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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 28, 1850
Page
1
Advertises the Weekly Country Edition of the Times as a compact weekly issue from Adelaide Williams Street offering English news, shipping, mercantile, law, police and general intelligence. Encourages country readers to purchase, with pricing and mailing details.
A nostalgic piece contrasts home Christmas traditions with South Australian observances, noting the warmer climate, outdoor festivities, and evolving customs. It discusses political reform, the push for open assemblies, and concerns over public money oversight sparked by a local accounting scandal and calls for stricter governance.
The writer argues against paternal power over rights and urges civil liberty. They consider Bishop Short’s potential New Council role as Nominee and question Bishop Murphy and other dissenting ministers' eligibility. The piece advocates neutralising sectarian conflict and balancing power across creeds.
A satirical piece lauds Mr Singleton the Auditor-General of South Australia as a famed “Calculating Boy.” It lampoons his feats of arithmetic, including allegedly making five months of public accounts pass as published government figures and weaving mysticism into plain numbers.
The piece argues Bishop Short should avoid a legislative role to preserve episcopal focus and prevent sectarian conflict. It warns unilateral nominations threaten public opinion and urges the New Council to focus on constitutional reform and equality before extending political duties.
A long extract argues that free institutions depend on local self-government and practical liberty. It contrasts centralization in empires with individualist commercial communities, citing Guizot, French democracy, and English universal suffrage as context. The piece stresses public liberty must operate in individuals and local bodies to sustain genuine freedom.
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