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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1850
Page
3
The page records a market listing with prices for cattle oxen calves and market staples. Entries include per hundred weights rates for oxen, calves and various fruits and vegetables with unit measures and vendor notes. The text names items like grapes oranges radishes and peaches with pricing details and odd spellings indicating a historical marketplace ledger.
Notice states Moody subscriptions for next quarter begin July first and may be entered by visiting the office or sending written notice. Payments may be made at start or end of quarter with terms of 15s paid in advance or 17s 6d credit.
Fragmentary OCR text references events on an unclear date in 1950 with scattered names and locations. Mentions Lamnes and Dipne with figures such as 270k and 9, but most details are unintelligible. Unable to determine a clear person, place, organization, or outcome from the provided legible elements.
A memorial from colonists to the Governor was submitted at a public meeting and now awaits signature at the Exchange. Reports say a German emigrant group may be invited to establish a township near the Governor’s land at Inman’s Valley and support railway earthworks along the Goolwa line.
The article critiques proposed changes to post office letters rates and debates the merit of lowering rates for country and general mail. It notes widespread complaints about postal fees and questions the Governor and administration, urging more tangible tax reform alongside any postal adjustments.
The text notes a council discussion where Mr Hagen is urged to remain consistent with his principles. It considers delaying the second reading to a future date if no other council member shows interest, referencing Emigration and Esilway Guarantee Loan Schemes.
The South Australian press weighs in on Lord Grey and the Bonded Debt, arguing the colonial government only guarantees interest and not principal. It questions how paying a portion early could avert large borrowing and urges immediate repayment of the remaining debt to avoid further obligations.
The Governor and Council met yesterday and adjourned as the Governor sent word he could not attend. An improvement would be to adjourn another day. No one wishes to discuss the current Council, and it is a pity that the Governor and his advisors continue to ignore broad and clear hints.
The vessel signalised yesterday proved to be the brig Orzia, 194 tons, from the Isle of Bourbon, which cleared out on the 5th of March. She brings a general cargo but no passengers.
A five year old girl Maria Stephens died yesterday at Islington after being accidentally shot during a teenpor n fence incident. Wilce Mira Stephens reported the death to police and an inquest is expected. Other items include a robbery attempt by two footpads against Old Payne called the Old Admiral, and various commercial notices from MerchanS at City Auction Mart featuring hats, sail, sugar, and lamps. The issue also notes naval monuments in Barrack Square and an 1849 debt listing by the Debtor Bedlord and several prominent names in a court record.
A New Exchange gathering in King William Street discussed petition against a 20,000 pound grant for the Goolwa Railway. John Baker chaired. five motions adopted to frame the petition and defense, arguing against expenditure without popular consent and urging imperial approval to be withheld.
In a Thursday session at Taidlarna, aboriginal defendant Jemmy faced charges of stealing sheep from Mr Rogers’s station on the 14th. Witnesses including George Miles and Charley testified. Miles identified the prisoner and described the theft near Togac’s Gulley. Sheep valued at about five shillings each were involved. the case was adjourned with other matters, including a separate assault remand.
OCR fragments recount mixed items including a royal ceremony, a bishop’s enthronement, a navy voyage to America, an embezzlement case, a racing petition in Maidstone, Irish land auctions, and a Mayo factory for girls. Also notes on Canterbury election, Lord Fitzwilliam, and a Mayo maritime incident with a vessel leaking and a rescue attempt.
A damaged OCR fragment presents a rhymed patriotic plea for Tasmania to gain freedom and deliverance from oppression. The archaic verse invokes liberty, divine light, and national pride, urging resilience and cheering for emancipation as a nation.
Amid Earl Grey to Lord Elgin dispatches Canadian papers split. The Toronto Dependent labels annexationists' hopes as growing and warns against treason rhetoric. The Montreal Pilot calls the dispatch a death blow to annexation, while the Montreal Herald predicts renewed resolve and peaceful pursuit of independence from England.
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