25 Oct 1851
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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 25, 1851
Page
1
The Adelaide Times Weekly Country Edition offers a comprehensive weekly packet with a twelve column supplement and sixty columns of content. It includes English news, shipping, commerce, law, politics, and gazette notices, aiming to reach country readers with an unabridged summary of the day’s affairs.
The Wesleyan congregation in the city opened their new Balderson Street chapel yesterday for divine worship. The ceremony featured Rev D J Lieaper and Rev John Gunter with praise and preaching, drawing a diverse crowd including locals and travelers. The day included an afternoon sermon, a public meeting, and a fundraising list showing substantial contributions toward the building fund, with total receipts reaching a notable sum.
Fragmented OCR lists land parcels and purchasers across multiple counties and townships. Names, places, plan numbers, and prices appear amid jumbled text, indicating a large suburban sale with numerous plots and buyers.
A crowded public meeting at a chapel ran long as speakers including Rev. J. Bealeston and Mr. Calon addressed a large audience. Attendees listed numerous names and roles, with debates about ritual, ethics, and community duties. The record notes tensions, emotional appeals, and a proposal for a new energy or reform within the church, but preserves names and places mentioned.
In Aldea farmers petition against dissection of Road Authority powers and South Australia excise shifts, committee debates pressure for a Distillation Act amendment. Collector of Customs and MPs clash over duties, penalties, and wine fortification amid ongoing committee work on wartime government wharf and Trinity House issues.
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