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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Alleged Wool Robbery. Extensive Operations Suspected. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 January 1898 · page 2

Thomas Dwyer has been arrested in Melbourne on a charge of the larceny of woo. It is alleged that he worked on a large scale; and he is…

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday over 9000 bales were sold. The attendance of buyers was large. The market for gresey wool was more regular than at…

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday afternoon over 7000 bales were sold; prices were firm. At the Police Court, before Mr. Makinson, P.M., to-day, Patrick Maloney was fined 5s…

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday over 8000 bales were sold. The market was full of activity; the competition was keen and the demand sustained…

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday 10,000 sales were sold. The competition was [?] intained throughout. The tone of the market was as buoyant as at any time during the…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Saturday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 4

The total quantity of wool arrived for the next series of sales is 209,000 bales, of which 70,000 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufactories…

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Fires in Gippsland. Farmers and Selectors Ruined. Many Village Settlers Burned Out. Loss of Lite. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 January 1898 · page 2

The reports from Gippsland breathe little but disaster. The bush fires have proved far more disastrous than was at first thought. Large numbers…

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday afternoon 7000 bales were sold. There was keen competition…

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Withdrawal of Pastoral Leaseholds

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 2

IN a few days (Saturday's S. [?] Herald said) the Minister for Lands will notify the proposed withdrawal under section 3 of the Act of 1893 of pastoral leaseholds,…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 4

The now series of Australian wool sales has opened. Business was brisk, prices ranging from par to a 5 per cent. advance…

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The Sydney Wool Market. Sydney

Western Grazier · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 3

An ad[?]ce of [?]d to 1/2d was recorded on the Sydney wool market yesterday…

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The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday afternoon 600 bales were sold. Notwithstanding the faulty character of many of the lost offered. an excellent clearance was effected…

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London Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 1

The new series of Australian wool sales has opened. Business was b[?]k, prices ranging from par to a 5 per cent. advance…

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The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 2

At the opening of the new series of Australian wool sales yesterday prices for crossbreds were unchanged. The advance of 5 per cent. previously notified was chiefly in…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales last evening prices were firm and competition keen…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 10

Western Grazier · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 3

The wool sales have opened, and business is brisk. Prices advanced from par to 5 per cent…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 2

Prices at the wool sales are firm. There is keen competition for medium sorts…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 2

Australian wools had a good sale but evening. Prices showed an upward tendency…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 January 1898 · page 2

At the wool market prices have continued very firm, and keen compatition marks the continuation of the series…

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A Wool-ganger in Trouble

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 January 1898 · page 3

A WOOL-GANGER, of No. 4 Globe-street, Circular Quay, by the name of Arthur Andrew Belfitt, interviewed the other day by a reporter, stated that he had for a long…

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