Pacific colony reports anti Ritualist actions and local industry notes
The column records that charges will be laid by the Anti Ritualists against Revs L W Stanton and B B Webb with a Bishop examined process, plus news on a Caledonian Reef ore shipment, wheat markets, fish canning in Western Australia, and several local notices including a public sale and a church tea meeting. It also reviews a pamphlet by Rev D J H Supersen critiquing Ritualism and the Synod debate.
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L. W. Stanton
B. B. Webb
Asy
Adelaide
Victoria
London
Wallaroo Bay
Benjamin Bates
Auburn Company
Barossa
Blackler
Mr Blackler
Independent
Port Wallaroo
Yorke's Peninsula
Congregational Church
Green's Plains
T. H. Hall
Kadina
A. Michie
J. Lloyd
Port Adelaide
Liverpool
Wallaroo
Newcastle
Northern Territory
Batavia
Timor
Gulnare
Melbourne
Java
Stow
England
Advertiser
Goyder
House of Assembly
Dalwood
Moonta Mining Company
Ibbetson
Archdeacon Twopenny
Lbbetson
Privy Council
Luther
Tbbetson
Abbetson
Justices Favor Local Benches Over Licenses
Adelaide brief notes the justices ruled for local benches but against wine and night licenses and permits. Also reports a Caledonian Reef yield from a crushing: 37 cwt produced 7 oz of gold and 7 oz of mixed gold and silver.
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Adelaide
Caledonian Reef
Intercolonial Telegrams From Adelaide to Melbourne May 20
The Tichbourne Baronetcy Commission ends Tasmania inquiries and heads to Victoria for more evidence. The Blue Jacket crew and passengers are mostly rescued, with two boats still missing. Crew deaths include Farrington Ells and Apsey after rescue by Piermont. Ballarat vote: James wins by 170 over Gillies. Rosario recaptures a slaver at Levuka and frees 100 Native residents aboard. captor crew sent to Sydney. Queenslanders aboard the Slaver noted.
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Adelaide
Victoria
Melbourne
Tichbourne Baronetcy Commission
Tasmania
Blue Jacket
Farrington
Ells
Apsey
Piermont
Quique
Falmouth
James
Ballarat
Gillies
Rosario
Levuka
New Hebrides
Sydney
Townsville Mail Robbed and Letters Burned
The Sydney report states the Townsville mail was robbed on May 20 and the letters, including from England, were burned.
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New South Wales
Sydney
Townsville
England
Waikato tribes refuse to join rebels in Auckland reports
New Zealand dispatches from Sydney dated May 20 say the Waikato tribes declined to join the rebels. Hokitika on May 17 reports Colonel Whitmore surprised and captured rebels 80 miles from Tauranga, with sixty killed and seven prisoners including the chief and a prophet. Colonel Lyons fought 40 rebels at Patea, killing four. Prince Alfred arrived in Auckland to a magnificent reception.
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New Zealand
Sydney
Auckland
Waikato
Hokitika
Whitmore
Tauranga
Lyons
Patea
Prince Alfred
Drainage scheme in the South East faces cost and feasibility questions
The Mount Gambier Standard cites a hundred thousand pound cost for Surveyor General plans, with eighty thousand already spent, while The Border Watch urges action to avoid government apathy. The debate links drainage to land sale prospects, rainfall, and tropical fertility, warning of fiscal risk amid abundant colony land and uncertain weather impact.
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Mount Gambier
Border Watch
Tropics
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Jupiter Creek
Samuel Biggs
Brown
A. France
Moonta
J. Richards
Daily Press
Gawler
McEwan
McEwen
W. Duffield
Institute
Port Macdonnell
Review
South Australia
D. J. H. Snper
Sen
Telegraphic News
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