SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
We have received papers from Adelaide to the 10th January. The recovery of his Excelleney the Governor of South Australia is thus announced in the' Register' of the Bth instant—" We are sure our readers will. be glad to understand that Sir Richard MacDonnel .has so far recovered from his recent illnfss as to have been able yesterday to attend to some matters of business. His Excellency, however, is still very weak." The writs for the election of members to serve in the new; Parliament were expected to be shortly issued, and numerous requisitions were being got up soliciting gentlemen to become candidates for the various districts of the colony. The following in relation to the wheat crops, is from the ' Register' of the 7th instant.—" We have received the following communication from Mr.
Edward Jones, of Goolwa:—' I think it necessary for your information to drop a line respecting the damage done to the standing wheat crops, in this district by this' day's hot wind. I have been through various crops this evening, accompanied by a neighbour, and find the average loss by shedning to be at,least five bushels to the acre—in some instances much more. In a small patch of wheat of my own, which is very strong, jind where I expectected 25 bushels to the acre, is now scarcely worth cutting. The wheat on the strong laud appears to have shed much more than that on the light soil. The late sown has not escaped the hot blast, but yet it is not affected quite so much as the early wheat. You are at liberty to make what use of this you please." The Isame paper of the Bth says—" A correspondent at Port Elliot inform us that the severe gales that visited us last week have proved very injurious to the crops in that district. The quantity shaken out is estimated at four to five b'isliels per acre. The crops are also being partly lost for the want of labour. White men are not to be got at any price, and the blacks are getting as high as ss. to 6s. per day and rations for reaping. The yield in this neighbourhood has been estimated at from 80,000 to 90,000 bnshels; but.the injuries recently sustained, are expected by our correspondent to reduce that amount to about 50,000 bushels.' An alarming bush fire is thus reported in the ' Times' of the 7th :— ♦ An awful and calamitous fire occurried on Friday last, near Auburn. It is supposed to have commenced from a little south of Auburn, where there is a party living in a tent; it was seen soon after the grass caught fire by several people, but the.wind was so strong, and the grass so high, that to stop it was impossible, and it spread with fearful rapidity, carrying destruction as it went. The whole of the neighbourhood, with very few exceptions, used their utmost endeavours to stop the raging flames, and, in many cases, with success, for some of the crops seemed to have been saved by a miracle only. We are sorry to say that it has done a fearful amount of damage. The greatest sufferers.that we have learnt as yet, are the following : —Mr. Place, living about two and a half miles south of Auburn, fourteen acres of stacked, a lot of ; poultry, and part of his fences in addition to many little things lying about his premises. Mr. Isaacson, his next neighbour, lost seven acres of wheat stnnding; but, fortunately for him, although carrying destruction to others,-the wind changed, or the whole of his crop must have gone. The nearest neighbour to him, Andrew Symes, lost about 150 bushels of wheat. The next one was Thomas'Kennewell, who lost all he depended on, ten acres of wheat, a lot of pigs, fowls, outhouses, bullock-dray, and lots of little things. The next sufferer 'is .'Francis; who has lost fifty acres of wheat, barn, outhouses, fences, and horses, that were burnt to • that extent that they are not expected to live. The next we hear of is Manning, a person living six miles from where the fire commenced ; his loss in wheat is greater than any we have heard of, he having lost nearly 180 acres of wheat; and although "we have-not heard at present of anything else, we have no doubt there are some great sufferers not yet heard of. We believe an inquest will beheld on the fire ; and have also no doubt that a subscription started to relieve those who are reduced to want by fire, if any, would meet with general support.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 448, 18 February 1857, Page 8
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772SOUTH AUSTRALIA. Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 448, 18 February 1857, Page 8
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