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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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Lost in the Bush. a Farmer in a Critical State. Death of a Young Woman from Exposure. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

William Taylor, farmer at Tenterfield, who has been lost in the bush for 12 days wifchoat food, is in a critical condition. Taylor's mind has been…

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Cattle in the Cemetery. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 January 1895 · page 3

SIR,—I beg to be allowed to draw the attention of the cemetery authorities to the broken-down fence; for folly a month cattle have walked…

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The Floods in the North Rivers Still Rising. Extensive Damage to Crops. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 January 1895 · page 2

The weather in the city to-day is dull and misty; but further reports of heavy rains and floods in the northern district are to hand…

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Wheat Fed to Animals

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 3

FOR more a year the Press of Kansas has contained references to the fact that in many localities the farmers were feeding their surplus wheat, in…

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Importation of Live Cattle. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 4

The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Jas. Bryce), in reply to a deputation declined to relax the regulations in relation to the landing of foreign live cattle…

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Importation of Live Cattle. LONDON, Tuesday Evening

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 February 1895 · page 1

The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Jae. Bryce), in reply to a deputation declined to relax the regulations in relation to the landing of foreign live cattle…

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Warwick Farm Races. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 1

The Warwick Farm races this afternoon resulted:- Flying Handicap.—Mitre, 1; All There, 2; Plain Bill, 3…

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Sheep and Pasture

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 2

THE following have been appointed sheep and pasture directors under the Acts:- Menindie.—Sheep: Messrs. H. W…

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Testing Wet Sheep. The Shearers' Prize Awarded. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 3

The Labor Conference sitting at Albury has awarded the prize for the best damp wool testing machine to William Anderson, the inventer of…

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Marriage and Divorce. Archbishop's Carr's Pastoral

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 3

A MESSAGE from the Melbourne correspondent of the MINER on Monday stated that Archbishop Carr, in his Lenten pastoral, had specially dealt…

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The Pastoral War. Report of the Workers' Union. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 2

At the sittings of the Labor Conference at Albury Mr. W. G. Spence read the annual report of the Workers' Union. I[?] dealt principally with the…

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Tar in Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

THE injury caused to Australian wool by the presence of tar has come under the consideration of most of the colonial Chambers of Commerce. The…

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New Market for Australian Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 March 1895 · page 3

THE Colonial Secretary has received a letter from Mr. Richard N. Synnot, of the National Wool Company of Australia, Limited, who writes from…

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Cattle for the West. The Messrs. Kidman's Enterprise

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 3

THE Messrs. Kidman, of Argent street South and elsewhere, propose to ship cattle to West Australia on an extensive scale. They made a trial shipment…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 4

The new series of Australian wool sales opened to-day. Prices showed an advance of 5 per cent. on the closing rates of last series…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 1

The new series of Australian wool sales opened to-day. Prices showed an advance of 5 per cent. on the closing rates of last series…

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Sheep on a Railway Line. a Train BUM Through a Mob. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 March 1895 · page 2

A railway accident of a serious and extraordinary character is reported from Nathalia, in the North-Eastern district. It appears that a mob of…

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The Wool Sales. LOUDON, Thu[?]day Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 March 1895 · page 4

Bidding at the Australian wool sales continues spirited. Prices are unaltered…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 1

Bidding at the Australian wool sales continues spirited. Prices are unaltered…

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2nd EDITION Miner Office, 4 p.m. Fire on a Farm. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 March 1895 · page 4

A fire has occurred On a farm a[?] Crystal Brook, destroying £500 worth of barley and straw, which were issured. A threshing machine was…

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