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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
May 29, 1869
Page
5
A poem notes the Old World sparrow arriving in the hemisphere and becoming a welcome presence. It contrasts garden pests and threats with the sparrow’s role, suggesting the bird's arrival alters pest pressures and harvest prospects. The speaker frames the sparrow as a unifying, if controversial, force in agricultural life.
Inland dispatches report Greig and Murray selling 350 tons Mauritius sugars at high rates and 15 000 bushels of oats at 3s 10d to 4s per bushel. The new Land Bill proposes selection rights over all waste lands with parcels not exceeding 640 acres and lotteries to be abolished. It also keeps leases for ten years at higher rent. Breadstuffs dull. Auction of 40 tons Yankalilla flour at £12 12s duty paid. A Melbourne whaler spoke Hay Island May 1. Bishop Jenner of Dunedin travels by mail. Parliament to consider civil verdict by majority jury and cheap railways. Pupilists and Waldock committed for trial. Oxley Mills flour sold for £13 9s 6d. Port McDonnell wheat at 6d 11 64 14d. McVale resigns portfolio.
In Sydney on May 25 the government resolves to prosecute the Daphne captain and condemn the vessel in Vice Admiralty Court. The jury in the related case returns a guilty verdict for Howell and Hawyi, sentencing them to death. An appeal over Captain Howell’s murder charge is unresolved as reports place Sydney as the base for imperial troops in the colonies.
In Hobart Town on May 20 the Humane Society awarded Mr Henry Ross for rescuing a boy from the river during Prince Alfred's visit. It was the third life he has saved.
The correspondence mentions Grenfell writing to the Pall Mall about being out of pocket for a first class ticket to the West Lancashire election and sacrifices made for Mr Glades. It also references Liberal support in Lancashire and a Birmingham crime scene with a desperate act involving a husband and wife.
An essay questions whether genuine wine exists amid widespread adulteration and illicit production. It cites Pall Mall Gazette authority on imported wines, notes beer and spirits mixing with wine, and recounts accusations in New Orleans trials about fake Lafitte and Chateau Margaux. It warns true wine remains a slow maturation, with quality proving itself after decades.
The Zulegraph urges strict supervision or repeal of the Queensland Polynesian Labourers Act citing abuse in bringing South Sea Islanders to the colony. It argues natives prefer their home and warns immigration harms Britain’s empire, urging Englishmen in Australia and at home to protest and revise the law.
A reflective statement argues that the public failed to grasp the spirit of new compatriots and urges a ready, practical reply if an appeal does not receive support.
Times correspondent from Edsou notes the Prince of Wales visit signals Britain’s interest in Egypt. He says the show of power matters in a country where locals view French influence as dominant. The flotilla’s approach and parade of officials highlight Britain’s prestige and potential impact.
A Newwork Trutmue article cites Charles Francis Adams Jr arguing against abrupt negro suffrage as a dangerous political move. It notes fears for ballot purity and moral standards while contrasting southern white education needs with broader democratic ideals amid Pennsylvania fraud concerns.
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