Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, December 2
The President took the Chair at twenty five minutes past four o'clock. BUSINESS OF THE SUPREME COURT. Sir WILLIAM BURTON brought up the report of…
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Municipal Elections
The election by ballot of eight aldermen in the room of a like number whose seats had become, vacant in the Municipal Council by retirement, took place on Tuesday, the 1st instant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Writ of Election. (From Tuesday's Governement Gazette.)
Sir Daniel Cooper, Knight, the Honorable the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, directs it to be notified for general information, that a writ hath this day issued, and the following arrangements have been made, for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday, December 3
The President took the Chair at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock. GREAT TRUNK LINES OF RAILWAY. The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Thursday. the Fresident took the chair at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock. Trunk Lines of Railway
The PRESIDENT announced that he had received a reply from the Governor-General to the address of the House requesting his Excellency to teke into favourable consideration the Report of the select…
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The President took the Chair at twenty minutes pass four o'clock. THE LAND BILL. Captain LAMB Presented a petition from William…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, November 27th
The Limitation Act Assessment Bill was gone through in committee without amendment; and the Deserted Wives and Children's Bill also passed through committee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Friday, 4Th December. the President took the chair at twenty-five minutes past four o'clock. PETITION
Captain LAMB presented a petition from William Haydon, chairman of a public meeting held in Wynyard-square on the evening of the 27th November. The petitioner expressed his dissent from the Land Bill now before Parliament, and suggested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Closed Session of the Imperial Parliament. (From the Spectator, August 29.)
Though short, the session of Parliament has not been uneventful, nor unproductive; and although it has called from the Minister an emphatic testimonial to the assiduity and good sense of the House of Commons…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Late Municipal Election. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald
SIR,—I beg to call your attention to the manner in which the election by ballot ([?]) was conducted in Macquarie Ward. When I entered the Circular Hall, in the Supreme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Riding Election
PARRAMATTA.—A meeting was held last evening, at Williams' Hotel, at which it was determined to place Thomas Whistler Smith, Esq., in nomination for the North Riding, to-day. The following gentlemen were…
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Y[?]DAY the nomination of candidates for the repre[?]tion of the constituency of the North Riding of the County of Cumberland was held at Parramatta. The place selected for the proceedings, was along…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Tuesday, December 8
The President took the Chair at a quarter-past four o'clock. LEAVE OF ABSENCE. The PRESIDENT announced that the leave of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of New South Waleslegislative Council. Tuesday, 8Th December. the President took the chair at ten minutes after four. Mr. Want
The PRESIDENT communicated to the House that the Governor-General had granted leave of absence to Mr. Want for the remainder of the session; and, in doing so, urged upen the attention of members the…
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Our summary of Parliamentary intelligence will show that the Cowper Ministry are proceeding but slowly in passing the few great measures which they thought it prudent to introduce into the House during the present…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →To the Members of Parliament of New South Wales
GENTLEMEN—I trust importance of providing for the internal communication of this colony will be a suffic[?]ent excuse for my addressing you on the subject, and for again entreating your attention to the system of Railways proposed by me some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, December 9
The President took the Chair at three o'clock. CONFERENCE ON AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. The Usher of the Black Red announced "That the managers of the conference on behalf of the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parliament of New South Wales. Legislative Council. Wednesday, 9Th December
THE PRESIDENT took the chair at three o'clock. CONFERENCE. The Usher having announced that the members appointed by the Legislative Assembly as managers of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To the Members of Parliament of New South Wales. Pomeroy, Goulburn, 28th November, 1857
GENTLEMEN—With the views I entertain relative to the interal communication of this colony, and the deep interest I feel in the subject, I cannot allow the report of the Chief Commissioner of Railways to pass without comment, more particularly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Election of Mayor
YESTERDAY, at twelve o'clock, the Mayor (Mr. Thornton), attired in the civic robes, and the full company of aldermen, wearing the aldermanic dress, met at the Town Hall, for the purpose of electing a Mayor for the…
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