Wool Market
The last wool sales commenced on the 5th. They began with an advance of a halfpenny to three halfpence, and closed with a decline of one penny to three half-pence, with the market steady…
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Farming & the land, 1864
15 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers
Affray with Cattle Stealers. James Lowrie Shot
A NOTORIOUS gang of cattle and horse-stealers, headed by one James Launt, have for some time been congregating together on Yonimhah and Borah Creeks, with the very evident intention of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipment of Green. Maize. — a Few Words of Advice to Our Farmers
LET me premise, friends, in order to encouroge your confidence in my disinterestedness. I am neither co[?]merchant, commission agent, livery stable keener, nor gaol purveyor. I am a consumer of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War in New Zealand. Storming and Capture of Ahuahu, Te Tutu, and Kaitake. Great Destruction of Natives, Growing Crops, Cattle, &C
PER the I. R. M. Co.'s steamer, Cland Hamilton, we have advices to the 26th ultimo, from New Plymouth. The Taranaki Herald of that date gives some…
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Sales commenced on 3rd March, and closed on the 23rd. Total bales catalogued 53.992. There was a large attendance of buyers, both of home and foreign, and prices advanced from halfpenny to…
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THE following letter on the above subject from the pen of Mr. T.S. MORT, appeared in the H[?]rald of the 13th, and we have no doubt will be perused with interest by a large number of our readers at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LETTER, No. 1. to the Farmers of the Clarence River. Per Favor of the Examiner
GENTLEMEN,—In the Examiner, of June the 1st, appears a return of the Agricultural statistics of this district, which shows some things worthy of consideration. Out of less than 10,000 acres in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No. 2. to the Farmers of the Clarence River. by Favor of the Examiner
GENTLEMEN,—Why you don't grow tobacco you know best. Sydney speculators buy it greedily, wherever the colonists will raise it. But as to its culture I can tell you nothing new or useful; and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Our columns are open to all writers who refrain from the use of virulent language or personalities, but we are not responsible for opinions expressed. No. Iv. to the Farmers of the Clarence River. Per Favor of the Examiner
GENTLEMEN,—I think it is Sala who says that most fools have a FIXED IDEA. I am sure you are no fools; and I hope your ideas are not so fixed that you will be utterly horrified and disgusted at my…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Our columns are open to all writers who refrain from the use of virulent language or personalities, but we are not responsible for opinions expressed. No. V. to the Farmers of the Clarence River. Per Favor of the Examiner
GENTLEMEN,—Since I have begun writing these letters, many persons have spoken to me about them. They say something like this— "What is the use of explaining all these difficult…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Our columns are open to all writers who refrain from the use of virulent lauguage or personalities, but we are not responsible for opinions expressed. No. Vi. to the Farmers of the Clarence River. Per Favor of the Examiner
GENTLEMEN.—The little task I proposed to myself in commencing these letters is performed. To warn you of the inevitable destruction which you will bring on your property if you persist in growing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Report
The third and most important sale of the year commenced on July 21st. The total number of bales catalogued was 142,020. There was a good attendance of home and foreign buyers. The…
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After the first few day of the wool sales, a rise at the Bank of England of the rate of discount caused a decline of three half-pence on an average, but during, the last ten days the prices recovered…
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After the first few days' sale, a rise in the Bank rate caused decline in the market of about 1½d. on the average. During the ten days a better feeling prevaile[?] causing a recovery of about 1d.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crossing Cattle Over the Boeder to Queensland
IN our issue of the 4th of October, appeared a petition, addressed to the Ilon the Colonial Secretary of Queensland, praying that the proclamation, issued by the Queensland Government, might be so…
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