Debates Over Immigration Policy and Local Affairs In Melbourne
The report notes strong opposition to Chinese immigration policy, with an adjournment to the 12th instant and expectation that the bill will pass. It covers Melbourne cricket clubs, rifle matches, Porter's amalgamation process at Ballaarat, and upcoming cricket matches. Also noted are City Council plans for Geelong and Melbourne discussions on the Corporation Act Amendment Bill, plus a theft case at the City Police Court involving a gold watch and chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Auckland
New Zealand
Geo. King
St. Andrew's Church
King
St. Stephen
Melbourne
East Melbourne
M.C.C
Handfield
Wray
Wardell
Costick
Bryant
Haines
Cumberland
Lums
Rowly
Patterson
Fisher
Ballaarat
Porter
Richmond
Collingwood
Geelong
Brighton
Polica
Honkie
Onsea
Cricins Bossions
Melbourne Court Convictions for Theft and Robbery Verdicts
Under Justice Pouilman a series of petty felonies were adjudicated. William Fenton received two years hard labor for stealing from a Melton druggist. John Mayne got one year on the roads for larceny a manure fork from Mr Briscoe. James Lanson was found guilty of stealing a rifle and coat and sentenced to eighteen months on the roads. Susan Hagelin and Matthew Riley, linked to Terence M Guire’s robbery in Bourke Street East, were remanded for sentence. William Warby, William Taylor, and Samuel Phillips faced robbery charges against M Clure Valentine Co. and were acquitted. John Thompson acted as approver. A cabman Morris faced perjury charges after contradicting earlier testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terday
Pouilman
William Fenton
Melton
John Mayne
Briscoe
Collins Street
James Lanson
William Henry Lock
Susan Hagelin
Matthew Riley
Terence M‘guire
Bourke Street
William Warby
William Taylor
Samuel Phillips
Messrs
M'Clure
Valentine and Co
Melbourne
John Thompson
Morris
Peculiar Robbery at Victoria Parade Brewery Ends with Arrest
Mr Aitken of Victoria Parade Brewery faced a staged night robbery as his home in a twenty acre Collingwood enclave yielded emptied wine decanters, ripped pockets, and four chairs moved. Detectives traced a single suspect from Toorak to the scene, with further cases suspected. The incident follows a spate of local misdeeds as the district prepares for upcoming matches and electoral rolls.
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Aitken
Victoria Parade
Tective Williams
Alice
Toorak
Jaastbok
Adelaide Market News and Aboriginal Tragedy Report
A March 1861 weekly Births and District summary notes hot markets with flour at about £15 5s and wheat around 6s 6d, and reports a shocking Belvidere Ranges massacre. An Aboriginal group killed a farmer’s wife and her two children after requesting water, burying their bodies in a wombat hole. The affair shocks Commercial and political circles during a hot spell.
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Belvidere
Howse
Fragmented historic note on linen consecration and distribution
A partial text describes linen washed and placed in a wheel to be consecrated for Saint use or freed peoples. It mentions Romin Can Hie linen carried to the Carpialie and then distributed in a Protestant context, with unclear sequence and recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratrorovs
Ags
Pepe Egies
Romin
Carpialie
Garibaldi in Paris denied by telegrams
LATE EUROPEAN NEWS from Western Morning News reports Garibaldi’s arrival in Paris denied. The Austrian Council of Ministers seeks from the Pope the abolition of the Concordat and opens negotiations with Rome. Paris notes little business on the Bourse with firmer funds, Reutes closing higher.
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Sussex
Paris
Garibaldi
Paus
Reuutes
War Telegrams From New Zealand Describe Maori War Actions
A dated telegraphic summary reports active field movements and frequent skirmishes in New Zealand with few deaths. Rebels show audacity but appear doomed by recent English troop arrivals. Mercer’s artillery and reinforcements at Auckland bolster efforts as munitions surge. Lambing Flat reports calm, a sapper is wounded, and Cowper heads toward Sydney amid dull business and politics.
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Uir
England
New Zealand
Mercer
Auckland
Cowper
Lambing
Sydney
Baffling Western Editor Calls Out Mistrials and Mockery
A Western editor laments miscommunications while recounting a chaotic scene aboard a theater or meeting. He notes murmurs about "sixteen men" and a chaotic pontification as a crowd debates decorum. A controversial exchange involving a "culprit" and an implied coercive moment is described with critical irony in a period voice.
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Collingwood News
Iit
Werribee
Warnood
Phair
Fitzroy
East Collingwood
East Co
Brown
Emerald Hill
Grimwood
Fitzroy Council
Brodribb
Fitzroy Ward
Prince
J. P. Fawkner
Green
Edwin Turner
Earl of Zetland
Daeoue
Greenwood
Bios Turner
Tha
Betebes
Vis
Colking Wood
Scariat
Adelaide
Wath Merch
Sinmonds
Joseph George Joseph Paterson
Sameel Allen
Jobs Tala W. J. Lagos
Emeat
Andrew Plummer
Willanstown
Bamana Way
European News
Austria
Pope
Lambing Flat
Sappera
Pharlan
P Talon
Aston
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