05 Jul 1851
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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 05, 1851
Page
1
The text advertises a weekly issue of the Times with a double sheet of forty eight columns. It includes Gazette notices, auctions, advertisements, news, and general intelligence in unabridged form. Subscriptions priced sixpence per number or sixpence per quarter, payable in advance at the Adelaide Times office and booksellers.
Fragmented reports detail a heated nomination process for North Adelaide and other districts. Speakers defend liberty, local rights, and the need for trustworthy representativ es while contesting candidates, with large attendance and party tensions evident in public meetings.
The electoral scene in West Adelaide centers on A L Elders and Alexander Lang Iker as candidates for the new Legislative Council. C 5 Rowenham and Sheriff oversee proceedings while E. Gwynne supports Elders as the favored merchant and community leader. Kingston signs Elders and the crowd cheers as Elder is declared elected amid praise for his integrity and public service.
Messrs Waterhouse and Amereenes contest East Torre with a nomination event at the Globe Inn Kensington. The speech covered suffrage, state grants, and colonial questions, highlighting Mr Waterhouse’s pledge to ballot and education while supporting colonial linkages with England and public works.
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