03 Sep 1851
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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 03, 1851
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR item references a painting office and a person named Adelaide with unclear details about doors and a building. The readable bits suggest a local office listing or advertisement context without a clear event or outcome.
A public meeting of North Adelaide inhabitants held at Christ Church School on August 26 1851 approved the creation of the North Adelaide Institute to promote science art and industry. A provisional committee and officers were named with subscriptions invited and a first meeting planned for October. Seventy six members enrolled.
An 1840s letter fragment extols Holloway's Pills as a cure for asthma and fever, citing Benjamin Mackie and other readers. Notes include a Longhall Typhus case aided by the pills and limewater drinks, with additional endorsements from colonial Australia and India.
A protest meeting adopts a memorial urging Sir Henry Young to reconsider proposed Railway from Goolwa to Encounter Bay. They challenge public necessity, harbour safety, river survey, and traffic needs, calling out alleged misrepresentations and demanding colonial assembly input before spending colonial funds.
A fragmentary description touts galvanized finned iron for house and store roofs and verandahs with emphasis on appearance and durability. It asserts corrugated form keeps interiors cooler than slate and notes proof from buildings across climates and exposures.
South Australian Agricultural and Horticultural Society announces the annual flower show at William Street on Wednesday afternoon November 1951 with prizes. A separate annual ploughing match at Mount Barker will be judged and awarded by M.E.Ci with best collections of indigenous plants and specimens, plus the best display of flowers. Stallions stand for Breeding and multiple horse related exhibitor stalls listed with venues and schedules. Secretary notes arrangements and intrusions policy for exhibitors.
Warwick notice lists annual stock exhibition at Adelaide Market on Tuesday November 11 with entries for horses and horned cattle. Admission 1s per person, secretary Chas S Barry. event under South Australian Agricultural and Horticultural Society patronage.
Warwick dark colt stands 17 hands high and four years old, descended from an imported Clydesdale mare. The gelding will be sold with a pedigree and veterinary notes, at a public sale in August 1851, with terms of £2 2s payable before the jet di 1852. WM. & HENRY WOODHEAD.
Reporter notes Sampson the equine champion, described as powerful and fast, winning the Brat prize at Campbell Town and later sold to Mr Curlett for SMO guloeas. The piece lists grooming terms, feed, and stable charges with dates in early 1851 and references Hindley, Adelaide, and local venues.
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