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Politics & elections, 1857

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 27

Empire · Friday 28 August 1857 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the Chair at ten minutes past four o'olook. OPIUM DUTY BILL. Mr. DEAS THOMSON, by leave of the House,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, August 27. the President took the chair at ten minutes past four o'clock. Absent Member

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 August 1857 · page 3

Mr.NORTON rose to call attention to a subject affecting a hon. member of that House. Mr. Johnson, it would be remembered, last session obtained leave of absence during the portion of…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, August 21st

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 1

The PRESIDENT entered the Houser at half-past four o'clock. There were present only eleven members. After a pause of some time the President…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, August 28. The PRESIDENT took the Chair at ten minutes past four o'clook. Ministerial Crisis

Empire · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 4

Mr. DEAS THOMSON rose and said: Mr. President, I deem it my duty, Sir, to move that this House do now adjourn, for reasons which I will very briefly explain. In consequence of the adverse votes that were arrived…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, August 28. the President took the chair at ten minutes past four o'clock. Ministerial Crisis—adjournment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 August 1857 · page 4

Mr. DEAS THOMSON rose and said, Sir, I deem it my duty to move that this House do now adjourn, for reasons which I shall. briefly explain. In consequence or the adverse votes in the Assembly, last evening, and the state of parties in that House,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, September 2, 1857

Empire · Thursday 3 September 1857 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the Chair at ten minutes past four o'clock. MINISTERIAL EXPLANATION. Mr. DEAS THOMSON, addressing the President,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, 2nd September. the President took the chair at ten minutes past four. Ministerial Explanation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1857 · page 2

Mr. DEAS THOMSON rose and said:—It would be in the recollection of the House that on the last occasion of their assembling he considered it his duty to move an adjournment, explaining that he did…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, September 3, 1857

Empire · Friday 4 September 1857 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the Chair at a quarter past four o'clock. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. Sir ALFRED STEPHEN, through Mr. ALLEN,…

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Imperial Parliament. House of Lords—june 12. Transportation Bill

Empire · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 6

The Earl of HARROWBY rose to move that the House go into committee on the Transportation and Penal Servitude Bill. Their lordships would recollect that considerable interest had been felt throughout the…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, August 28th

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 1

The PRESIDENT took the chair at ten minutes past four o'clock. MINISTERIAL CRISIS—ADJOURNMENT. Mr. DEAS THOMSON rose and said, Sir, i deem it my duty to move that this House do now adjourn,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, September 4, 1857

Empire · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 4

The PRESIDENT took the chair at five minutes past four o'clock. TRUNK LINES OF RAILWAY. Mr. MONTEFIORE moved that the Select…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, 4Th. September. the President took the chair at five minutes past four o'clock. Meetings of Committees

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 September 1857 · page 4

Leave was granted to the Committee on Railways, the Committee on the proposed Australian Navel Station, the Committee on the Business of the Supreme Court, the Standing Orders Committee, the Library…

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Representation of the Australian Colonies in Parliament. (From the Home Newes, July 16th.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1857 · page 2

A NUMEROUS meeting of the General Association for the Australian Colonies was held yesterday at the London Tavern, W. Charles Wentworth, Esq., late a member of the…

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The Elections in France. (From the Illustrated London News, 11th July.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 September 1857 · page 5

THE re-elections in those arrondissements of Paris which at the ordinary election did not give to their candidates an adequate gross majority have proved even more hostile to the Government than the original…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 8Th

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1857 · page 4

THE PRESIDENT took the chair at five minutes past four o'clock. STEAM COMMUNICATION VIA PANAMA. The PRESIDENT announced that he had received…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Tuesday, September 8, 1857

Empire · Wednesday 9 September 1857 · page 2

The PRESIDENT took the chair at five minutes past four o'clock. MESSAGE FROM THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL. A message was received from the Governor-General,…

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The French Elections

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1857 · page 3

[?] from Paris, on Tuesday, the 7th of July, a [?]ondent of the Spectator says, addressing the editor of that journal on recent political events in [?]:—Another victory to the Liberals of Paris,…

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Parliament of New South Wales. Opening of the Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 September 1857 · page 10

THE second session of the Parliament of New South Wales, under the new Constitution giving responsible government to the colon, opened on Tuesday, the 11th August. The occasion…

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The Parliament of South Australia

Empire · Friday 11 September 1857 · page 2

The following article copied from the Register, July 10, gives an accurate view of the present Constitution of South Australia:— The first "Parliament" of South Australia, elected…

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The French Press and the Paris Elections. (Saturday Review, July 11.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 September 1857 · page 5

THE wisest thing that a man can do when he has sustained a signal and unexpected reverse is to bear it as well as he can, and appear to mind it as little as possible. The French Government does not seem by any…

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