30 Nov 1850
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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Nov 30, 1850
Page
1
Regional newspaper blurb describes the weekly country edition of the Adelaide Times with notices, advertisements, and general intelligence. It notes pricing sixpence per issue or quarterly prepaid and available at the Adelaide Times Office and booksellers.
A critical analysis argues the Lords have diluted the Bill, leaving elector and member qualifications tightly restricted. It urges adopting ballot voting now, resisting tripartite nominee schemes, and warns colonists must unite to push for real representative government and full rights rather than instalments of power.
The article argues for annual elections and yearly legislatures, contending this aligns with common sense, liberty, and justice. It cites expediency, population changes, and the need for accountable representation, rejecting longer terms and supporting broader suffrage to empower the colony’s political future.
The Tax Bill for the Better Government of the Australian Colonies received Royal Assent on August 5 and reached Australia on November 26. It aims to empower colonies to provide themselves with representative government under royal approval, signaling gradual development of colonial resources and stronger ties to the Crown. The Governor has not yet received an official copy. The speech from the throne reiterates this aim and its anticipated benefits.
The piece questions rejoicing over the new constitution while inviting careful adoption of the franchise. It argues the need to ensure representation and reduce restrictive clauses. The author cautions against partial reforms that fail to expand and secure the people's influence in government.
An editorial denounces the tripartite nomination in a representative assembly as an affront to popular rights. It argues against ministerial control, urges every eligible voter to enroll and vote, and hopes early action will align future elections with citizens’ voices.
The text argues for expunging nominees and the councils elected by popular suffrage. It laments a lack of potent demonstration and prefers an avowed system, suggesting a rejection of a mixed or muddled representative structure.
A historic lament condemns the nominee compromise as a threat to self government. The text argues against a nominee cory and urges firm protest to defend representation, warning that allowing the system would entrench unequal interests and liken Parliament to a rotten borough system. It calls for antidotal measures in the new constitution.
A fragmentary notice praises a new French verb study system by J Stromler's Collegiate Institution. It extols thorough verb knowledge as essential to language mastery and claims the method aligns each verb with guiding rules to aid memory and accuracy in usage.
A fragmentary summary of a geography work for Youth of Aurain describing a compact atlas of natural elements. It notes sections on air earth fire and water, heated light and electricity, and the aim to provide engaging instruction for general readers with concise, practical information.
A group connected with the Baptist church in the colony organized a temporary chapel in Lovrhood of Uley to spread the Gospel as many locals had not heard it for years. A subscription opened to fund the site and a donor in Adelaide provided land for the chapel footprint.
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