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Port Augusta Railway debate and Port Wallaroo phrenology lecture
Adelaide dispatch reports Townsend's motion on the Port Auguste Railway amended amid a deposit dispute between Fuller and Colton. News notes silver ore at Almanda yielding 14 ounces to the ton and excitement over Wheal James. Professor Hume lectured at Port Wallaroo on phrenology with mesmerism demonstrations and a lively audience. Also covered are land gifts to the Gawler Institute, legislative council debates on land policy and overland routes, tax fees for licenses, Auditor General independence, and South-East railway proposals amid broader colony debates.
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Rocm oUa
Corrispordert
Adelaide
Townsend
Port Auguste
Wse
Fuller
Colton
Almanda
Hume
Port Wallaroo
Reeves
Wallaroo
South Australis
Cornucopia
Profesor ‘Hume
Thomas Martin
England
Gawler Institute
James ‘Martin
Gawler
Barosa
Legislative Council
Northern Territory
Jana
Alexander Hay
Australis
Port Adelaine
London
Saxby
Sexby
Buxby
Moon
Earth
R. C. Baker
Baker
Hughes
Ayers
Reynolds Madale
Imperio
Audietor-General
Lecder
The
Register
Lacepede Bay
Narracoorte
Lavepede Bay
Seaboard
Port MacDonnell
Mount Gambier
Wallace
Elder Smith and Co
Messrs Wallace
Harvey
Myerzone
Commissioner of Public Works
Wallace and Harvey
Tuita
Border Watch
South-East
Wakefield
Sutherland
Mmembers
Central Road Board
Kudina