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Newspaper
Adelaide Times
Location
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 28, 1850
Page
5
Shareholders will be admitted by ticket on the day of drawing to prevent confusion and facilitate business operations.
A maritime column reports numerous vessels including the barque Maid of Auckland, brig Pari, ship Privecer, cutter Frolic, and barque Wanderings with masters and tonnage from Cape Jervin to Yorke's Peninsula. It notes emigrants aboard Lysander and lists passenger names, families, and destinations in a dated shipping report.
OCR fragment lists dozens of travelers and families aboard vessels such as Princess Helen and Peri. It also details extensive cargo entries including timber, palings, nails, shingles, and general merchandise, with numerous ships and consignors named.
The report mixes cargo lists and maritime notices. Death on board the Lysander is noted along with births and names such as Lysander Burlas Bowl Hig Jane Haines and Jane Procter. Earlier items mention ships and cargo like whisky casks and copper ingots, with mentions of the Maid of Anohtane and Imma Sherratt reaching Honolulu.
A garbled market list shows prices for flour butter poultry eggs and vegetables and includes chicken and fruit items. It notes a defendant denying liability, claiming to be only an agent for a vessel.
Listing of mining sales, buyers, and prices from Barras Adelarte dated September 27 1850. Entries include Mount Remarkabiles Mount Liverpools and multiple Wheal and Kapundas lots with cash and credit terms. notes on loans and discounts offered by Royal Mining Companys and others.
Mails will be dispatched for Great Britain by the Water Bridge to London on Wednesday October 2 at 3 p.m. For Sydney by the cutter to Sydney this day the 2nd instant at 2 p.m. New South Wales by the arrivals for Melbourne on the 2nd, and by the May Queen on Wednesday next October 6 at hall Fa. Launceston. Death notice: Catherine Bowie, wife of Hamishde Duncan, M.D., at the residence of the Hon. Julie Chyper, Bary.
The Times notes a quiet week tinged with proclamations of democratic principles by an Adelaide paper, many declaring their intent to dive into democracy as the colony’s Better Government Bill nears arrival, with a pledge of support to keep their chins above water.
A speaker praises united press and united people to prove that pure democracy is the form of government South Australia can receive. The passage argues the people are the source of all power and envisions allies despite past demagoguery. The tone stresses timely discovery and a future demonstration of democracy.
A London port vessel left on May 21 carrying a large cargo with no passengers. details to appear in the usual column, no new information since the date. An accident near Barton Bridge cost Mrs Duncan, wife of Dr Duncan of Port Adelaide, her life after a fall from a frightened horse. Mrs Duncan died after nine o'clock Thursday night following a post mortem revealing vertebral injury and brain bleeding. Inquest to be held today with Dr Wyatt summoned.
Advertisements list items for sale at the City Auction Mart including pewter, glassware, hops, oats, and land parcels near Mount Barker and North Adelaide. Also notes on a failed burglary and the capture of a horse thief named Peter Heday at the Port, plus progress on a New Toestee building and local mortgage sales.
Gazette and Mining Journal reports a heated discussion on extending post office services to suburban districts and allowing Sunday operations to benefit the public. The piece argues against making post offices profit centers and notes concerns about clerks and workers' schedules while favoring universal accommodation. It also covers a medical update on Sir James Dunlop McEwen’s knee surgery, performed by Dr Bayer with a swift amputation and positive recovery aided by attentive care.
In a September Police Court session Phillip Oliver faced a drunkenness charge while other cases involved George Scott identified by a jailer as a prior escapee. Ashton was discharged for insufficiency, Goff received three months hard labor as a rogue and vett with evidence of skeleton keys, and Ashton’s sentence was adjusted to reflect remand time.
Police court proceedings reveal an arrest for absence from service, a posthumous offense, and a case where Horatio Woodham testified about a horse sale attempt at Port Adelaide. Witnesses described the accused’s intoxication and attempt to sell a mare at the wharf, with authorities detaining him after observed negotiations.
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