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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1851
Page
3
A fall report of the Foresters Dinner last sight is promised to appear tomorrow. The Courier mentions scheduling events and letters to correspondents about the details, with mentions of dates and places in a garbled listing.
The Council debates the act for better colonial government focusing on ballot protection and fair districting. Authors warn against ignoring population in drawing districts, urging near equal representation while resisting impractical numerical perfection. They illustrate risks with Essequibo as an example of a sham constituency and demand careful, proportionate apportionment.
Domestic notices list sales and auctions by Edward MacCabe and E Solomon Co at Port Adelaide stores, including fleece wool, furniture and general merchandise, with dates from January 2 to January 14. Reports describe wreck debris from a vessel named Condahur, shipboard items picked up near Glenelg, and local commentary on police, public meetings, and community concerns.
Late English news reports the Royal party reaching Edinburgh on August 29 after a week at Ostend. Prince Albert continues deer stalking and the royal amusement scene remains lively. Lord Lyndhurst recovery surgery succeeds. three new colonial bishoprics are planned for Mauritius, Western Australia, and Sierra Leone, with appointments to be confirmed.
Editor of The Gazette discusses the New Council and condemns land speculation and wage suppression in the colony. He warns of traders and ballot-sneakers pushing low wages, high land prices, and schemes for cheap land deposits while workers remain unprospered. The piece laments urban greed and calls for prudent reform amid colonial growth.
The article surveys California’s early population mix, 1840s growth, and economic turmoil. It notes 10,000 whites in earlier years, 20,000 Indians, and a rising influx from the East, alongside fires, shipyard losses, and derailed trade. It praises orderly Anglo-American legal practice and contrasts it with frontier conditions and moral rhetoric.
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