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Newspaper
Wallaroo Times And Mining Journal
Location
Wallaroo, South Australia, Australia
Date
Sep 29, 1869
Page
4
Sailed and exported vessels are noted with destinations to Newcastle Melbourne and ports listed. Barques and brigs such as Bosphorus Moa and Mos are documented with tonnage and masters. Mining company shipments from Wallaroo Moonta and Kadina areas appear among ore cargo movements.
Local forecast notes variable wind directions with speeds from light to fresh. Saturday and Sunday show showers possible with northwest and northeast breezes. Monday and Tuesday expect showery conditions with brisk west and northwest winds.
From the Register, prices show Wacar sold at 6s 9d for a fair sized parcel with little further offers at that rate. Drayloads quoted 6s 4d to Ge 6d, with Frove nominal at £16 to £17. Little inclination to push higher bids.
Sept 27 hay market report notes best wheaten hay at £8 and other lots from £6 upwards with a very dull trade observed. Prices reflect limited demand and slow movement in Hindmarsh square.
Adelaide report dated September 23 lists wholesale meat rates for beef at 100 Iba, mutton at 14d per lb, pork at 4d per lb, and veal at 4d to 5d per lb with additional grain prices noted. The brief item preserves period pricing and market terms from the era.
Mail notices detail daily mail closings for Adelaide Wallaroo Kadina and Moonta. EavDiva and Wallaroo routes run six or four daily services except Sundays, with set departure times including 7.10 a.m. for Adelaide and 6.25 a.m. for Wallaroo. Kadina and Moonta have four and three daily runs respectively with morning and afternoon times.
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The budget estimates are slammed as a model of severe retrenchment in name only and accused of extravagance. Critics claim salaries, railways, hospitals, and offices are bloated, with calls to scrap or contract services and consider direct taxation to curb waste. The Attorney-General and Stranewars are cited, urging truthful reform and leaner administration.
The 7th October is fixed for humiliation and prayers for rain. The Kangaroo will skip a voyage and Sabra replaces her, departing Port Adelaide on Monday 4 October for Wallaroo and Port Lincoln. A return of customs clearances shows ordinary activity, but a new paper reveals large tobacco, tea, sugar, and coffee clearances from September 2 to 8. A Royal Art Promotion prize goes to J Duncan for Limelight by M Whirter. Victoria and New South Wales fare well. Professor Hume plans a peninsula visit. Mr Norrill and Mr England of the Anglo Great Northern Railway tour the South-East and express optimism reaching Lepepede Bay.
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