27 Apr 1850
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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Apr 27, 1850
Page
1
The fragment from the Adelaide Times references weekly country items, auctions, and notices. It mentions beer regulation and various notices in Mercantile and legal domains, but the legible content is highly garbled with many incomplete phrases and misspellings.
The barque Ceres of 414 tons under Schuppenmann from Bremen and Plymouth, with 81 aboard including 26 men, 14 women, and 41 children, arrived Sunday. A child fell overboard during the voyage. weather was volatile with variable winds. voyage conditions described as rough but improving with expected westerly winds.
Fragmentary account cites Mr Waterhouse denying culpability while alleging delayed delivery of gunpowder to his premises prior to a blaze. Police claim to have evidence linking powder to the fire. Mr Waterhouse asserts only truth about presence of powder and timing.
An Adelaide editorial comments on Captain Carr’s remarks about German emigration to Australia. It questions his bias, cites his criticisms of German settlers, and argues Germans are a respectable colony portion. The piece calls for balanced representation at home and notes implications for emigration policy.
A damaged excerpt reports the capture of Bedddome the clerk of the Comminzariat who fled with ill gotten gains aboard the Samuel Bodaington. He was brought to the Government schooner Yauris after being seized off Cape Northumberland about forty miles beyond Rivoli Bay. The piece critiques security for powders and resources, and includes a lengthy letter discussing Adelaide fires and proposals for protective measures and funding.
A Morning Chronicle piece recalls long quarrels over the Devil’s color at the Cape. The English argued he was black while the Hotentots claimed he was white, with further speculation on the range of hues and the implications of these beliefs.
Tar tremon of the Cape reports 15 complete, Earl Grey bowing to order. Neptune sailed from the Cape on February 18 and reached Hobart Town by April 5, with the Peri delivering Cape papers. Illumination planned for Cape Town and a day of thanks, anti-convict association to dine on the 19th. Flour prices given as first qualities 0s 48 to 12s 59d per 100lbs, seconds at 19s 6d to 1d 3d.
The Launceston vessel Perl arrived Tuesday April 10 with nineteen passengers and general cargo. The Neptune reached Hobart Town April 5 carrying convicts from the Good Hope. Two other transports arrived that week with female convicts and sixty males. Colonists protested. California gold hopes faded and trade grew dispirited. Letters from England claimed steam navigation would begin January 31 with Confide steamer, 600 horsepower, first to start. Sir Eardley Wilmot’s remains were exhumed for a public monument. Wheat quotes: Launceston 3s 9d–3s 10d, Hobart Town 4s 6d–4s 7d.
Com Avvocate Gexenat states Captain Freeling lacks sole control of the Road Board. Every payment must be signed by three members, including the Chairman. Freeling resists the act’s construction and has entered a memorandum in the Minutes. The question remains whether the Governor will revoke Freeling’s powers as Superintendent of Roads and Bridges.
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