament at the disposal of the corporation during the present year, and had not been received. Alderman…
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