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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 19, 1850
Page
3
Fragmented mining bulletin notes favorable ore from a mine with malachite specimens and anticipated prosperous results from shaft work. Shipping items announce departures to London Batavia and other ports, with a death notice for Willman Creswick at Ladywood Dry Creek.
The message indicates compulsion to cover correspondence and weekly edition details. It notes that much local and general matter and the majority of Garretts notices are excluded from the case.
The Times reports a disastrous blaze at Mine premises causing massive losses and a suspected contravention of municipal rules by Waterhouse. The incident prompted police notification and a strong journalistic call to protect citizens over alleged malfeasance and danger to life.
A large Adelaide assembly condemned city taxes as exorbitant and urged relief. Delegates named a deputation to present memorials to Governor Sir Henry Fox Young, demanding fair assessments and tax reforms for property owners and tenants.
In a Bowden magistrate hearing three men named Witham Wit, John McDowall, and Jones Daley were remanded as bushrangers, linked to a theft of an Abr. 17 Biden watch. Augustus Reeves identified the watch at 14,317 as belonging to him. The blaze at a Bowden storehouse caused extensive damage estimated £78 with losses to Mr. Onewalt and Mr. Conigewre, while police and military efforts saved remaining structures.
An account recalls the near disaster as a fire compromised Government House and nearby sites. Contemporaries including Waterhouse and local papers faced a peril that would have devastated Adelaide, with reflections on those spared and the legal consequences for property owners.
The text notes aldermen and town councillors praising the efforts of the working class by becoming members of a valuable institution, describing it as gratifying to see such engagement and support from local officials.
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