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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jul 27, 1850
Page
8
A long-winded notice outlines newly formed British and foreign reform and conservative associations in Kiddermiuser. It mentions figures, local politics, and various social and economic concerns, including industry protection, railways, and public notices, in a sweeping, era-typical style.
The Annual General Meeting of the Licensed Victuallers Society was held at the Albion Hotel Morphett Street. Crawford, Dyke, Doran, Fisher, Potter, Ball, and Ottaway were elected to the committee. Mr Hammond offered to serve as Secretary for the next year. Mr E Fisher was elected Treasurer. A dinner followed with toasts, speeches, and songs. The chair praised unity and progress, noting the society’s finances improving and plans to influence the forthcoming Representative Assembly.
A Thursday meeting of the Elective Franchise Association discussed universal suffrage, ballot voting, no property qualification, annual elections, and responsible government under the proposed constitution. A committee was appointed to advance the association’s aims as crowds noted improving crops and uneven rainfall affecting gardens.
The inquest reports a horse accident near town where Andrew Jonaston was thrown from his mount. He died after being taken to the hospital with severe head injuries. witnesses describe the seizure of his horse and the ensuing fall, with medical testimony attributing death to a skull fracture.
A garbled stream of quoted speech, names, and scenes drifts across a damaged text. It mentions a cast of characters such as Missle pecessa sain and Mr Timm, while allusions to courts, poverty, and public life mix with fragmented phrases about appearances, teachers, and social scrutiny.
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