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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1850
Page
3
Johnson, secretary pro tem, Clark Hindley Street advertises mining notices and listings. Higher risk prospecting details unavailable. reads as a local notices column item from Hindley Street.
The shipping list notes many ships and passengers including the Elizabeth, Phantom, and Tory, with cargoes of bales, cases, and various goods. Vessels in harbour include the brig Signalised, Montefiore Abhaéroes, and Antares with discharging crews and agents.
A highly fragmentary list shows ships from London Plymouth and Bristol with cargo and passenger plans bound for Adelaide Port Phillip and other destinations. Masters named include Smith and Crann among many, with tonnages ranging from 458 to 1500 tons and departure dates in June July and August indicated or implied.
A dense mining price list from Adelaide, September 24 1850 records bids and sales for multiple mines and districts including Princess Royals Paring Britannias Port 6L and Mount Liverpool. It notes buyers and sellers, instruments of credit, and cash terms, with a separate birth notice for Mrs. Hardy.
The Times discusses how the New Bill will divide the colony into sixteen elective Members. With Census 1850 delayed until now, public focus turns to where these members will come from and how the split will favor town versus country districts amid ongoing debate.
The Adelaide press advocates universal suffrage and equal representation for future elections. It questions how to reconcile city and country interests, notes a remaining property qualification, and stresses the English model of equal apportionment while outlining timing tied to the 1850 census and local deliberations.
The notice records the Princess Helena from Plymouth arriving June 6 with seventy passengers and a general cargo, plus ten new items. mentions the Grecian leaving June 12 and predicts further overdue arrivals to Tas Mapacascan Travel. It also notes political rumours about Madagascar trade disruptions and the Commodore possibly visiting Mauritius.
In a lengthy session, magistrates refused licenses for several pubs including Windsor Castle and Norwich Arms, citing unfinished premises and incomplete alterations. Oppositions argued by local landlords and residents were weighed as the board emphasized building completion before granting permits.
Fragmentary correspondence discusses license applications for letters and newspapers, a request to contact Jane Dann, and references to a Hafen street route and a Sydney post office matter. Mentions a reconnection request, impact on post schedules, and a ship arrival with unrelated legal notes.
A sequence of notices advertises auctions at the Mart on Randle Street and Dodson's Hotel plus sales by Wicksteed and Co and others. Listings include household furniture calicoes blankets bags ale and other goods, with lands and town allotments offered by order of mortgagees and administrators across properties near Adelaide, Mount Barker, North Adelaide, Marryatville, Wakefield Street, and surrounding areas.
Sysop or Bissors reports that Dr Nixon hens travel from Hobart Town to Sydney to attend the synod of bishops to be held in that city.
A meeting adjourned until Saturday at a set time as officials consider a formal reconsideration of an application. Names linked to the matter include Mr Foun, Mr Tormer, Mr Lang, Lyndoch, William Reids, and Edward Parsons among others. The event concerns Woodtime Tun and local village interests in Houghton and Nairie.
In Apttama Twenlay on September 24, 1850, Garey and M Doxato vs M Cannon in chi. affidavits on land and case meritas. Wearing for plaintiff claimed case entry and verdict, while Maguire’s affidavit and CHENMAL SUBDICTION noted. Hutchins for Booney on Crown Lands. defendant pleaded guilty and fined. Gites pleaded guilty and fined. payment deadlines set. Jones, butcher from Try Creek, charged with unpaid wages. verbal agreement for pig and house, but labor term contested. defendant’s witness claimed servant worked for board until customers found. verdict for defendant. Lamon Crous, Black Forest, faced wage dispute. work on South Road, piece and time wages. Whittam’s role contested. adjournment granted with cost payment.
Tuesday September 24 in police court David Davis a senisn was discharged with three cautions after a disturbance near Currie Street and a dispute with Constable Si during which his face was cut. John McLean charged with drunkenness and assault on the constable was remanded. others including John Pattom George Yates and Inspector Barkley faced breaches of discipline and disciplinary notes.
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