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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Cattle From Queensland. Victorian Regulations. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

An Order-in-Council was passed yesterday afternoon that no cattle coming from any portion of the Queensland coast are to be admitted into Victoria. Though the stock…

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The Wheat Market. LONDON, Thursday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 1

The wheat market is still very firm, owing to foreign demands. There has been an advance of 1s. 6d. per quarter…

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The London Wool Sales. London, May 4

Western Grazier · Saturday 7 May 1898 · page 2

The London wool sales have opened dull, with a general decline in prices of 5 per cent. SYDNEY, FRIDAY…

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The Wheat Market. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 2

Wheat is rising in price. Franco is buying every available crop at extreme prices…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 2

The wool sales to-day dragged, and there were, in consequence, numerous withdrawals…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 May 1898 · page 1

At the wool sales to-day the demand for scoureds was weak, and samples were largely withdrawn. There was, however, a stronger competition for best greasy…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales competition has been better; and prices for merino are no lower…

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The Price of Wheat. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 2

The demand for wheat remains very strong, and prices cnutinue to advance…

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The Wheat Market. [Reuter's Message.] London, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 May 1898 · page 1

Wheat in the English markets is now quoted at 42s. 6d. per quarter…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, May 12, 1898. the World's Wheat Supply

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

A FEW years ago, in what some still like to think of as the best days of South Australia, when the wheat lands were less exhausted than they are to-day,…

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Spain's Internal Troubles. Wheat Scarce. the Provisioning of the Troops. the Nation Being Desolated and Ruined. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 May 1898 · page 2

The city authorities at Madrid estimate that the quantity of wheat available in the city will only last the population, one month, and that purchases…

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The Wheat Supply. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

Tho Government of the Argentina Republic is increasing the export duties on wheat, with the view of preventing any scarcity of tho grain…

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Charges on Wool. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 4

Eleven gentlemen impressed with the circumstance that the incidental charges in connection with the sale of wool in Melbourne are now too high, compared with the…

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Wool Destroyed by Fire. Stored Against Attack. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 May 1898 · page 2

By a fire at Andover, a town in the State of Massachusetts, £50,000 worth of wool was destroyed. The wool was stored at Andover hy a Boston firm to…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1898 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday good sorts sold well, brit in medium and inferior lots several parcels were withdrawn…

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Charges on Wool. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 May 1898 · page 1

Eleven gentlemen impressed with the circumstance that the incidental charge in connection with the sale of wool in Melbourne are now too high, compared with the…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesturday:— the Revolution in Italy. Reported Fizzling Out. Wheat for the People. Towns Held by the Military. [Reuter's Message.] "London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 May 1898 · page 1

More reassuring news comes from Italy with regard to the Socialistic revolution. The whole of the towns wherein riots and disorder have occurred are now…

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The Dearth of Wheat

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 May 1898 · page 3

THE dearth of wheat in some of the European States has now (the Melbourne Age says) become so serious that in Spain the Government has announced that it is making…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 May 1898 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day there was a good demand for lots. Rates were unchanged…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 May 1898 · page 1

The wool sales closed, as compared with the March series—best greasy merinos, 1/2d. lower; medium and faulty sorts, practically recovered their opening…

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