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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1850

21 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 2

British Extracts. WOOL

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 5 January 1850 · page 2

HIGHLY IMPORTANT.—The Berlin correspondent of the Daily News writes in that paper of the 26th June, as follows :— " I have talked with several of the…

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English News the Wool and Tallow Trade

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 12 January 1850 · page 3

LONDON.—The imports of wool into London last week, amounted to only 176 bales from Hamburg, 45 ditto from the Cape. 20 ditto from Amsterdam, and 5 ditto from Ostend…

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Ireland. Removal of Crops.—one Policeman Shot Dead and Four Wounded

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 16 February 1850 · page 2

"KILLOUGHY, SUNDAY EVENING, Oct. 14.—A melancholy spectacle greeted my arrival here to-day —one policeman lying dead, two mortally wounded and two more suffering severely from gunshot…

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Sathurst Circuit Court. Wednesday, February 20. Cattle Stealing

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 2 March 1850 · page 3

Richard Stack was indicted for stealing a bullock, branded R on the ribs, the property of Samuel M'Connel of Canowindra. Pleaded not guilty. Mr. Holroyd appeared…

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English Extracts. the Wool and Tallow Trade

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 23 March 1850 · page 2

LONDON.—The only arrival of wool into London last week was the receipt of nine bales from Hamburgh. From the finest parcels of Colonial, and blanket qualities of English wool, the demand is…

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The Wool Markets

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 6 April 1850 · page 3

IN the report of the London Produce Market of the 17th December, we find the following :— The public wool sales finished on Saturday night 25,948 bales colonial, and 3378 foreign, offered,…

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Catarrh in Sheep. Additional Notes to Mr. Meston's Prize Essay

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 6 April 1850 · page 3

FIRST.—The nature of food, the character of climate, and influence of local circumstances, have a decided power on the elasticity strength, and softness of wool. The…

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The London December Wool Sale

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 20 April 1850 · page 6

MESSRS. Marsh and Edenborough state— "The result of the sales have been most satisfactory in every way, and no doubt will be of essential benefit to the growers…

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Sheep Farming

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 27 April 1850 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT of the Sydney Morning Herald, who writes from Gundagai, draws the attention of the readers of that journal to a new and very serious enemy to sheep farming, which he says is…

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The Wool Market

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 4 May 1850 · page 2

The annual circular of Messrs. Hughes and Ronald, wool-brokers, Liverpool, reports most favourably of the state and prospects of the wool trade. It directs particular attention to the great increase…

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British Extracts. the Wool Trade. &c

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 18 May 1850 · page 3

LONDON, —Last week's imports of wool into London were three bags from Auckland ; 512 bales from Sydney ; 1373 ditto from Port Phillip ; and 68 from the Cape…

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State English News. This Wool Trade

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 15 June 1850 · page 3

THE imports of wool into London since our last have included 608 bales from Odessa, 486 from Van Diemen's Land, 318 from Germany 103 from the Cape Good Hope,…

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English Intelligence. the Wool Trade, &c

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 13 July 1850 · page 2

LONDON.— Last week's imports of wool into London amounted to 194 bales from Hamburgh ; 45 from Leghorn ; 96 from Galatz; 5 from Ghent; 31 from Mogadore ;…

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The Wool Trade

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 10 August 1850 · page 7

LONDON, THURSDAY.—The market for wool has not been at all animated, and the quotations have remained heavy. The imports of wool into London have been 304 bales…

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 5 October 1850 · page 6

Wentworth, 103 head at £2 5s., 650 lbs.. Hill and Peisley, Slater, 70 head, at £2 10s., 575 lbs., Davis and Sullivan…

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The Wool Trade, &c

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 12 October 1850 · page 2

LONDON.—By private contract very little is doing, and the quotations are almost nominal. The imports last week were—9 bales from Hamburgh, 5665 from Port…

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Local Intelligence. Bathurst Quarter Sessions. Sheep Stealing

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 2 November 1850 · page 6

Martin Colleen, admitted to bail by the Mudgee Bench, was indicted for stealing 25 wethers, the property of "W. H. Suttor, Esq., M.C., on the llth ult. The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and…

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The Trade and Navigation the Rise in the Price of Wool

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 9 November 1850 · page 3

The Board of Trade Tables brought down o the 5th June, which we publish in our present number, continue to exhibit in increasing force all the favourable symptoms…

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Wool and Tallow Market

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 30 November 1850 · page 7

By a return made, to the House of Commons it appears that the declared value of British woollen manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1849 was…

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Very Cuba and Texas— the Crops, &c,&c. Philadelphia, July 8Th, 1850

Bathurst Free Press · Saturday 7 December 1850 · page 3

Secret but active measures are afoot for procuring a revision for the present tariff, and to substitute specific for ad-valorem duties; but so far I am able to judge, there…

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