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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1874

35 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 2

Murderous Assault. Rich Stone Struck at Hill End. Foundering of 'Meridanas.' Proposed Cable to New Zealand. Death of Captain M'lerie. Departure of Marine Board for Grafton. Great Demand for Fat Cattle. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1874 · page 3

Maddock, a cashier in the Customs' Department, has been remanded for a week, on the charge of a murderous assault on a tenant, named Debeaker…

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Sequestration of H. H. Hall's Estate. Arrival of Emigrants. Colonial Representatives to Be Sent to London. Blondin's Farewell Performance Excitement About Champion Scullers' Match. Price of Maize. Advance in Price of Fat Cattle. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 October 1874 · page 3

An order has been made in the Sydney Supreme Court for the compulsory sequestration of Mr. H. H. Hall's Estate, the schedule to be filed within three weeks…

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Wholesale Sheep-stealing

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1874 · page 3

THE Black Creek correspondent of the Murrurundi Times writes:—I have to inform you of one of the most extensive and deeply laid schemes of sheep stealing that this district has ever known followed,…

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The Number of Cattle in New South Wales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 13 October 1874 · page 6

ACCORDING to the report of the Chief Inspector of Stock the number of cattle in the colony for the year 1873 and the eleven years preceding was as follows:-…

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Californian Mail. Appointment of Colonel Richardson. Suez Mail Steamer. Death of Burns. Horrible Murder. Wilful Murder. Californian Mail Contract. Advance in Price of Cattle. Sheep Cheaper. Arrival of London Traders. Maize Advancing. Sydney, Tuesday, 8.42 P.m

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 October 1874 · page 3

It is rumoured that the steamer Macgregor has been chartered to take the outgoing English mails via California. Colonel Richardson, Commandant of the…

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[From the Press Telegraph Association.] Arrival of Californian Mail. Annexation of Fiji. Picnic to Mr. Macintosh. Death From Sunstroke. Fire at Lassetter's. Wool Market. Torres Straits Mail. Sydney, Thursday, 8.25 P.m

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1874 · page 3

The mail steamer Mikado arrived at 10.30 a.m. This Day, Thursday, she brings the news of the annexation of the Fijian Group to England…

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Plot to Overthrow & Assassinate the King of Fiji. Mail Steamer Ellora. Willis, Lloyd, and Co.'s Estate. Good News for Our Farmers. Sydney, Saturday, 4.40 P.m

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1874 · page 3

Information has been received in Sydney, that prior to the annexation of the Fiji Islands to Great Britian, a deep-laid plot by Tui Cakau, chief of the Cakaudrovi territory, in Fiji, had…

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On Bread and Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1874 · page 4

Where grows the brend, where grazes all the meat, For those who eat to live, and those who live to cat? " How do you live, sir [?]" we once heard a venerable magistrate ask of a rather facetious looking man, in…

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New South Wales Prize Cattle in Melbourne

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1874 · page 3

WITH regard to the prize cattle sent by Dr. Jenkins in the National Agricultural Society's show at Melbourne, the AUSTRALASIAN of Saturday says:- "The fact of the Nepean hord (New South Wales)…

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Fanning, Griffiths, and Co's Australian Wool Market Report

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1874 · page 3

PER "MIKADO." Sydney, 20th November, 1874. The general and not unreasonable anxiety, that, with the very large supplies for London May sales,…

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Farmers' Association

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1874 · page 4

A PUBLIC MEETING of the settlers in the neighbourhood of Brushgrove, was held at Mr. Foggo's Hotel, on Wednesday afternoon last. The meeting was convened for three o'clock, but it was nearer four before…

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Sugar Cane Farming in Queensland

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1874 · page 3

THE following letter appears in the inst number of the Queenslander:— Sir,—By inserting the following, I believe you will benefit some farmers on the Brisbane River, and faster suger…

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Profits on Wool Producing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 December 1874 · page 4

THE profits from wool this season promise to be enormous. A firm of absentees, whose runs are in the Downs and Western districts, had over £30,000 profits last. year. This season they…

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The Profit of Wool

Clarence and Richmond Examiner and New England Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1874 · page 3

THE profits from wool this season promise to be enormous. A firm of absentees, whose runs are in the Downs and Western districts, had over £30,000 profits last year…

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Failure of the American Tobacco Crop

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 December 1874 · page 4

THE failure of the American Tobacco Crop for 1874 unfortunately admits of no doubt; and smokers who inquire into such matters have grounds for feeling no little apprehension. The…

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