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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1850
Page
3
Sales by auction listed for October to November in Adelaide. Items include ground, rock salt, slates, plated goods, tools, engravings, and merchandise from various stores. Events run from October 18 to November 16 under Lloyds Agents and the Official Assignee with insolvency orders.
Announcement of a land sale at Newhaven on Friday October 18 at twelve oclock. The sale includes wharf sites water frontages and frontages to government laid streets offered without reserve. Further notices refer to ongoing land measures and combined efforts by original proprietors purchasers and lessees near the Port. Also mentions auctions at Port Adelaide and City Auction Mart with assorted goods and insolvency book debts.
Public notice announces weekly auctions at the rear of City Mart for wool, tallow, skins, hides, and wheat with 30 days rent free storage. Auctions charge a commission under 44 percent and offer liberal cash advances on ante promises. South Australia details reference a consignor, Montheith & Co., and 2000 sheep in good condition for sale nearby.
A collage of late June to October sailings lists many vessels bound for Melbourne Adelaide Port Phillip and other Australian ports. Masters include Custard MKerlle W. Carr and James Gibb among others with cargoes passengers or emigrants and notes Gravesend Plymouth and London departure dates.
Market notes from Adelaide dated Monday October 24 1850 listing prices for flour, wheat, oil, barley, butter, poultry, eggs, bacon, potatoes, cabbages, onions, and fruits. Includes dairy products, livestock values, and per unit costs such as sheep at 76-6d per hi and oxen from 10s 1 100 lbs prime.
An 1850 mining listing from Adelaide reports a sale of 35 shares at 21m cash from various mines including Princess Royale Paringas Britanniss Port Lincoln Mount Tuemarkables and Glenalbynoy with prices ranging from 5s to £5 10s. The notice lists multiple sellers and values in pounds shillings and pence, noting entities such as Wheal Barrons Wheal Marias and Wheal Margarets and other mines with share prices and quantities. The document shows a bustling market for mineral shares with broad participation and varied valuations.
Fragmentary 19th century communications mention mail routes to New South Wales Victoria and Hobart and to the United States Digby and Calais. The notice refers to correspondence, a meeting at Port Adelaide and an Elective Franchise Association with other communications noted.
The half yearly report of the South Australian Mining Association shows three dividends of two hundred percent this year and confidence that quarterly payments will continue. Total dividends since June 1847 reach £221,760 with £219,090 paid. Assets are listed at £298,808 3s 94d with profit £115,344, £52,000 of which funds dividend payments. The report declares mines flourishing and promising prospects.
Advertised auctions list sales at Port Agiaide and New Haven through October 28 including furniture, stock, and household items. Public sales of livestock and unclaimed goods follow liquidation under insolvency and curatorship, with dates through November 16 and notes on grounds and locations.
Government Gazette details cattle impoundments at the Public Pound with descriptions, brands, marks, and sale conditions. Names of police, constables, and officials from Mount Barker Wellington Willunga and others accompany notices alongside agricultural returns and local administrative references.
The notice reports the Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners directing information to the lieutenant governor about conveyance of emigrants to South Australia and sailing plans. It also lists accounts payable to various individuals, a League meeting at Currie Street with Post Office updates, a Melbourne style horse race near Adelaide Race Course, and a summary of court proceedings including a property disposal by auction and maintenance dispute cases.
Police court records show multiple remands for theft and drunkenness, with defendants including Harry Stewart and James Mamenford. Publicans licenses granted, and legal notices list cattle impounding and moral admonitions, amid colonial taxation and education references.
The report discusses a Creatise Steeple Chase between Mr Penny's Aly and Mr Piston's Wanderer Mare for 100% with a suggestion the event may be decisive if the horse seizes the lead. It also notes a large wooden circus building near the theatre, 42 feet diameter circle, designed for a thronged audience and adaptable for permanent use with minor additions.
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