High Price for Wool. Sydney
Messrs Winchcombe, Carson & Co. sold privately yesterday 75 bales of Lakeside second fleece at 1s 6d per lb. This is a record price for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1898
178 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 9
Stray Notes. The Poor Farmer
The farmer is a poor, honest fellow whose mental horizon, as all people (think they) know, doesn't extend beyond stinkwort and the advantages of fallowing. In March…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. LONDON
At the wool sales yesterday competition was spirited and prices firm, home buyers securing a fair share of the catalogue at top prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pastoral and Agricultural Association. The Questions of Name and Finance
THE adjourned annual general meeting of the Broken Hill Pastoral add Agricultural Association was held at the Freemasons' Hotel last evening. The president, Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suicide of a Farmer. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
James O'Brien, aged 38, an independent farmer residing at Morulerah, near Old Junce, stood his horse under a tree and fixed a rope to a branch. He then hanged himself…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London
At the wool sales yesterday competition continued brisk. Prices, however, were without change. [By TELEGRAPH.]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. LONDON, Friday Evening
The wool sales closed to-day. Prices for merinoes ruled 7½ per cent, higher than the closing prices of last series…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Angas Cattle in Sydney. [By Telegraph.]. Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon
The Angas cattle shown at the April show, which opened in Sydney to-day, won two champion prizes, the prize for the champion group, eight firsts, three seconds, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
At the wool sales yesterday afternoon 1600 bales were sold. Competition was keen throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Reshipped to London. London, Saturday Afternoon
Owing to the stagnation in trade caused by the war, the States are reshipping 20,000 bales of wool to London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Spaniards Seize a Wheat Ship. a Valuable Prize. London
The Spaniards have captured the American ship Shenandoah, bound from San Francisco to Antwerp with wheat. It is reported that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wheat Market. LONDON, Monday Afternoon
Wheat is on the rise. It is now quoted at 36s. 1d. per quarter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wheat Market. MELBOURNE, Monday Afternoon
The local wheat market is firm to-day. Buyers were offering 4s. 3d. a bushel, but sellers declined to quote…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Pastoral Letter to the Spanish Troops. the Protection of the Saints. London, Monday Afternoon
The Archbishop of Madrid has issued a Pastoral Letter, placing the Spanish army under the protection of all the Saints. He almost promises the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Antwerp Wool Sales London, April 28
At the Antwerp wool sales, merinos show an advance of from 5 to 10 centimes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following appeared in our late [?] yesterday:— the War. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne Wheat Market. MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon
The wheat market is rising. Buyers to-day were offering 4s. 4½d., and [?]dders were still not quoting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stray Notes. The Farmer from Out Back
APROPOS the "poor farmer" and the change that is coming over him in South Australia, as talked of in the other day's MINER. Closer settlement following upon more intense…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon
The May wool sales have opened weak, rates showing a 5 per cent decline, with poor competition. The decline is most acute in crossbreds and inferior…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle From Queensland. Victorian Regulations. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
An Order-in-Council was passed yesterday afternoon that no cattle coming from any portion of the Queensland const are to be admitted into Victoria. Though the stock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon
The May wool sales have opened weak, rates showing a 5 per cent decline, with poor competition. The decline is most acute in crossbreds and inferior…
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