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Sir JOHN ROBERTSON moved the second reading of the Lands Act Amendment Bill. It was not thought desirable by the present Administration to make great changes in the present land law, but it had been thought desirable by…
Continued on Trove, page 987 →The information given by Ministers in answer to questions was unimportant. PAPERS. The COLONIAL SECRETARY tabled returns of live…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AT half-past 4 o'clock. the PRESIDENT took the chair and reported, that, the Lieutenant-Governor had assented to the Transfer of Land Sales Bill. Mr. DE SALIS presented a petition from certain medical men and certain honorary…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. MR. LACKEY, in reply to Mr. Thompson, said that Mr. G. P. Black was in charge of Wiseman's punt, which was not let, as no dues were collected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Madrid, April 20.—The elections for the Cortes began to-day. Full returns are hot expected until Tuesday. The proceedings in Madrid were very tame. Six official candidates for Madrid,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Paris, April 20.—The second ballots for members of the Chamber of Deputies were held in eight districts to-day. Godelle, Bonapartist, was! elected in the district of Champs Elysees. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR, -- I see that the graduates of the University are to meet on Monday evening next to take steps for filling the vacancy in the Senate caused by the death of Professor Pell, and I hope these gentlemen will not consider I am taking an unwarrantable liberty in suggesting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →REFERRING to our anecdote regarding a Victorian legislator's spoecb, we copy the following from an English contemporary:—"Many yoars ago, when a boy, I read this anecdote of Mr. Burke:—That he said…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →When the House assembled, Mr. DE SALIS moved the adjournment of the House, for the purpose of bringing under the notice of the House the too numerous holidays which the judges of the Supreme Court take on one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Assembly, last night, the Intercolonial Probate Bill and Districts' Court Bill was read a first time. The Narracoorte and Tataira Railway Bill was read a third time and passed. The Rabbit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 4.30 p.m. PAPERS. Sir JOHN ROBERTSON laid on the table papers relating to the trgulations under the Public Vehicles Act…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Fitzroy election is creating much excitement to-day. A meeting was held last night, but it was a very rowdy one, and Ministers were even refused a hearing. It is expected, however, that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the House met, leave was granted to Mr. Barley to bring in a bill to provide for the punishment of atrocious, crimes when the sentence of death nan been commuted. The bill was brought in, read a first time, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at 29 minutes past 4 o'clook. PENALTIES FOR CERTAIN ATROCIOUS CRIMES…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the PRESIDENT took the chair, the House went into committee, and Mr. A. CAMPUELL brought under the notice of the House the Underwood Estate Distribution Bill. He read a letter from Mr. O'Brien, solicitor, relative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The PRESIDENT took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock. PRINTING COMMITTEE'S REPORT. Mr. DOCKER brought up a report from the Printing Committee, which was adopted and ordered to be printed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—May I beg that you will do are the favour of publishing the enclosed lotter, which has been refused insertion in the TIMES, probably for personal reasons, for I can conceive no other, considering the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Mr. SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4 o'clock, but there not being a quorum, he declared the House adjourned until 4 o'clock on Tuesday next. The members present were Sir Henry Parkes, Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN the House assembled, Mr. DE SAWS moved the adjournment of the House, for the purpose of bringing nuder the notice of the House the too numerous holidays which the judges of the Supremo Court take on one…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →During Wednesday's debate in the Legislative Council on the second reading of the Land Bill, Mr. DALLEY said that if this bill had been, instead of being what it was, an important measure dealing in a new and…
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