Weekly Country Edition of the Adelaide Times
A notice promoting the Weekly Country Edition of the Adelaide Times. It advertises a weekly paper for readers in the country, highlighting English news, shipping, prices, and general notices. It invites subscriptions at 9d credit and 6s 6d per quarter, with sales through the Adelaide Times Office and booksellers.
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Parnes
Adelaide
the Times
Adelaide Times
King William-street
St Moat
Franchise expansion clause debated in Lords amid NSW bill
Discussion centers on Larp Lrrrurros’s clause lowering the electoral qualification to ten pounds’ value and six months residence, extending voting to freeholders, des residents, squatters with depasture licenses, and leaseholders with a ten-pound value. The amendment would enfranchise four distinct groups in New South Wales, signaling a major shift while South Australia debates timing and scope.
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Government of
New South Wales
Hall
House of Assembly
South Australia
Hugrau
Inquest Rights and Coroner Duties Debate
A Adelaide newspaper opines on coroners authority to decide whether to hold inquests. It challenges Dr Wyatt and Judge Cooper, arguing formal legal process should govern inquests, and condemns neglecting inquiry in rich cases while pursuing proper procedure for poorer deaths.
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Woodon Wyatt
Duncan
Johnstone
Knott
Solomon
Domean
Australia Shall Be Free Anthem Amid Inquest Dispute
A critic denounces coroner Dr Wyatt and Judge Cooper over handling of a death inquiry in Adelaide. He urges citizens to unite against what he calls a corrupt, wasteful system and to demand reform, with strong calls for Australia to be free and resistance to taxation. The piece intertwines legal accusations with a rousing pro liberté nationalist refrain.
Australasian Smelting Company in Hobart revived plan
The Australasian Smelting Company, once tried in Adelaide and shifted to Hobart Town, is again active. Reports from Hobart detail coal and ironstone finds on Schoaten Island, a five place shaft network, and a now ready voyage path to ship ore, with 348 shares paid in Hobart and 1000 shares offered in Adelaide awaiting public purchase.
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Adelaide
Holus Bolus
Hobart Town
Flobart Town
Wang
Oval
Insta
Ft Taf
Schoaten
Wurihera
London
City Commission despatched by public outcry in flawed governance
The piece denounces City Commissioners as government house snesks overstepping fiscal propriety. It alleges misused funds, favored embankments for specific merchants, neglect of公共 works, and a push to strip citizens of municipal rights while Dutton Blyth Davenport Newlands figures face scrutiny. The author predicts eventual accountability as public anger rises.
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Francis Chitton
Francis Dutton
Hixelt
Government House
Dicks and Drakes
Ford
Kermode Street
Messrs Moorhouse
Cwuminga
Richardson
South
Adelaide
Randleatrest
Hindlay Street
Pease
Sir Henry Young
Duttons
Blyths
Davenports
Newlands
Hi ‘Young
Saat
City Commission
South Australian and Swan River Flour
The Perth Inquirer notes the supply of Hour, recently shipped by Daphne, arrived September 1 and was eagerly bought. More will follow from other arrivals, expected to sell readily at reasonable prices, with farmers not facing shortages until after the upcoming harvest.
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South Australia
Adelaide
Miller
Perth
Daphne
Saya
Perth Inquirer
HAM COMMUNICATION PROGRESSES ON STEAM LINE ISSUE
A long-running steam link project faces delays due to lower house objections. Readers are urged to publish the exact cause of the stalemate as merchants and the global trade community await a resolution.
Wool Price Rise Amid Record Imports and Repeal Effects
Reports from England indicate a rise in wool prices despite imports reaching new highs. The Economist notes late 1849 imports exceeded any year except 1645, with five months to Tyne showing 20.7 million pounds imported this year versus 14.8 million in 1849. This suggests a complex impact of Navigation Laws repeal on farmers’ fortunes.
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England
Economist
London
Tyne
Indian News and Maritime Disaster Report
Indian intelligence from Singapore until June 20 notes a severe cyclone near Madras on May 24 destroying several ships. The Sulimany of Itong sank with about 50 souls lost including Captain Mel Dawson and family. the barque Gunga saved all aboard after a stern-on grounding. Copper and lead veins found north of Calcutta and near the Ganges. Railway and army communications planned between Orientia and North Provinces. Commander-in-Chief remains at Simlah with poor health reported for the former.
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Singapore
Madras
Sulimany
Itong
Mel Dawson
Toilia
Calcutta
Ganges
Orientia
Simlah
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