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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Australian Butter. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 January 1890 · page 2

There is a continued demand in London for Australian butter…

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Promising Pastoral Prospects. WILCANNIA

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 January 1890 · page 3

Splendid rains have fallen and all probability of a drought has disappeared. The rainfall for the month at Bourke is 7 inches 16 points; Wanaaring, 4 inches…

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Sheep-owners Take Note!

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 January 1890 · page 2

WE ara requested by the chief Inspector of Stock for the district to remind persons in the district owning less than 500 sheep, and butchers, dealers, and…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1890 · page 3

The January series of wool sales open to-day…

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"The Pastoral Possessions of N.S.W."

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 January 1890 · page 3

We have received a copy of this valuable work, which has been compiled by William Hanson, A.L.S., London, and exGovernment printer of N.S.W. It…

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South Australian Wheat Yield. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 2

The full returns in connection with the South Australian wheat yield are now compiled. The total yield ia estimated at 18,655,000 bushels from 1,913,000…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 2

The January series of London wool sales commenced on Tuesday. The attendance was good and the bidding spirited, but the wool offered was generally…

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The London Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1890 · page 2

The London wool market ig depressed and inactive…

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Sheep Edicts. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 February 1890 · page 2

At a meeting of the Executive Council to-day, was issued a proclamation discontinuing the practice of dipping sheep imported into South Australia from clean…

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Mysterious Cattle Disease

Barrier Miner · Monday 3 March 1890 · page 2

INSPECTOR ALKER finds that the mysterious cattle disease which has been rife of late among the cattle in the vicinity, has not yet vanished. Cows are still dying…

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The Disease in Cattle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 March 1890 · page 3

MR. JOSEPH WILKS, district stock inspector, has lately—with Mr. Alker, the sanitary inspector made a thorough inspection of the dairies in the town and…

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Pastoral Prospects. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 March 1890 · page 3

Reports from Bourke show an almost unprecedented growth of grass in the Western pastoral district…

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Disastrous Floods. The Rivers Rising Everywhere. A Whole Family Drowned. Immense Damage to Crops. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3

Heavy showers fell in Sydney throughout last night, and although somewhat clearer now, the weather is still unsettled. The reports this morning show rains…

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Baby-Farming. Severe Comments by Mr. Justice Williams MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 2

Selina Davis, the young married woman, of Hawthorn baby-farming fame, was found guilty yesterday and remanded for sentence Mr. Justice Williams…

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Pastoral Products

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 3

THE following are the pastoral products exported during the week ended April 12:—Mugg and Co., 28 bundles skins, valued at £122. Haughton and Co., 70…

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Supposed Suicide. anager of the Port Augusta Farm Found Drowned. Poisoned by Strychaine Fames. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 May 1890 · page 3

A telegram from Port Angusta states that Mr. Thomas Williams, manager of the Ostrich farm near that town, has been found drowned in Spencer's Gulf. A man…

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The Labor Crisis. Meeting of the Pastoral Association. BRISBANE, Friday Morning

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 3

A special meeting of the Darling Downs Pastoral Association was held at Toowoomba to-night, to consider what action should be taken in reference to the…

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Export of Wool for 1890

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 May 1890 · page 2

WE are in receipt of the annual review of the business done by Messrs Goldsborough, Mort, and Co., woolbrokers. The figures given are very interesting,…

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The Wool Industry. Depression and Heavy Failures. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 3

There is intense depression in the woollen industry, and a number of heavy failures of firms connected with the industry have occurred in conse…

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More Baby-Farming. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 June 1890 · page 3

Chatherine Byrne has been committed for trial by the St. Kilda Court on a charge of alleged baby farming…

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