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Newspaper
Melbourne Leader
Location
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1861
Page
3
Incomplete OCR text lists dates and names such as Watson and Cyrus Harit with monetary figures like £250 and £950, referring to December 1861. The fragment lacks coherent context and full sentences, providing only scattered financial and personal references.
The notice details scarlet fever cases in various districts, multiple inquests and verdicts on deaths, and public health updates. It records inquests at the City Police Court, a fatal accident from a broken gutter, a coroner's inquiry into two deaths, and local police actions. It also notes mail arrangements, government proclamations, and local civic events including a German colonists gathering and a King lecture at the Mechanics Institute. The overall tone reflects a mid 19th century colonial newspaper, with scattered health, legal, and civic items.
A Sydney wire reports the Lord Worsley has returned from Nelson with 3016 ox of gold from Tuapelis diggings. Diggers hold about 6000 oa with profits fair. Flour sells at £78 per ton. The wreck of the Victory steamer sold for £5765. the mate jailed three months for neglect. In Sydney rioting cases, Torpy surrenders but is freed due to no-show. Newcastle miners threaten strike over wage cuts. Adelaide constituencies press for resignations amid the Judge Boothby dispute. Flour ranges £12 10s to £13 6d, wheat prices fluctuate.
A new insolvency notice details Thomas Hill of Hasie Leenwad and Henry Sedgman officially noting Hill’s losses at Tattervall's Hately in Melbourne totaling £3300 with debts £1455 24d and other figures. Also listed are Thomas Clarke cabinet maker Richmond James Hichect Gedye Melbourne George B Wingrave Rutherford and Peter Zohrab Prahran among others with various causes including bad debts loss of employment and illness.
A lengthy insolvency listing outlines debts assets and deficiencies for numerous individuals including James Camerone of Melbourne John Devin of Yerkandendah and James Augustus Fynmore of Ballarat. Causes include pressure of creditors failure to secure employment and depreciation in property with official assignee details for each case.
The usual monthly meeting of the flourishing society drew attendees from town and country despite poor weather. Mr Willen Bataon of Heroo Hill presented a short paper on Vine Culture, advocating surface cultivation, deep spading, and manure over vinegared planting. He suggested calcareous soil applications and careful plant care, with pruning experiments proposed by Mr Meganson. A special meeting was set for next Wednesday to discuss spring exhibition postponement due to the season, and plans for a delayed display were announced. A price list and ticket totals from a related event were noted, with overall receipts recorded.
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