New South Wales Parliament. Legislative Council. Tuesday, January 16
THE PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 3 o'clock. PAPER. Mr. ALLEN brought up a report from the Printing Committee,…
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Election for West Sydney: Declaration of the Poll
THE balloting for The election of a member to serve in the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of West Sydney, in the room of the Hon. John Robertson, whose seat had become vacant by reason of his acceptance of the…
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At five o'clock, last evening, the Returning-officers delivered the official declaration of the state of the polling for a member for West Sydney, in the room of the honorable John Robertson, who resigned upon…
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THE Legislative Council met on Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, chiefly for the purpose of sending up to the Assembly the Additional Customs Duties Bill, and the Colonial Spirits Duties Bill, passed at the previous…
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On Wednesday, 20th December, in reply to Mr. GOUDON, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL said that the Government had no intention to bring in a bill to amend the Chinese Immigration Act of 1861 during…
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Mr. SPEAKER, having settled down on his august seat, Mr. COWPER informed him that Sir John Young had graciously assented to a bill empowering him to appropriate whatever he liked during 1866, and also, to a bill for the continuation of scab in sheep…
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THE balloting for the election of a member to serve in the Legislative Assembly for the electoral district of West Sydney, in the room of the Hon. John Robertson, whose seat had became vacant by reason of his acceptance of the…
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ON Saturday Morning, the 13th instant, pursuant to notice, the Fellows of the Senate of the Sydney University, and the Professors, Superior Officers, and Masters of Arts in connection with that Institution assembled in the Great…
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ON Monday last a select number of the "free and independent" assembled on the square, to hear what Mr. John Robertson had got to say for himself on being nominated. The mid-day sun streamed down upon the heads of the people, amongst whom were to be noticed a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Williams Election. Mr. J.p. Abbott at Dungog. [From Our Correspondent.]
Mr. Abbett, one of the condidates of the electoral [?] of the Williams, addre sed a numerously attended meeting of the elctors at French's Royal Hotel, Dungog, on the evening of Thursday, the 11th Instant…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-six minutes after four o'clock. ADDITIONAL CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. The PRESIDENT reported a message from his…
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THE PRESIDENT took the chair at twenty-two minetes past 4 0'clock. ASSENT TO BILLS. The PRESIDENT stated that messages hall been…
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The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly issued writs on the 23rd instant, for the election of a member to serve in the present Legislative Assembly, for the electoral district of the Lachlan, in room of the…
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IN the Legislative Council, The PRESIDENT reported that the Governor had given his assent to the Additional Customs Duties Bill and to the Increased Duties on Spirits Bill…
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MR. SPEAKER, having done his "usual custom of an afternoon," informed the brilliant coterie around him that WILLIAM CHARLES WINDEYER ESQ., though still in the country, was returned, and that Mr. BROWN was to succeed Mr. BURDEKIN (whose untimely fate all…
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A PUBLIC meeting of the electors of West Sydney was held yesterday at noon, in Wynyard-square, for the nomination and election of a member to serve in the Legislative Assem bly for West Sydney, in the room of Mr. Eagar,…
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YESTERDAY was the day appointed for the nomination of a member of the Legislative Assembly for the borough of I arramatta, with a view to filling up the vacancy caused in the representation of that electorate by Mr. James…
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THE absurd practice of offering a frivolous, vexatious, and impertinent opposition to the re-election of Ministers of the Crown, which has become so common in this Colony, is, in Mr. PUNCH'S opinion, a nuisance of so intolerable a nature that it should be nipped in the bud…
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WEDNESDAY was the day appointed for the nomination of a member of the Legislative Assembly for the borough of Parramatta, with a view to filling up the vacancy caused in the representation of that electorate by Mr. James…
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