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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1850
Page
5
A brief public notice states that shareholders are to register shares and complete official actions at the office on a specific date. The item references a corporate name and implies a formal process for share issuance or registration.
Shipping notices list vessels including barques and schooners such as Mary das, New York Packet, Hau, Arch and Maceype with tonnages from 33 to 460. Cargo details mention Cape of Good Hope voyage dates, passengers, and various orders and shipments, with crew notes and a Kingquote passage aboard the Daphne and related ships to Hobart Town and Western Australia.
A long OCR fragment lists numerous ships with tonnages masters and destinations, mentioning Plymouth, Adelaide, Melbourne, and Sydney routes. It includes lines about emigration, arrivals from Launceston, and dates in March and April, plus notes on California freighting, political topics, and health conditions in Melbourne.
A colonial paper accuses Sir Henry Young of using a 20 000 Crown Land Fund railway plan from the Goolwa to Port Elliot to shield his recent estate purchase near Encounter Bay Inman's Valley. It claims the memorial to the Governor exposes motives and betrays public courtesy, detailing rumours of a railway tied to the purchase and urging readers to see the affair clearly.
Market report from Adelaide lists per ton and per unit prices for flour wheat and miscellaneous provisions. Includes remarks on weight measures, terms like per dozen and per pair, and notes on shipping schedules for Great Britain and New Zealand lines with specific sailing days.
An incomplete obituary fragment notes a death on a Friday in June at the residence of next of kin, listing a name and age as yet unreadable. Further specifics about the deceased and location are obscured by damaged text.
The memorialists challenge Sir Henry Young’s handling of Land Fund allocations arguing that private interest biased public works. They dispute Parliament’s rules cited by Young and accuse him of evasive replies while stressing the core issue of public funds used for emigration versus land development. The report references local auctions, school examinations, and civic notes surrounding the dispute and regional governance.
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In Port Adelaide details from an emigration agent report claim no smallpox cases aboard the emigrant ship Fatima with a surgeon confirming safety though the pilot noted a smallpox instance elsewhere. Chickenpox incidents were also mentioned and the voyage described as orderly with emigrants traveling under strict oversight amid debate over the health status.
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