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The SPEAKER announced the receipt of a message from the Governor regarding the necessity of making provision for the continuance of the contract for a mail service with England carried on by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. SPEAKER reported the receipt of a message from his Excellency the Governor recommending that provision be made in connection with the Orient Steam Navigation Company's mail service. It was ordered that the same be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large and enthusiastic meeting of the supporters of Mr. N. G. Bull, one of the candidates for Central Cumberland, was held in Bankstown on Tuesday. Mr. Ward occupied the chair, and said that he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Legislative Assembly met at the usual hour on Friday. Mr. R. B. Smith moved the adjournment of the House to draw attention to a case reported in the EVENING NEWS, where a woman in Grafton had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two "personal explanations" and a motion for adjournment had to be disposed of before the House settled down to serious work last night. Dr. Ross was the first who "wished to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →There was very little upon the business-paper of the Legislative Council on Wednesday, and, though there was a large attendance of members, the sitting was very short The only discussion that took place was upon…
Continued on Trove, page 648 →THE preliminary business in the Assembly, consisting of the answers to questions—and there were no less than 16 of them—notices of motion, presentation of petitions, introduction of private…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →HOBART, Friday.--The House of Assembly last evening passed a motion for the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into and report upon the present practice of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Legislative Council to-day the plans, &c., for the railway extension to Charlesville, and also from Mackay to Eaton, were approved of. The Customs Duties' Bill was read a second time, after a brief…
Continued on Trove, page 645 →In the Legislative Assembly this afternoon, Mr. Fincham drew attention to the revolting scenes at the freethought Sunday entertainments at the Hall of Science, and asked the Government to take strong…
Continued on Trove, page 645 →After a debate extending over several days in the House of Representatives the motion proposed by Captain Buseell, one of the membere of the Opposition, to reduce the public works expenditure o the colony by…
Continued on Trove, page 645 →The Council met, sat for two hours, transacted a little business, and adjourned for another week. Mr. Norton stated that the Post-office carrings are to be romoved, and orders have been given to…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →In the Legislative Council this afternoon the second reading of the Oaths Abolition Bill was passed by 11 votes to 9, and the measure was then referred to a select committee to report upon in a month…
Continued on Trove, page 645 →A long discussion took place in the Legislative Assembly to-night, as to whether a now Electoral Bill can be brought into force before the Royal assent has been given to a bill increasing the number of members…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Sir ALEXANDER STUART, in reply, to Mr. Merriman, who asked for Mr. M'Culloch, that papers might be placed on the table of the House respecting the coarse taken by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir ALEXANDER STUART, in reply to Mr. Merriman (for Mr. M'Culloch)—who asked whether he would lay upon the table of the House all papers and minutes on the subject of the filling of the vacant captaincy in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE Canterbury election was decided on Wednesday evening, in favour of Mr. William Henson, who obtained a victory over bis opponent, Mr. Kobert Hudson, by 845 votes. The total number of votes…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Carlyle in one of his essays, referring to the character of the great Mirabeau, quotes the old classic proverb, "That a house being erected and surrounded by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →If the present signs of the times are to be taken as an indication, there will apparently be a keen struggle at the Parliamentary elections, to take place shortly at any rate, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The nominations in connection with the election of a member to represent the electorate of Central Cumberland, in the room of the Hon. John Lackey, whose seat has become vacant in consequence of his appointment to the…
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