Weekly Country Edition Adelaide Times
Panrits visiting Adelaide weekly will get a double sheet edition with impounding and gazette notices, auctions, and a summary of English news. It will include shipping, mercantile, law, police and general intelligence in an accessible form. Published at sixpence per issue or six shillings sixpence per quarter. Sold at King William Street offices and booksellers.
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Adelaide
TIMES
Adelaide Times
King William Street
Adelaide water and city commissioners mocked in harsh critique
A scathing pamphlet targets Adelaide city Commissioners Freeling Davenport Newland Blyth and Dutton as paid officials and public property. It accuses them of corruption and incompetence while urging action against costly projects and questionable bridges and infrastructure.
Universal suffrage debate and property versus education views
RES PUBLICA argues for universal suffrage in the colony, contending that any property or education qualifications are unjust and impractical. It asserts every adult male resident of twelve months should vote, rejects wealth or schooling as sole gates, and urges broad representation with a monthly notice deadline to extend electoral reach.
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Gehorst
Jto
Peron
Elector Nust
Hobart Town Courier
South Australia
Anyareal Safage
Engl
Lafayette
Roland
Georgy
Bart
France
Trenin
Sit
Yunrs
City clashes over bridge work and officials in Adelaide
A report notes costly missteps in a bridge project and a failed stream realignment. Citizens urge practical, hands on leaders, not pompous commissioners. Dutton should focus on public performance rather than road schemes, as Freeling and Dutton face scrutiny from the electorate.
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Forsaytharid Duval
Freeling
Datton
Adelaide
Captain Freeling
Mr Dutton
Female Emigration Wrong for a Colony Says Adelaide Letter
A letter from Adelaide dated April 29, 1850 argues against female emigration to the colony. It questions whether marriages, manners, and moral improvement justify migration, urging ministers to protect women from exploitation and to seek real improvements for education and asylum. The writer, a female migrant herself, appeals to mothers and wives to oppose emigration until genuine opportunities and safeguards are available.
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Adelaide
Abede
England
Australia
Tyrell
Labour Office
Government Emigrant Shelter and Rookery of Reform Debate
A lengthy letter and critique discuss government aid for emigrants, salary levels for officials, and the call for a broader financial reform. The writer opposes double standards in reporting, cites past delinquencies in India and Australia, and questions who would bear fiscal burdens if higher salaries were granted. The piece argues for transparency and fearlessly challenges the axis of power, urging public debate on salary and governance reform.
Rawnsley the Press and the Road Board
A scathing editorial recounts friction between Mr Rawnsley and the Road Board, criticizing reporter accommodations and vowing to defend press and public against insults. It cites Rawnsley’s conduct at Onkaparinga and Brownhill Creek and promises decisive action against perceived abuses by officials.
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MR. Rawnsley
the Press
THE
Road Board
Suffrage Question Raised in Adelaide 1850
An Adelaide notice from April 27, 1850, discusses future suffrage qualifications for entitle d persons and the upcoming Legislative Council elections. The piece notes not yet debated criteria and signals imminent public consideration.
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Ates Pasuca
Adelaide
Legislative Council
Water Crisis Prompts Public Meeting To Halt Waste
Citizens condemn neglect by officials over Torrens water supply from a stagnant pond. Freeling and Dutton are moving supply higher upstream, but carriers refuse to use it and no authority can compel them. A mass meeting is urged to oppose costly mismanagement and demand action by authorities.
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Captain Sturt
Messrs
Freeling
Adelaide
Yorsa
Sir Henry Young
Ford
Western Australia Notes From Emma Sherratt Reports
From Swan River to King George's Sound dated March 13 to April 17 the Emma Sherratt carried eleven passengers with Western Australian papers to March 22. Commodities tendered by the Commissariat include 40,000 lbs of wheat at six pence per bushel and 45s 6d for barley and oats. eight tons of four at £15 per ton. A galena discovery at Geraldine Mine is noted with copper indications and on-site smelting attempted. No broader news is found in the papers.
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Emma Sherratt
Swan River
King George’s Sound
Commissariat
Emma Sherratts
Geraldine
Sinise Prose and the Hidden Passenger Mystery
A cryptic OCR excerpt describes an arrival on a Saturday with a captive passenger aboard a vessel. The text notes the passenger’s behavior and rules it out as a typical free traveler, then mentions acknowledgment by authorities and an ongoing investigation into the whereabouts or status of the passenger.
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Satniay
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Blyth
Dutton
Taten
Matesman
Henry Young
Messia
Preeling
Thize Gentle
Mott
Adela
Himuslf
Peraoa
Dulten
Allie
Baget
Torsayth
Duval
Dyce
Ga' ‘Tue Goretté and Mining Journal
Court of Justice
Gazrite and Mining Journal
Ely Per
Beddome
Combussiarat
Hindley-street
William-stred
Gazette
Colonista
Sheriff Macquoil
New South Wales
Manning
India
Turton
Lange
Jour
Rawnaly
Parkhurst
Rawnsley and Dutton School
Rawnsley
Onkaparinga
Brownhill Creek
Western Australia
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