Shipping Notices and Trade Totals from Port Phillip
Shipping entries list imports and exports with vessels such as Flying Fish Scout Martha and Elizabeth and Flying Pied, detailing timber boxes beef wheat butter cattle sheep and other goods. A lengthy notice from the Colonial Secretary’s Office in Auckland corrects clerical errors, and ad rates compare Courier with Sydney advertising scales, asserting Courier’s advantage in circulation.
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Hobart Town
Launceston
Martha
Lizabeth
Sydney
Melbourne Markets Report from Orronex 4 1846
The Melbourne market shows abundant veg supply with first appearance of new potatoes. Retail prices listed include old potatoes from £4 10s to £5, and various vegetables and staples with specific per quart and per bunch rates. Eggs, poultry, butter, and other goods appear in the price table with units and figures.
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Melbourne
Vonibas
Feum
Cattle Market Report With Varied Prices
Three hundred and thirty fat cattle sold in market yards this week with top prices around 10s per 100lb. About 225 lean cattle and 250 sheep sold. demand for sheep weak despite plentiful supply. Thomas Kisock notes mixed activity as buyers and sellers adjust to market conditions. Private contracts include Port Phillip bred bores reaching £25 per head and some imports from Van Diemen’s Land at high prices.
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Thomas Kiszock
Mickle
Vallocks
J. B. Kirk
Port Phillip
Married, At the Baton of M Niche, Fag Rite eye
Fragmented OCR text yields a brief wedding notice with unclear names and places. It mentions marriage rites and a baton ceremony at a person named M Niche, but key details are garbled.
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M. Niche
Dotter
Wwe
Notice to Poundkeepers Impoundments
Notice to poundkeepers announces changes after a stated date under the New South State Government Gazette. It warns that certain possessions may be altered or discharged if they have appeared in a court or official record and cites enforcement steps and dates.
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New South
Melbourne Justice Angers Readers Over Magistrate Blunder
An 1845 Melbourne letter decries magistrates handling of an assault case, arguing their Worships misapplied Imperial law and overstepped power. The piece cites Chief Justice guidance, contrasts with Sydney reports, and laments continued errors in administering justice.
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Melbourne
Hull
Christendom
Sydney Morning Herald
Supreme Court
Sydney
Bawden
Megistracy
Melbourne Justice Inconsistencies Spark Public Debate
A vivid critique targets magistrates Hull Smith and Russell over legal rulings and press reports. The piece laments punishing Michael M Namara while condemning inconsistent judgments and a supposedly flawed legal doctrine. It argues the community would trust common sense over the cited decisions.
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Hull
Turge
Cole
Littleton
Hull, Smith
Russell
Melbourne
Michael M‘namara
Masters and Servants draft in Leg Council
The fourth page publishes the Masters and Servants Act draft under consideration by the Legislative Council. Next to the Tariff Bill, this measure affects employers and employees and deserves close scrutiny. The paper will provide fuller discussion in its next issue.
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Legislative Council
The Tariff Debate and Temperance in Colonial Council
A Sydney Australian excerpt argues the Legislative Council lacks homegrown expertise to judge the Tariff Bill and temperance issues. It cites Wentworth and Windeyer as exemplars, laments missing library resources, and warns that feeble debates risk flawed taxation while suggesting harsher penalties for illicit distillation and smuggling.
Paper Money Issue Sparks Colonial Dispute In Falklands
Parliamentary papers from March 1844 reveal correspondence between the Colonial Office and Governor Moody over an issue of £1000 in paper money for Falkland Islands expenditures. Lord Stanley condemns the move, insisting no future issuance occur and that funds will be redeemed through upcoming estimates. Royal instructions bar any government bills or paper currency as legal tender without express permission. Sydney Morning Herald notes honey prices and local political notices, including cattle slaughter permit and Bourke Ward Burgess List revision announcements.
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Sydney
Legislative Council
House of Commons
Commons
Lords
Dhe Marcantile
Vel Jong Diate
New South Wales
Colonig
Moody
Newland
Falkland Islands
Sydney Morning Hérald
Marth
Robert Cooper
Able House
Srgstons
Court of
Qasr
Inman
Anderton
Payne
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Shipping Entelligence
Martha End Elisabeth
Pu EiTu
Omtava
Launéester
Awalvace
Sxomex
Witem
Tom Morsinn
Singapory
Beranyunat Raow Srawey
Tabitt
Navigtors Islands
Auckland
New Zealand
Colonial Secreary's
Victor
Talend
Waiheke
Rossur
Courier
Patriot
Ihs
Ehislé
Winna Ding
B. Baye
Adarass
Bille
Herald and Gazette
Port Philly Patriot
Port Phillip Gazette
Port Phillipel
Geelong Adveriser
Mexagurse
Port Phillip Stendard
Post Crerce
Goode
Philip Guareiment Guertin der
Oesober
Lam
Wentworth
Ind
Windeyer
Lowe
Nicholson
Bland
Lang
Council
Roberts
Howse
Washington
England
United Kingdom
Great Britain and Ireland
Bert T
Robert Peel
Wim
America
Aldernes Condett
End Rumell
William Hull
Jmwea Sih
Baqra
Aer
Ital Kemer
Saster
Aléerean Kerr
Baring
Jemere
Grette
Applisiers
Baynes
Paige
Kerriga
M'Donabd
Stephen Cimtembée
Mead
Casey
Irene Bedwell
John ‘Muir
William's
Han
District Court
Bourke Ward
York
Elizabeth-street
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