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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1850
Page
4
A rambled page of anecdotes and jests on manners and misprints. Observations on travel slang, nautical dancing, and a storm tale mix with sketches of a Cambridge proctor, a farmer's pun about fifty guineas, and playful exchanges at a table.
A German School Association proposes an institution named Grearas asp Eyouistr Da awn Boanpixe School to teach German methods with English option. It outlines moral instruction, class divisions, boarding for boys ages seven to sixteen, and a library. Patrons and scholaryate to oversee finances and governance with two head masters, Von Schle neuesten and Nesbit.
The government offers 4000 pounds to each of the first two iron steamers of at least 40 horsepower that successfully navigate the Murray River from its mouth to the Darling junction, with a two foot draught, from October 14, 1851. The notice provides channel details from Goolwa to Lake Victoria and notes the dangers of sea entrance and inland navigation conditions.
A column of advertised items lists English feather beds and bolsters newly unpacked at Cabinet and Upholstery Warehouse Hindley Street with wool mattresses and furniture from the same house. Credit terms offered for sums over £20. Also contains notes on language instruction courses, dancing drawing and washing, with fees and boarding terms and references to clergy and gentry.
A brief notice indicates a salt sale event titled Fine Sour Ration at a local market. Details are sparse but suggest a government or merchant led pricing or rationing action.
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