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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Jan 16, 1869
Page
2
Directore of the above Company invites proposals to accept risks for the ensuing season description covering all stock and farm produce on the grower’s premises. Agents from townships across the region may apply. contact Secretary at 1 Grenfell Street Adelaide.
Shipping notices detail vessels including Kangaroo from Port Adelaide with 180 tons under Gordon and Cynthia schooner 65 tons from Port Adelaide via Moonta Bay then Bosphorus barque 320 tons from Newcastle. cargo manifests list extensive goods such as bags, cases, casks, and various miners goods. Exports note Kangaroo port Adelaide 100 tons ore from Moonta Kusilla and Yelta mines plus 76 hides and sundries.
The weather column lists windy periods for January 13 14 and 16 with NW to B W directions. January 13 light winds from the NW. January 14 moderate to light winds from the northeast. January 16 light winds from the west.
Advertisement seeks rental or purchase of 2 BARM land parcels in Clare district near Forrester's Railway. Also offers an aviary with 30 pairs of canaries for sale. Primitive Methodist Chapel Wallaroo Mines hosts a lecture by Mr. Lloyd Welsh on Useful Men, Wednesday evening January 27 at around half past seven.
The notice states communications must be single sided, authentic letters require proper identification and address, advertisements should not be included, and the editor disclaims responsibility for correspondents statements or opinions.
The Attorney-General retorts to Mr R C Baxer over a £100,000 five year payment to the Volunteer Force. The piece argues continued support for drills, warns against costly forts and ships, and favors peacetime growth, arguing manpower is better used in railways and production.
The Kadina column notes a racing program, a wrestling prize event, and mine reports with silver and gold yields. It mentions court fines for drunkenness in Wallsrog, coal and quartz prospects, and a Melbourne view on a proposed England to colony line. The Border Post reports Albury fires, civic fears, and New Zealand tensions with rebels routed.
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