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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1869
Page
4
Long excerpt covers mining labor issues on the Peninsula, Co operative cost book idea, wages at Moonta and Wallaroo, tariff impacts, and calls for a Wallaroo Clare railway. Also discusses mining Act, Ked controversy over Bank of South Australia contract, volunteers, road funding, ad valorem duties, and bonded storekeepers fee.
On Monday Sept 20 the wheat market showed little activity with no clear trades. Export parcels at Port quoted 7a, Town and Port 6s 4d to 6s 9d per drayloads. Hay market in Hindmarsh square noted dull with best wheaten hay at £8 and other varieties from £6 upward.
The wife of Mr R A Heath of Wallaroo gave birth to a daughter on September 18. The arrival adds a new member to the Heath family at Wallaroo Gardens lodging.
Residents and visitors on the Peninsula question why the cost-book system, proven in Cornwall, has not been transplanted to South Australia. The piece argues miners, including those trained abroad, understand its operation and that removing this obstacle would boost prosperity. It notes ongoing efforts by Mr Bertram Neates to amend and promote the system locally.
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