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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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The Wool Market. Prices Improving. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 December 1890 · page 3

Prices, have somewhat improved at the wool sales recently, and the outlook is now more hopeful…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the Series. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 December 1890 · page 3

The present series of wool sales have closed. Prices reached the highest point of the series, but rates generally were lower than at the October sales…

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Baby-Farming in Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 December 1890 · page 2

The "Telegraph" has published particulars of several bapy-farming cases; also, the dying confession of a woman who admitted she had allowed three children…

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Victorian Butter. a Phenomenal Success. [By Cable.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 December 1890 · page 2

The shipment of frozen butter made by the Victorian Department of Agriculture has proved a phenomenal success, realising £5 12s. to £5 16s…

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Cocoanut Butter

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 December 1890 · page 3

THE cynical Frenchman who observed that nowadays we "make wine from everything—even from grapes," should have reserved his sarcastic wit for our…

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