Adelaide Papers Report Political and Legal Briefs
The Herald ridicules the Matches Restriction Bill while insolvency officials refuse a certificate for Cowell. Moran of the Union Bank faces embezzlement charges. Voters urge Butters to push resignations. A Whit tesea inquest returns verdict of felo de se. Clergyman refuses burial rites. A bushranger robs three men near Ararat. Ireland receives five hundred pounds for its state prisons.
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Adelaide
Inoronta
Melbourne
Ochen
The
Herald
Cowell
Jones
Whittlesea
Ser Whiteman
Ararat
New Zealand
Priconera
Mudgee Diamond Company Thanks Butters for Fight Conduct
The Mudgee Diamond Company passes a vote of thanks to Butters for his up fight conduct. Punch depicts him as a knave of diamonds in a carton.
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New South Wales
Sydney
Mudgee Diamond Company
Butters
Punch
Proceedings in Parliament Fumay August 20
In the House of Assembly the Licensing Bills were laid on the table and read a first time. Questions were asked and answered. A correspondence draft on canceling tailway goods traffic was ordered. An Address to the Governor and to His Excellency were adopted and commissions and royal instructions requested. Standing Orders were revised and the session adjourned until Tuesday next.
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Fumay
House of Assembly
Messrs Bird Co
G. Wella
Guieracha
Drunkenness Offenses Brought in Wallaroo Court
Alexander Simpson was charged with being drunk in a public place at Wallaroo and found guilty. He was fined five shillings. John Coutts faced the same charge and was fined five shillings. Before Mr J B Shepherdson S M.
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COURC
Wallaroo
J. B. Shepherdson
S.M
Alexander Simpson
John Coutts
Mining machine for saving gold and precious stones showcased
The Govlons Advertiser reports Mr Hunt's new patent mining machine tested at Mc Humble's foundry. A simple carlike device with a perforated copper plate and water washing mechanism separates heavy gold and gems from lighter gravel. Two machines viewed could process twenty tons of tailings daily, with self feeding to maintain operation.
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Victoria
Howl
Govlons
Mr Hunt
Mc Humble
Mininis
Fiat
Satchion
Geelong Sawdust and Gems Test in Mining Feats
Report details experiments by Hunt and partners showing gold recovery from sand and gems via a machine, mentions taps, pumps, and Humble and Co workers, cites Tasmanian and Western Australian materials, and notes praise for equipment. Also a string of county town anecdotes about hangman wages, local hunts, and a Beechworth Sessions verdict of Not Guilty.
Copper money demonetised in United Kingdom order
The Local Times reports a proclamation that from December 31 the old copper currency will cease to be legal tender in the United Kingdom. It also notes Gipps Land constables plan to auction their shaving tackle next week to raise funds for Gipps Land Hospital amid long-standing hardships.
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United Kingdom
Times
Gipps Land
Gippe Land Hospital
Ancient Anglo Saxon Marriage Ceremonies and Customs
Ancient practices show consent by Mundhora guardian required for legal marriage. Dowry, faderfrum gift, and arranged feast mark unions with martial procession to receive the bride. The Mundhora officiates the transfer of authority as brideswear and wedding rites conclude with nuptial blessing and morning gift.
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Alfred
Teres
United Companies
Musi No Marrage
Mundbora
Lindeproms House
Ani
Anecdote of Aberdeen Guizot on Elections
The Figaro recounts a tale of Lord Aberdeen and M Guizot discussing elections. In Haddo House grounds Guizot notes a modest cottage recalling a shameful moment in his political life. He asks if it was an act of silence and recalls a cottage dweller who always opposed him in elections.
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Liverpool
New York
Malifex
Midway Watch
Lidle Tia
Jesus
Luke
General Sabine
Conversazione
London
Brasil
Bahia
Turba
Isis
South America
Sydney
Perry's Station
Armidale
Bonota
Equator
New Souk Wales
M Guizot
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Oria
Customs’ Act
Moran
Union Bank
Bal- Verar
Parliament
Mc Hunt
J. D. Robinson
Hunt Waa
Jas
Australia
Hunt
Hansbrom
G. T. Lloyd
Messrs Humble and Co
Geelong
England
T. Reilly
Perth
Western Australia
Fremantle Journal of Commerce
Reilly
William Bamford
Sheriff
Gipps Land ‘Limes
Ellis
Raymond-street
Joige Hackett
Ciry
Ile
Lisble
Star
Tenmentense Limensuir
Antolycus
Walter Montgomery
Iate
J. C. Rayner
Rayner
the Royal
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