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    Adelaide - Hawkers

    "Disgraceful Conduct of a Hawker" is in the Observer,
    29 March 1856, page 4h.

    "Licensed Hawkers" is in the Register,
    30 July 1863, page 3a,
    14 August 1863, page 2h,
    19 January 1864, page 3b.

    The Hawkers Act is discussed in the Advertiser,
    25 January 1864, page 3b and
    the Licensed Hawkers Act in the Register,
    30 July 1868, page 2d.

    "Fraudulent Hawking" is in the Register,
    8 and 23 February 1867, pages 2g and 3f,
    Observer,
    9 February 1867, page 2f (supp.); also see
    8 February 1868, page 7e,
    17 October 1868, page 12c.

    A sketch is in the Australasian Sketcher,
    25 December 1875, page 157,
    Pictorial Australian in
    July 1876.

    Under the heading "The Mongolian Difficulty" a correspondent to the Advertiser on 11 April 1878, page 7c says:

    Information on hawkers is in the Observer,
    11 February 1888, page 26a,
    Chronicle,
    15 July 1893, page 12c,
    "Hawkers, Aliens and Corporations" in the Observer,
    4 August 1894, page 24d.

    "Asiatic Hawkers" is in the Register,
    22 April 1893, page 5d:

    In a spirited defence of his race an Afghan responded under the heading "The Truth About Afghans" - see Register,
    1 May 1893, page 7h.
    For general information on hawkers see
    5, 7 and 10 July 1893, pages 4g, 3c-4g and 4h,
    Advertiser,
    13 July 1893, page 7b,
    6 February 1895, page 6g,
    Register,
    18 July 1895, page 7f,
    22 March 1897, page 4g,
    17 July 1897, page 9b.

    "Hawkers, Aliens and Corporations" is in the Register,
    1 August 1894, page 4g.

    "Another Hawkers' Bill" is in the Register,
    1 November 1894, page 5a,
    12 December 1894, page 5c.

    "The Heathen Chinee Again" is in the Register,
    28 October 1895, page 6e.

    "Street Hawkers" is in the Register,
    22 March 1897, page 4g,
    "Rundle Street Hawkers" on
    23 August 1898, page 5b.

    "Street Traffic and Barrow Hawkers" is in the Advertiser,
    16 June 1899, page 6b,
    1 July 1899, page 8e,
    "Control of Hawkers" on
    18 August 1903, page 6c.

    Also see Register,
    15 November 1899, page 7e,
    10 June 1903, page 4f,
    15, 18, 19 and 22 August 1903, pages 7h, 7h, 4f and 6i,
    12 and 15 February 1904, pages 6f and 4e,
    4 February 1905, page 4e,
    Express,
    25 March 1905, page 1f,
    Advertiser,
    2 November 1905, page 6d,
    Register,
    1, 6 and 7 December 1905, pages 6h, 4i and 6h,
    20 June 1906, page 7h,
    3 July 1906, page 7f,
    23 December 1909, page 5d,
    12 September 1910, page 3g,
    12 November 1910, page 12i,
    12, 13, 14, 20 and 26 April 1911, pages 6e, 10e, 8e, 6g and 5f-10h,
    6 May 1911, page 11f,
    9 June 1911, page 6e.

    "Indian Hawkers" is in the Register,
    1 and 7 December 1905, pages 6h and 6h.

    "Hawking in the Country" is in the Observer,
    6 August 1910, page 45d,
    "Hawking of Meat" on
    1 October 1910, page 46b,
    Register,
    7 November 1905, page 4g.

    "City Fruit Hawkers" is in the Register,
    23 December 1909, page 5d.

    "Hawking in the Country" is in the Register,
    18 June 1910, page 3d.

    "Restricting Fruit Hawkers" is in the Register,
    12, 13 and 26 April 1911, pages 6e, 9e and 5f,
    6 May 1911, page 11f; also see
    9 June 1911, pages 6e-8f.

    "Shopkeepers and Hawkers" is in the Express,
    8 June 1911, page 1i.
    Also see Adelaide - Shops.

    "Hawkers in Rundle Street - A Menace and a Nuisance" is in the Register,
    19 December 1913, page 7b,
    20 December 1913, page 17g,
    16 and 17 January 1914, pages 8d and 14g-18e,
    "Licensing of Hawkers" on
    23 August 1927, page 7g; also see
    The Mail,
    25 August 1928, page 11c.

    "Strange Merchants" is in the Observer,
    1 September 1928, page 71b.

    "Street Hawking - Its Art and Mysteries" is in The News,
    11 October 1928, page 22g.

    "Housewives Problem of Hawkers" is in The News,
    27 February 1934, page 8g.