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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 21, 1850
Page
2
A vocal critique denounces the Governor Surveyor General and Collector of Customs for a Murray expedition. The piece laments mis management, expense, and absence of officials for five weeks, urging local action and warning against hidden costs in estimates.
The Antares arrived in Hobart Town with news to the 6th inst. Wheat rose to pence per bushel and flour advanced to 192 10s per ton from 10 to 117 10s. Potatoes held firm at 81105. Launceston markets unchanged. An information was laid against Ellis and Hunt of the cutter Victoria for attempting Maria Island escape. O’Brien remained at Port Arthur under surveillance. Public meetings for Anti-Transportation were planned at Hobart Mechanics Institute on the 12th and at Oatlands and other districts.
Reports from Eldorado up to July 3 via Hobart Town on the Eliza note quick 55 day voyage from San Francisco. Emigration to the West grows with 6000 Missourians and equal Michigan numbers planning overland journeys. Gold digs open near Rogue River, new deposits at Sonora, markets show rising prices for flour coal nails and barley as Alta California details local trade and prospecting.
The document compiles multiple items from the Government Gazette of South Australia including road openings near Lobethal and Adelaide, requisitions for supplies, census notices, and expansive lists of impounded livestock and public tenders. It details survey plans, objections window, and Governor’s confirmation, followed by supply tenders, census districts, and extensive livestock pound notices with sale dates.
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