22 Feb 1851
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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1851
Page
1
The Adelaide Times offers a Weekly Country Edition appearing as a double sheet with forty eight columns. It includes Gazette notices auctions shipping mercantile and police intelligence in unabridged form and urges country readers to purchase via office or booksellers.
A public meeting at the Exchange, called by the Sheriff, discussed the division of the Colony into electoral districts. Mr A H Davis outlined a plan based on population rather than property, proposing a scheme for 16,000 Adelaide residents and surrounding hundreds, aiming to avoid special interests and imperfect representation.
Adelaide citizens clash over how to redraw electoral districts under the new constitution. Proposals argue property versus population as the basis, with Adelaide power vs outlying districts a central tension. Speakers seek a fair, workable scheme that avoids private influence and reflects urban and rural interests.
An inquest led by Mr Bonney into the death of Hadjee a Malay killed by a fellow prisoner in the jail on the prior day uncovers Dola s belief in an oath involving cutting a cock s head and self harm. The coroner rules unsworn statements cannot be admitted and witnesses describe blows causing death despite attempts to intervene.
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