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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1869
Page
4
Shipping list details cargo loaded from Port Adelaide for Kangaroo and related vessels with numerous consignments and weights. Also notes Royal Shepherd voyage delay at Wallaroo after shaft break and temporary repair, and Wallaroo prices current for staples and produce.
From the Register a market snapshot dated October 11 shows firmer wheat bids at 5s 7d for fur used parcels and 6s 4d Town Port, with unaltered Fiora and no cases effected. Beef at 284 to 80 per 100 lbs, mutton 38 to 3s 8d per lb, veal 4d to 8d, damper 2s to 26s 6d per gr, best wheaten hay 27 per ton, mixed hay £5 10s, inferior hay £8. Adelaide wholesale prices current notes flour at 416 0 6 per ton and other port prices.
The editor disclaims responsibility for correspondents opinions and communications printed. Advertisements require authentication and communications must be single sided with name and address clearly provided. Unauthenticated submissions will be rejected.
The Townsends Select Committee inquiry into Port Augusta northern railway creation unsettles prior decisions. Critics attack Mr Wallace and Mr Harvey’s agents, question guarantees, and compare with India’s railway model, urging government control over funding and timing while recounting past missteps and trust issues.
The Provincial Gas Company plans to extend its operations to Adelaide while awaiting royal authorization for export shipments. A shipment was prepared at Port Wallaroo bound for Port Augusta and England aboard the Pekina, with a meeting in Sydney for the Late Colonial Conference postponed until a suitable date.
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