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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 06, 1869
Page
2
Shipping notices list vessels including the Kangaroo and Kangeroo for Port Adelaide with tonnages 190 and 260 sourced by masters Ward and Gordon. Entries mention agents Davern and Adkins JT and cargoes such as Moonta ore and water for Port Adelaide with dates around January and December.
Readable weather notes show Saturday January 2 with 8 mph west wind and fresh conditions, Sunday January 3 with variable wind, clear skies, Monday January 4 with easterly wind and fine conditions, and Tuesday January 5 with south wind and cloudy skies.
Oxan. announces the birth of a daughter to the wife of Mr Desn at Wallaroo on the 5th of January.
A period dispatch outlines submission rules for letters to the editor. It requires real names and addresses for publication and notes that unauthenticated communications will be rejected. It also states advertisements require proper authentication and that editor bears no responsibility for opinions.
The piece surveys South Australia’s 1868 woes and 1869 hopes. It notes drought, low copper prices, and government strain, yet points to improving revenue, more employment, and new mining ventures. It predicts several new mines on the Peninsula and land reform aiding farmers, with better harvests and stabilizing markets as the year begins.
Reports from Moonta detail Parrara and Poona mines driving lodes and expanding work with better miner supply. Ore at surface and near shafts, with ventilation plans and new housing for crew. Continent of notices includes Adelaide Punch, Evening Journal, and gun cotton trials, plus a fatal drowning at East Wellington ferry and Welsh Chapel services with large crowds.
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