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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1869
Page
6
A House of Assembly session notes petitions on the Mercantile Marine Insurance Bill and opposition to discontinuing the Yaokalilla Telegraph. Questions answered, adjournment moved to January 4, with government business deferred until Japan returns to resume North Wee discussion.
Melbourne reports bakers cut bread to 5d per 4 lb loaf as markets close flat. The Appropriations Bill is read, Davies’s sentence is reduced to one month, and flights note a hot spell with signs of change. Governor Blackall arrives in Sydney to spend Christmas with Sir Belmore, Salamons named Solicitor General, and a lands minister defeated amid a squadron boat review. Thunderbolt robs a storekeeper near Armidale.
The News questions the motives and details of a proposed land lease venture involving Mr Goodall and Mr Gellibrand in Tasmania. It asks who holds control, how much capital is raised, what shares are available, and what guarantees protect investors amid concerns of potential conflicts of interest and possible collapse.
The British Indian Extension Telegraph Company proposes a 1766‑wire cable from Ceylon to Singapore with a £460,000 capital, to be built for £440,000 and £130,000 in shares. A tariff set for England to Singapore at £4 4s per 20 words, with £1 7s to the Extension Company.
Two eleven year old girls M Gee and Hayes were found in a intoxicated state in Bouverie street Carlton around ten pm. A crowd of local youths is suspected to have supplied the drink. Constable Armstrong took them to the watch-house and their condition required assistance. At court they could not say where the drink came from with the mother of M Gee suggesting the Carlton brewery back, though police doubt this. The Hayes mother did not attend and both girls were sent home with Mrs M Gee.
A Newcastle Daily Chronicle column critiques fashion culture and women’s dress codes, arguing that dress signals have little bearing on character while ridiculing extreme Parisian trends and the loss of modesty among women. The piece mocks the endless fashion models and highlights the era’s social tensions over appearance.
A reflective denunciation of women’s fashion and high heeled boots, arguing they distort health and dignity. The piece laments the social pressure of trends, mocks the wearing of long boots, and condemns the pursuit of fashionable evils over natural beauty and modesty.
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