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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1850
Page
3
In a fragmented listing a range of goods is priced by dozen or per unit. Cattle, sheep, oxen, calves and veal appear with rates such as 18s for oxen, 88 6d per 60th, and various per dozen figures for onions and produce. Scrambled items and miscellaneous lots may be included.
fragmentary 1850 notice notes mail to be dispatched via a river steamer, dated June 18 1850, with unclear spelling and routing details. Unable to determine full names or exact route from readable text.
The Times reports both the Mary Ann and the New York Packet reached London yesterday after longer than usual passages. The Mary Ann carried forty passengers while the New York Packet had none. Cargo details for the Mary Ann are cited. for the New York Packet only Beck and Co. ad hints are noted.
The Mary Ann calls at the Cape on her lay out up to May 4. Despatch from Earl Grey reports the Lords Privy Council view the Cape's new constitution as not liberal. Three estates proposed: Governor Legislative Council and Representative Assembly. Legislative Council ten members for ten years. Assembly elected for five years. Wording notes a price of six dollars per ten maids. Also news from Sourabage on May 1 reports 3,100 bags of sugar and salvage from the wreck of the Afar near Angier Point. twelve samens brought by Beta.
A lengthy report covers the Goolwa memorial presented to Governor Henry Young protesting a planned rail link from Goolwa to Port Elliot. Deputation leader William Giles, alongside prominent colonists, argues the railway would hurt labor, risk cargo safety, and risk wasting land funds, urging caution and prior returns data before any outlay.
A late 19th century meeting at the Exchange Hall discussed memorializing Queen Victoria to approve a railway proposal from the Murray colony. Memorialists argued for public works, questioned the Governor’s stance, and praised labor resources while urging delay only if necessary, with a committee appointed to draft a memorial to the Queen.
A detailed court recounting the St Kitts murder and mail robbery case outlines the arrest of a prisoner, witness testimonies, and the discovery of the victim's body near a timber area. Police procedures, alleged motives, and the sequence of events from the crime to the investigation are documented with names and locales referenced in the testimony.
Domestic news item details a chaotic list of auction notices and advertised items. The sale on premises of B. Serhan includes drapery, a caries bag, and an invoice, with multiple vendors and locations named. Auctions cover lands, goods, and properties across various towns including Gawler Town and Clare.
June 17 at Afonclay the Supreme Court heard a mixed action over executors of an estate and alleged collusion in insolvency. The trial spanned the day and adjourned after morning proceedings. the deceased survived an incident referenced in the claims.
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