Melbourne whaler Japan barrels oil and ships arrive
Victoria news reports that the Melbourne whaler Japan began shipping barrels of oil by mail route to Calcutts while vessels Samarang and Verulam arrive with cargoes. The Aldinga's sailing is postponed, Malta sails late, and Stewart faces fraud charges. A man named Dupont is sentenced to death for a Geelong assault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide
Victoria
Melbourne
Japan
Cal
Calcutts
Verulam
Wallaroo
Malta
Stewart
William McNevin
Novelty
Swan Uy
Bank theft charge nets Lang Blaine Graney in Sydney
In Sydney on October 13 Dr Lang, Blain a Bank of Australasia clerk at Maitland, and a boy named Graney were demanded on a charge of stealing 1300 bank notes from the local Bank of New South Wales branch. The money remains missing as authorities pursue the suspects. Reports from Queensland say northern runs are unfavourable with a fatal stabbing of a shepherd at Kianga Roa and an escape by the assailant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang
Blain
Bank of Australasia
Maitland
Graney
Bank of New Bouthree
Adelaide
Buarangong
Metaris
Mauritius
Stephen Bishop
Colombo
Queensland
Rockhampton
Kianga Roa
Proceedings in Parliament at Turopig October 12
Legislative Council reports petitions to bar medical titles by quacks and discusses prison system rules and ration scales. Contagious Diseases Bill, Stockade ration scales, Waste Lands Amendment, Prison Bill second reading, House adjourns after 4.10 pm. Assembly: petitions, insolvency law amendments, £260 for colonial product trials, Public Works and Immigration Bill report, Licensed Victuallers bill, Fees Act third reading, adjournment to next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turopig
Legislative Council
H. Barrow
L. Ayers
H. Ayers
Tusedey
House of Assembly
Ludia
Police Court Kadina Studied Case of Ill Treatment
In Kadina Police Court before Mr J B Shepherdson SM John Moore was charged with feloniously assaulting his wife Ann Moore. The case was adjourned as the assault could not be sustained. injuries described as contusions and lacerations led the magistrate to accept a peace bond. Moore to enter £50 own recognisances with two sureties of £25 for twelve months. costs 4s 6d to be paid by the prisoner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kadina
Cctonna
J. B. Shepherdson
S.M
John Moore
Moore
Ann Moore
Moonta Court Notices and Local Letters Collide in 1869
Local Moonta court records show unsatisfied judgments against a builder tied to contract disputes and disputed bills from 1868. Testimony references bailiff GT Cratchett, invoices, torn bill parts, and adjournments to court day as parties argue payments and account accuracy. The issue is intertwined with a public letter from Saxby about weather predictions and emigration debates.
Uncertain Summons Sparks Short Imprisonment Threat
Fragmentary court note records Breas orders, a summons, and Mrs Hodge paying 10s. The defendant, in poor circumstances, earns about £4 per week. An order for twenty one days imprisonment unless pleas enter in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breas
Emigration surge fuels push for broader American settlement
The piece notes rising emigration to the United States from Europe and Asia, with steamer congestion easing but transportation demand still high. It celebrates new facilities and the lure of a wider industrial field, urging more migrants to come as population growth fuels wealth and development across Western states and territories. It likens the call to land of plenty and quotes imagery of vast settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Europe
China
Japan
Pitt James
Roderick Chu Xpreog
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aldinga
Latham
Dupont
Geelong
Great Britain
Otway
Dyer
Victorian
Cheriton
Mount Barker
Port Auguste
Townsend
Murray Bridge
Hill
New South Wales
Sydney
Tasmania
Moonta
Ocronsu
Mayo
Phillips J. Bartlett
Taylor
GT. Cratchett
Woodman
Ephraim
John Woodman
Maj
Major
Evers
Hodge
William Evers
Mrs Hodge
Saxbys
Wallahoo0 Times
Saxby
Sranvand
Hawke's Bay
New Zealand
Kent
Dover
Australia
Saxpy
Faversham
Lam
Beligah
Sarby
England
Ireland
Clasen
Belain
Lovedon Dialectical Society
France
Sinaia
Peronte
New York
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!