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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1869
Page
6
Adelaide reports show Mr Tomkinson clashing with working men over immigration, wages, and universal suffrage. A deputation challenged Public Works, then mobbing fears and police intervention, as the government reconsiders Fuller’s Repeal Bill and new electoral acts amid Assembly debates.
In the Legislative Council the government power to convey part of the Government Reserve to Port Adelaide was under Crown law officers review. Plans for Victor Harbor improvements were being prepared with a report soon. A House Committee was formed and a bill to amend the Constitution discussed. Leave granted to introduce Statutory Oaths law and the House adjourned to Tuesday. In the Assembly Mr Ridditch presented a petition on pastoral lessees valuing improvements. The Attorney General discussed Carey Sutherland and Way's costs. The Sutherland Act Repeal Bill read first time. Electoral Bill to be introduced. House adjourned. On Wednesday questions arose, petition 3 printed, Lunatic Asylum inquiry Select Committee appointed, fourteen days leave granted to Mr Hart, Committee of Supply set for Aug 24, and items of authorized expenditure to be returned to government up to five thirty. A tabled expenditure return for Government House additions appeared.
The Melbourne report notes the Captain of the Marpeaia suspended for six months and Rogers and O'Brien remanded to tomorrow. A bond is set for Keneally to leave the colony within seven days. A boy sentenced for a sister's assault has his term cut to seven years. Borough elections spark excitement and a Sydney fronts charge tied to McKinley appears in the court.
In Sydney on August 10 1925 reports say McKinlay is considered insane and has been placed under restraint. Twenty customs officers are to be dispensed with by year’s end. On August 11 Armidale's diamond reached Sydney and was entrusted to Rev Mr Clarke for examination. Lord Gordon died yesterday.
New Zealand dispatch from August 9 reports Ta Kooti ordered Te Kooti to leave Waikato while Tawhiai and Arewas shift allegiance. Rebels' arms and ammunition seized. The Auckland Herald overseer was accidentally burned to ashes in an incident connected to the turmoil.
News notes from Hobart and Sydney report gold discovery at the Scamander River on the east coast, with other global items including a Galatea voyage to Tahiti, native assembly and festivities, Levuka cotton flourishing, and various American and global events such as Cuban fillibuster actions, steamer seizures, cholera deaths, volcanic eruptions, smallpox in Panama, and tornadoes in Illinois and Ohio causing destruction.
The writer details a near shore foray three miles from home using a hammer to inspect old pits and a shaft. He argues early mine prospects depend on practical judgment and notes a two foot wide vertical lode unlikely to yield copper, suggesting ore only if favorable location and proximity to an outcrop enable easy work.
In Cork on April 48 a late night crowd greeted Coli Warren and Captain Costello as they voiced support for Irish self rule. The mayor echoed praise for O Farrell who shot at the Prince, calling him a noble patriot like the Pole who felled the Russian emperor. Warren and Costello depart for New York today.
A grand railway plan from Nelson to the West Coast seeks land payments and capital of up to a million pounds. Colonel Maude backs a provisional committee to raise 2,000 workers abroad and form a company, with notable directors including Sir George Grey and the Duke of Manchester. If funded, the project would boost Nelson and the colony, though many deem the land-for-rail payment scheme risky. Meanwhile, Thames gold fields ignite excitement as Long Drive and other claims show large gold and silver yields, drawing investors from across provinces.
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