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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 07, 1851
Page
1
Advertises the Weekly Country Edition of the Adelaide Times offering a forty eight column double sheet with English news shipping mercantile police and general intelligence. States price sixpence per issue six shillings sixpence per quarter and seven sixpence for edition. Available at Adelaide Times Office King William Street and booksellers.
A letter defends the legality of central polling booths for outer districts under Ordinance No. 1, 1851. It cites clause 22 and argues any irregularities in Port Lincoln can be cured by clause 17, with Council power to proceed if writ returns lag in remaining districts.
A report notes the Government plans a large scale resumption of emigration to the colony. It cites Mr K L Montefiore meeting Wir Hawes, secretary for the colonies, with funds available in the Colonization Commissioner’s hands. The piece argues wages may rise with emigration in populated districts, demand housing, and boost capital investment, while calling for careful selection of settlers.
A fragmented OCR note mentions ecstasy, a South Australia context, and a Soares quarry reference with a numeric value 10.8. The readable text is fragmentary and lacks clear events, dates, or named entities beyond these hints.
The Goldsmiths Company offers rewards up to £1000 for superior plate specimens. Manchester guilds seek £35,000 for machinery, while upholsterer plans four palace rooms. Bier Brothers and Clowes Printers paid £3200 for exclusivity and will receive royalties per copy of a small edition. A comprehensive 1500 to 2000 page catalogue with engravings and notes by eminent scientists will be released in sections for buyers.
A long critical letter questions British policy in Downing Street and the Queen’s ministers, denouncing colonial governance in South Australia. It calls for bold action toward Australian independence, warns of ministerial blunders, and predicts shifts in global trade routes driven by new rail and steam ventures between eastern and western states.
In the House of Commons on February 20, the Chancellor said tender results were unsatisfactory. A new company, The Eastern Steam Navigation Company, aims to operate a mail and passenger line from Plymouth to Australia via Singapore, with capital of £1,200,000 and ships leaving Plymouth on the 6th of each month. It is believed the company will win the mail contract for the colony.
A correspondent accuses Mrs Hays Clerk of the Government Works of entering private business contracts in the manner of the Engineering department. Requesting immediate review by the authorities, noting the rule against officials engaging private business unless publicly notified.
An American paper reports a Senate bill to create a central national highway from the Mississippi River at St Louis to the Pacific at San Francisco. It would reserve a large western district for construction funded by lands and rents from California, Oregon, New Mexico, and Utah, with both a common road and a railway to be built within set timelines.
The Polynesian records that steamers Dan Viserect and Com. may sail from San Francisco to the Sandwich Islands, with hoped connections to Honolulu New Zealand and Sydney, signaling a regular America to Australia steam route. Adelaide in May saw five inches of rain, a rare month, while Murray River navigation debates grow as Sydney considers internal water transport to link with New South Wales and Adelaide.
Delay of the writs hinders Australia from implementing the Better Government act. The pace is criticized as three weeks late in issuing writs. Sir Henry Young’s actions puzzle observers. The Advocate General’s illness is blamed, though others remain available. Quarter day nears. electors changing residence risk losing votes if elections occur before then.
A petty quarrel between the first and second clerks at the Central Road Board prompted a board discussion. The dispute centered on private papers and claimed unbecoming conduct, with blame cast on both sides but more on the former. The writer criticizes the time wasted and notes scrutiny of Mr Harris's role.
The rainy season begins early across Australian Colonies, enabling wider acreage as grain prices stay high. Farmers gamble on continued prices, but prospects warn that the high wheat levels may not persist and harvest outlook remains uncertain despite expanding crop area.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports on the defunct Sydney Council with Lang and Wentworth names up for the city. The article outlines five propositions arguing the new Act is defective and unjust, denying Imperial Parliament taxation rights, asserting colonial revenue control, calling for direct supervision of Customs, and restricting local offices to settled inhabitants except the Governor.
A fragmentary account discusses executive submission to the Crown, colonial legislative powers, and the role of the Governor. It notes omissions by the late council to record declarations and argues for domestic political redemption over external intervention.
The article states Mr Charles Munn is appointed Attorney General replacing Mr Smillie who takes eighteen months leave of absence due to ill health. Smillie plans travel to Bioypore then England upon recovery. The change may influence the Church Grant question and electoral dynamics, with the Solicitor Generalship reportedly offered to Mc Gwynne.
In town on Tuesday, chatter blamed delays in issuing writs on consulting Sir Clas FitzRoy the Governor-General but this tale is dismissed as creditless. The delay stems from minor technical hurdles, not the proposed Governor-Generalship, which colonists fear as a bugbear.
The article discusses a plan to place Captain Sturt as Speaker of the first Representative Legislative Assembly, with him resigning as Colonial Secretary and Inniss moving to that post while Maturin enters the Treasury. It questions the likelihood and motives behind the move and cautions Sturt against accepting, noting the government might burden the people to replace an elder statesman.
A full Bench of Magistrates met to study the Licensed Viera act and to report on its provisions. Their decision, seen as highly political by the paper, recommends changes to the act that will have significant implications.
A village meeting at Mr Lacar's New Queen Street discussed a proposed market site in West Terrace, weighing King William Street, Old Government Acre, and future needs. Citizens urged a central square to serve 40 to 100 years, preferred not to disrupt existing facilities, and supported forming a committee and appointing joint treasurers to manage funds raised around fifty pounds.
Fragmented local item notes a sequence of events involving a committee and parties in an unclear location. It mentions Elly Dial and trapeste activity with references to South and national contexts but lacks coherent details.
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