[1] He had little time in the chair, as in September 1878 E. H. Derrington (1830–1899), founder of the Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser, acquired the Port Adelaide News,[2] and was its owner-editor until 1883.
[5] Sir William Sowden worked at the Yorke's Peninsula Advertiser, then was manager of the Port Adelaide News from 1879.
[1] The title was revived once again in 1913, printed and published by John Ernest Trotman, of Lipson-street, Port Adelaide.
[8] He was a frequent writer of "Letters to the Editor" and not afraid to contradict Science: he suggested the rings of Saturn were an optical illusion resulting from that planet's rapid rotation.
W. D. Scott of Avenue Road, North Adelaide, Master of the Supreme Court, was a brother.
Their daughter was brought up by Mrs Adey's sister at Bald Hills, South Australia.
William James Adey, headmaster of Adelaide High School and Director of Education, was a brother.
[5] The following issues have been digitised from photographic copies by the National Library of Australia and may be retrieved with Trove.