Inquest Hears Died From Apoplexy at Port Wallaroo
An inquest at the Commercial Hotel Port Wallaroo into the death of Gustav Ludewigs heard witnesses including his wife Jane Bollmeyer and Elizabeth Ludewiga. Medical testimony cited an apoplectic fit and heart disease with alcohol likely accelerating death. Verdict recorded: died of apoplexy.
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Commercial Hotel
Port Wallaroo
J.B. Stepherdaon
S.M
Gnatave Adulphe Ludewigs
W C. Eland
W. H. Shell
Jane Bollmeyer
H. Bollmeyer
Mr Ludewigs
Mra Ludewigs
Recehes
Elizabeth Ludewiga
Decessed
Mre Bollmeyer
Dr. Moore
Henry J. Byrnes
Mra Bollmeyer
Camu
Court notes writs and wage claims at Kadina session
Local court at Kadina heard inquests and civil actions including Coombe v Noble over 74 10d and Thomas v Jacobs for £1 wages. Verdicts favored plaintiffs. costs awarded. Adjourned cases involved M Lutyre v Graham removing stone. Kadina Mine manager outlined the stone removal. information dismissed. Intercolonial telegrams from Melbourne report wrecks, floods, deaths, mining news, and local society items.
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Eadina
J. B. Shepherdann
Coombe
Cornwall
Thomas
Jacobs
John Thomas
Defendant
Tucker
M'Lutyre
Graham
William Harris
Kadina
J. Warren
Kudina Company
M'Intyre, Jacobs
Proceedings in Parliament in October sessions
In the Legislative Council questions and papers were laid. The Public Purposes Act Repeal Bill and Licensed Victuallers Amendment Bill were read first time. The Contagious Diseases Bill passed second reading. The Public Works and Immigration Fund appropriation bill read first time. The House adjourned around 4. In the Assembly, Governor’s message urged fund appropriation. Public Works and Immigration Fund Bill passed third time. The Police Bill in Committee and adjournment followed.
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Trespar
Legislative Council
Public Works and Immigration Fund
House of Assembly
Markets steady as ships and bills move through parliament
The markets closed steady while the Assembly refused to pass the Land Bill and a government measure. The ship Victorianes and its cargo are to be sold at auction on Friday. The Payment of Members Bill is expected to pass this session.
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Poussard-Bsily Opera
Frida
Calfornian imports and ship cargo updates from Sydney
Sydney reports upcoming shipments and unsettled weather as 450 tons of Californian flour arrive aboard the Paraway and Marin carries wheat to Dunedin while twenty two vessels are loading. The Maitland Bank robbers are remanded, Fenian sailors head to California, and a Mudgee diamond is returned as first quality valued at £600.
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New South Wales
Sydney
Auckland
Newcastle
Adelaide
Dunedin
England
Blair
Gibson
Godhey
Maitland
California
Grant
Mads
Presbyterian Assembly
Puget Sound
Queensland Brisbanes October 20 Murder Sentence and Shipwrecks
Queensland dispatch reports Williams sentenced to death for the Talligan murder. Spuraway and Lynemouth wrecked in Lortes Straits with crews unaccounted for. The Margaret Jane brings captain and five crew of the ship Ynementh bound for Newcastle to Mauritius with coal. Natives on Prince Edward Island killed her crew.
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Queensland
Brisbane
Williams
Talligan
Spuraway
Margaret
Maori prisoners sentenced to death with hope of commutation
From Wellington dated October 11 eleven Maori prisoners have been formally sentenced to death via Melbourne. The authorities promise commutation of the sentences, reflecting this wartime legal handling and appeals process.
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New Zealand
Melbourne
Wellington
Mauritius Sugar and Flour Market Update
Mauritius dispatch notes sugar prices declined notably while flour remained in good demand but scarce. Trade commentary from Melbourne indicates shifting commodity dynamics as of September.
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Melbourne
Mauritius
Wire Tramways. A Cheaper South Australian Railway
A reader urges the government to adopt wire tramways as a cheap, practical railway from Port Augusta to the Blinaan Mines. Citing Australasian notes, the writer argues copper wire rails could slash costs to about £750 per mile, with Wallaroo copper and smelting works enabling local production and labour, offering vast benefits to mining interests and various communities.
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TIE Wallargo Timms
Port Augusta
Blinaan
Australasian
Leicestershire
France
Italy
Spain
England
Wallaroo Bay
South Australia
Benefe
Port Wakefield
Railways and cost savings in colonial discussions
A letter argues for cheaper railways while warning copper prices may rise. It cites American female labor conditions, then reports on church music debates in Camden Road and Gravesend, a Suez to Africa canal idea by M Lesseps, and updates on Melbourne Observatory work and delays to the telescope and gear.
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Jere Ion
America
Boston
Anburba
Landen Presbytery
English Presbyterian Church
Camden Boad
Duke of Argyll
Camden Road
Supreme Court
Uve
Barinomam
Africa
Central
M._ Lesseps
Suez
Sahara
Red Sea
M. Lesceps
Ellery‘baw
England
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Victoria
Barwonens
Nronghan
Melboulrne
al Dullarat
Vhip
Faraway
Australia
Arcus
William Gwen
Cook
Cooke
Collingwood
Ballarat
Alma
Unc
Davis
Duffy
Vale
Beesworth
Murray
Lady Manners Sutton
Huggina
Harris
Hugh Glass
Milton
Benevolent Asylum
Oddfellowe
Resent
Parliament
Weoselway
Mr Bright
Pearce
Lunatic Asylum Committee
Sartu
Patterson
Port Adelaide
Townsend
Murray Bridge
Edwards’s
Dee
P Samuel Smith
Whitwarts
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