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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 08, 1869
Page
5
Report from Kadina describes explorers at Moonta locating green carbonates close to the surface. Dr Croft and Ms Harvey oversee the find as workers sink to secure a P30 Company bonus for the undiscovered lode. At Buko mines, directors order sinking the shaft at old workings while expanding operations.
Adelaide report notes sixty attendees at the Ayrshire men's dinner honoring Sir James Fergusson in Melbourne. A meeting at Reedy Creek mine drew nineteen participants. The North-East Moonta Company offers a £500 reward for locating a lode in its om itu sections.
In a Local Court session led by Mrs. B Shepherdson the Woolcock and Meredith partnership dispute over £2 is heard. Witnesses recount a debt, distressed circumstances, and partial payments. The court returns verdict for the plaintiff and records related cases including rent disputes and allegations of abusive language, with further notes on destitution relief and education funding reform.
The Audit Commission opens its inquiry led by Mr Strangways to examine pauperism and workhouse practices. It aims to compare current destitution expenditures with past rates and reveal how poor relief is funded and managed in the colony.
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