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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Warwick Farm Races. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 August 1890 · page 2

At the Warwick Farm races on Saturday Caliban won the Hurdles, Thirlmere the Juvenile Stakes, Avenger the August Handicap, and Town Talk the Place Welter…

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Wheat for England. Not Enough to Eat. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 August 1890 · page 2

It is estimated that the English wheat crop will be seven million quarters below the quantity required for home consumption…

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South Australian Parliament. Pastoral Leases. Transcontinental Railway. Woman's Suffrage. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 August 1890 · page 3

In the Legislative Council last night, the Hon. J. Bosworth carried a motion that with a view to encourage the development and occupation of the interior and at…

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Shearers' Struggle. Commencement of the Conflict. First Lot of Non-union Shorn Wool Sent to Sydney. Wharf Laborers Refuse to Handle It. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 August 1890 · page 2

The trouble in connection with the shearing season is about to commence. At a meeting of the Wharf Laborers' Union last night a telegram was read from…

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Shearers' Struggle. Non-Union Shorn Wool. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 August 1890 · page 3

The Shearers' Union have got brands of all the non-union stations, and will examine every bale before loading. Contrary to expectation, no non-union shorn…

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Union Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 August 1890 · page 2

A first consignment of 109 bales of wool from Corona station was placed on the railway trucks at Broken Hill yesterday. Messrs. McCulloch and Co. have secured…

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Non-union Wool. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 August 1890 · page 2

A big consignment of non-union wool from Riverina has arrived in Melbourne, and there is likely to be great difficulty over it. The pastoralists have taken a…

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Protection in France. Foreign Wheat Excluded From Army Contracts. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 September 1890 · page 2

The French Government have excluded all foreign wheat from tenders for army contracts…

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Warwick Farm Races. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 September 1890 · page 2

At the Warwick Farm Races on Saturday Sybarite won the Hurdles, Sardo the Flying Stakes, Tomaso the Auction Stakes, Rosicrucian the George's River…

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The Latest From Sydney. Non-union Wool Supplied. Proclamation Posted. Sentences on Rioters. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 September 1890 · page 3

It is stated that a good deal of non-union wool has been already shipped from Sydney without the least effort at smuggling it…

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Shipping Non-union Wool. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 2

With regard to loading wool on the steamer Port Adelaide, the seamen and firemen are now stowing in the hold the bales put on board yesterday. There are…

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[By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. Shipping Non-union Wool. First Attempt Made. the Port Adelaide Blocked. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 2

The shipping firm of Gibbs, Bright and Co. have made a start to ship non-union wool in the steamer Port Adelaide. Immediately upon completing the…

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The Price of Wool Raised Through the Strike. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 September 1890 · page 3

Wool is realising higher prices, in view of the anticipated restricted arrivals through the Australian maritime strike…

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The Wool Sales. Competition Brisk. [By Cable.] London, Wednesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 3

Competition at the wool sales continues brisk at full rates, in view of the possibility of further shipments being prevented from Australia, owing…

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Affairs in Adelaide. Employers Trying to Get Hands. Tanneries Short of Hides. Clerks Shipping Wool Adblaide, Saturday Morning

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 3

The Maritime Labor Council has responded to the advertisement inserted by the Employers Union, asking ablebodied men seeking engagement to apply…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. the Strike. Wool Procession in Sydney. Escorted by Eighty Troopers. Armed with Loaded Revolvers and Cutlasses. Large Forces Held in Readiness. Unionists Orderly. Capitalists Disappointed. A Cool Request. Prompt Refusal by Carrington. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 September 1890 · page 3

The transport of wool from Darling Harbor station to Circular Quay, which provoked last Friday's disturbance, was continued to-day, and although much…

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Carting Non-union Wool. the Guard Attacked by Women and Children. Valiant Arrest of a Boy. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 2

Yesterday evening, as some empty trollies, which had been wool-carting, were returning under escort of troopers and specials along Kent-street, the latter…

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Carting Wool in Sydney. Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1890 · page 3

A few trollies conveyed wool from Darling Harbor to the stores to-day under police escort, but there was no demonstration whatever…

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Blocking Non-union Wool. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 September 1890 · page 2

In regard to the threat of the Australian unions that non-union shorn wool will be dealt with in English ports by the blocking of ships carrying it the…

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The Strike. Very Latest from Sydney. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. Calling Out the Shearers. All Obey the Summons. Grass Seeds in the Wool. Consternation of the Squatters. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 September 1890 · page 3

Mr. W. G. Spence, as president of the Shearers, said the afternoon that telegrams had been received from all parts of the colonies announcing that the shearers…

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