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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1854
Page
3
L Roach of Hamburg House on Rundle Street advertises a stock of BLOPS for men youths and boys.
The report lists ships with origins Adelith Port Phillip Heads and Melbourne, detailing the Lochinvar 199 tons under master J Newman and Son, the brig G Gla 227 tons Campbell master from Port Phillip Heads, and the brigantine Foland Lady 181 tons Island with 24 passengers. It notes cargoes of flour bran hay and bags, passengers Bevan Favan Roberts and others, and mentions a calm at Port Phillip Heads delaying departure.
The notice lists item prices including calf meat at 6d each and per pound rates, wattles bark at 4 to 51 per ton, and tallow priced at 35 I to 45 L per ton, indicating a busy local commodity market with varied rates.
Market summary shows 2000 wethers and about 1500 sheep sold, with prices from 21s to 24s per head while no cattle were logged. Adelaide grain quotes list flour values at Mills and Port, with bran pollard and wheat prices given for June transactions and related mill rates.
Reports suggest a potential rich inland country near Lake Torrens supported by a party of six natives who crossed into the north-west border area. Observers note cockatoos and abundant resources seen from the hills, hinting at a reachable region with valuable prospects. Ma. Hares resignation is condemned as insult to constituents and worthy of note in the ongoing political debate.
The piece discusses Hare's political posture after vacating his seat and the electoral response. It notes letters from supporters questioning the reply's authorship and promises further discussion exposing the fallacy. Also covered are Trinity Church gifts to Miss Gibbs and synod Union talks in Sydney.
Mr Hare replies to West Torrens electors on the demand for his resignation over his Local Government appointment. He argues the requisition lacks majority support, cites electoral rolls, and states he will resign in line with an old English law guiding ministers to leave their seats, amid looming crises and a looming assembly.
A letter found at dawn reveals that requisitionists urged resignation from the Legislature. They claim three hundred electors would have supported the move within seven days if the request had been made to the Chairman at the Forest Inn. Signatories hailed from Thebarton Adelaide and Hilton, with only two electors opposing. The tone implies distrust of the ruling representative and questions the effort of those who organized the petition.
The Crown Lands will be offered for sale by Public Auction at the Local Court House in Adelaide on Thursday June 22 1854 at eleven o'clock. A ten percent deposit is required. Upset prices range from one pound per acre in suburban sections near Port Wakefield to larger tracts in Hindmarsh and Mount Gould districts. Special country lots and numerous county allotments across Gawler Hindmarsh Adelaide Light and Sturt areas are listed with acreages and respective upset prices.
Reports from Vienna and Constantinople detail Prussia’s shifting stance at the Vienna conference and intensifying Turkish military preparations in Samos and Candia. Russian and Greek movements along the Danube and in Epirus signal mounting regional tension as Western powers weigh terms to end or postpone broader conflict.
Fragmentary text hints at the citadel of Arta as a central feature of the city. The note suggests a surrounding mood of secrecy or cultural significance with unclear details.
The Port Adelaide committee chaired by W Scott MLC proposed a memorial to the Governor urging funds to erect and maintain a hospital there. A subscription drive was planned before presenting the jar to show local support, with a subcommittee to prepare lists and memorials and to seek cooperation from local companies.
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