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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 24, 1850
Page
2
Distress for debt prompts sheriff sale of the Wheal Acraman Mining Company property near Adelaide and Montacute. Nominal capital £2560 in 640 shares of £4 each. Assets include a mine site for metals and minerals for thirteen years, under Sections 5623 5624. Sale set for Monday in May with terms at time of sale.
Maile will be despatched to Great Britain aboard the Thomas Chadwick from London on Saturday the 25th, by Batavia and Overland routes on the date given, and by the Fibra to Livery on the following day. For Sydney and New Zealand, by the Fantom to Sydney on sacrifice day, and by YAS Ce to Istaria Tuesday the distant inst. Despatch details include times and routes to East Indies and Clas.
The Times denounces the Governor and his Nominee Council for pushing an impractical Goolwa to Port Elliot railway while neglecting the Port Road. It criticizes Civic funding bids and water works, accusing Dutton & Co. of mismanagement and urging Adelaide citizens to question such expenditure and governance.
A South Australian defense of political reform argues the Dray Tax signals public justice through fiscal policy. The piece rails at colonial authority, urging self-government, critique of Downing Street machinery, and calls for a new political regime as the colony grows and exchequer needs rise. It compares to historic stamp duties and imperial taxation.
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