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The first contract for the Legislative Assembly was signed on the 20th of December last, and the foundations commenced on that day. The second contract was for the foundations of the Legislative Council, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. ALLEGED BREACH OF PRIVILEGE. Mr. HOLT rose to address the House upon what he considered a gross breach of privilege. He alluded to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following memoranda connected with the Houses of Parliament, now so rapidly approaching completion, will be read with interest. The first contract for the Legislative Assembly was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at a quarter-past three O'clock. SEPARATION OF THE NORTHERN DISTRICTS…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at a quarter-past four o'clock. MESSAGES. Three messages were received from the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the "Legislative Assembly" before proceeding to business, Mr. Holt, in speaking to a point of privilege, characterised an article in the Empire of Tuesday, respecting himself, in reference to his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Lower House-Gordon presented a petition signed by seventeen religious lunatics, praying the Sabbath may not be desecrated by the running of Railways trains. Rusden moved…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at a quarter-past three o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE ASSEMBLY. A Message was received from the Assembly,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →YESTERDAY Parliament was opened in state by his Excellency the Acting Governor. The interest manifested in the event was general. Windows were alive with faces, and even the roofs of many houses were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o' clock. PETITIONS. Mr. HOLT presented a petition from the Rev. Robert Ross, M.D., chairman of a public meeting of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at a quarter-past four. NEW MEMBER. Henry Grattan Douglass, Esq., M.D., having been introduced to the President in pursuance of a writ…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past four o'clock. PAPERS. Mr. JOHNSON brought up and laid upon the table…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the "Legislative Assembly" on Tuesday, in answer to a question from Mr. Cowper, Mr. Donaldson entered into a long explanation in reference to the Moreton Bay light-ship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at 27 minutes to 5 o'clock, and, there not being a quorum present, declared the House adjourned till Wednesday next, at 4 o'clock. The names of the members who attended were as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE SPEAKER took the chair at half-past three o'clock. GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT PARRAMATTA. The SPEAKER reported that he had presented to the Governor-General the address of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past four o clock. STANDING ORDERS. The PRESIDENT stated that, in accordance with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past four o'clock. PETITION. Mr. ALLEN presented a petition from certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the " Legislative Assembly," on Tuesday, after the presentation of severa. petitions, and laying on the table various returns, the House went into Committee of Supply…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty minutes past four. SUNDAY RAILWAY TRAFFIC. On motion, of Mr. ALLEN, the petition of certain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. SLADEN rose and said: Sir, I propose to lay on the table of the House, by command of his Excellency, the estimates of revenue and expenditure for the year 857, and I move that they be printed; and in doing so…
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