Formal Opening of Parliament
The Parliamentary session practically commenced yesterday at noon, when his Excellency Lord Carrington appeared in the Legislative Assembly and invited hon. gentlemen to…
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Parliament of New South Wales. the Official Opening
The official opening of Parliament took place at noon yesterday, and was marked with much ceremony. Since the arrival of the present Governor, the surroundings of the ceremony of opening Parliament have acquired a…
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HOBART, Wednesday.--To-day was the last day for receiving nominations for the Kingborough electorate. Mr. Lucas (Attorney- General) and Mr. Gill were the only candidates…
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What the House was driving at for the first three hours last night nobody seemed to have a very clear idea. Mr. Farnell led off with a point of order asking for the…
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The PRESIDENT took the chair at 21 minutes past 3 o'clock. THE ADDRESS IN REPLY. Mr. SALOMONS moved,—"That the members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Legislative Council. Thursday March 10. The PRESIDENT took the chair at 3.23 p.m. Address in Reply
On the motion of Mr. SALOMONS, the House proceeded to Government House, there to present to the Governor their address in reply to the speech his Excellency had made to both…
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TUESDAY.— In the Council a number of members were sworn in.—In tho Assembly, Mr. J. H. Young one of tho members for the Hasting and Manning was elected Speaker, by…
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The new Parliament met for the dispatch of business on Tuesday at noon. This is the first session of the thirteenth Parliament of New South Wales; and it contains a large number of…
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Mr. Wall resumed the debate on the Address in Reply. He had his busting speech on his hands as good as new, and thought it a pity to send it down to the lethean…
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The new Parliament met on Tuesday for the preliminary purpose of swearing in members and electing a Speaker for the Legislative Assembly. The election of a…
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PARLIAMENT was opened at noon on Tuesday, the proceedings at the opening being merely formal. The principal business of the day was the swearing-in, of members, and the election of Speaker of…
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The 13th Parliament of New South Wales was opened by commission, in the absence of the Governor, at noon on Tuesday. The Commission being the Hon. Sir John Hay…
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The busts along the northern wall of the legislative Council chamber, silent and solemn though they be, are almost stirred to life on the occasions when the Governor opens Parliament, and reads…
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The SPEAKER announced the receipt of a message from the Governor stating that the writ for Wentwortk had been returned, with the names of Joseph Palmer Abbott and…
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The SPEAKER took the chair at half-past 4. THE WENTWORTH ELECTION. Mr. SPEAKER announced that he had received from the office of the Colonial Secretary, the writ for the electoral…
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Mr. George Withers has been for a good many years a member of the Sydney Municipal Council. At the general election of 1880 he was returned as one of the four members for South Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Australian Town & Country Journal. "Past, present, future." Sydney, Saturday, March 12,1887. The Opening of Parliament
THE Governor's speech on the opening of Parliament Was artistically constructed—much more so than these utterances usually are. It proposes, as we mentioned last week, to confine the work of…
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The nomination for one alderman to servo in the Municipal Council, in lieu of Alderman John Price, resigned, took place at the Council Chambers, on Tuesday last…
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A deputation of drivers of licensed cabs, licensed vans, and of other vehicles, accompanied by Messrs. Wise and Street, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday to point out that they suffered from a serious…
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