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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 01, 1869
Page
7
Mr Bennett's prosecution advances in the arches court. Police thwart a Fenian Amnesty Committee demonstration. Irish cities see meetings demanding more prisoner releases. Dre continues to report threats of new assaults and disturbances amid the unrest.
Colonial produce is in good supply. Australian tallow and dye goods move forward with fair demand. Prices advance 0d for best sheep and 1s to 1s 6d for best beef. Copper L000 tons of ore sold at 1as 9d per unit. Wool totals show 288,988 bales arrived for sale and 63,663 remain.
A public gathering at Kadina held in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel to mark laying of the foundation for a new Congregational Church. Speakers urged daily giving for the building, praised Christian unity, and noted finances and borrowing plans to complete the shell, fittings, land, and architect costs.
The session ended after the doxology was sung and the benediction pronounced marking the formal close of proceedings.
The House of Assembly discussed tramway questions and duty free tinplates. A Waste Lands Amendment Bill was introduced. Roads resolutions were debated and carried. Riddoch received a fortnight’s leave. Papers were laid on the table and the Land Fund Report was agreed. A Governor’s message urged funding for land survey costs. Mount Barker Agricultural Society petition printed. Neales to introduce Miners Act amendment. Glyde’s minority representation resolution adjourned. A committee was formed on rent remission and crown land issues. House adjourned for the day.
Victoria reports Count Roocere the Tahiti governor on leave. Four hundred Chinese arrivals aboard the Chelsea. An on board incident denied. Ballarat miner killed. Dr Barker awarded by colleagues. Fireworks bought for study by George Petty. A bushranger robs a Beechworth Bright coach. Subscriptions for Keneally defence rising. Four thousand pounds collected for pardoned Fenians.
Sydney reports four seamen dangerously wounded in a row on the Pasither ship at Newcastle. In a boat race Kaarsage defeated the Naval Brigade. McKinlay rearrested for embezzling £2000 in drapery. Government warns Murray steamers face fines for importing dabb y sheep skin and wool. A drowning occurs at Queanbeyan. Beef prices and wheat rates noted with Adelaide flour at £14 14s 105d per ton.
The article notes Napoleon III aging and fading popularity as France shifts from false to true principles. It cites his free trade move and other policies as mixed, with private sacrifices for greater good offset by failures that topple his standing amid a rising, increasingly capable populace and reoriented national thought.
The Weekly Dispatch reviews Thiers as the driving force behind France’s expansionist policy. It lauds his defense of order, frontier reform, and global reach from Savoy to Cochinchina while criticizing the absence of a unified patriotic ministry to guide Napoleon IV.
We witnessed a curious crystallisation described as a small whip awake found in the centre of a large bluestone block owned by Mr Barker of Footecray. The hollow stone contained the object with crystal coating, its origin remaining a mystery.
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