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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 April 1899 · page 2

The quantity of wool available for the next series of sales is 255,000 bales, of which 81,000 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 April 1899 · page 2

THE annnal meeting of the Broken Hill Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held last night at the Freemasons' Hotel. Mr. J. Penrose presided over a fair attendance…

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Outwitting a Farmer. a Story of Chinese Strategy

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 3

A CAPITAL story of Chinese strategy was told in the Melbourne Practico Court last week, and served to brighten up what other wise would have been an uninteresting days…

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Prospects of the Wool Trade

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 April 1899 · page 3

AMONGST the passengers by the Orotava on Sunday was Mr. A. S. Cheadle, of the wellknown firm of Strachan, Cheadle, and Co. Mr. Cheadle, in company with Mr. W. Kithcr,…

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Raffle for Three Girls. a Winconsin Farmer thus Disposes of his Daughters

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 April 1899 · page 3

DURING the past few days the Finnish settletlement a few miles south of Maple, Wisconsin, has been in a state of great excitement over a remarkable succession of events…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 May 1899 · page 4

The new series of wool sales have opened. The market is excited and there is a strong demand for all sorts, at from 15 to 20 per cent. advance on late…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 4

The new series of wool sales have opened. The market is excited and there is a strong demand for all sorts, at from 15 to 20 per cent. advance on late…

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The Wool Sales. Fierce Competition. [Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 2

There were record attendances of home and continental buyers at the wool sales yesterday, though no Americans were present. Competition was…

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Late Cable News. British and Foreign. Opening of the London Wool Sales. an Advance in Prices. London, May 2

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 May 1899 · page 2

The London wool sales opened to-day. The market is excited, and prices have advanced 15 to 20 per cent…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 May 1899 · page 2

At the wool sales on Friday and Saturday competition was spirited and values for all merinos were tending upwards. Low crossbreds also advanced…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 9 May 1899 · page 4

The Wool sales to-day were remarkable for a brisk competition at recent fall rates…

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The Rise in Wool

Western Grazier · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 2

"WOOL is up 10 to 20 percent." is the welcome tenor of the cable messages respecting the current series of London wool sales. Eagerly those periodical…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 10 May 1899 · page 4

The wool sales to-day were remarkable for a brisk competition at recent full rates…

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Record Price for Sheep

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

OWING to the combination of several causes, prime sheep in the Adelaide market have been fetching extremely satisfactory prices of late, from the breeders' point of view (the Register…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] a Farmer's Suicide. HOBART

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 May 1899 · page 2

Arthur Ramney, a farmer residing at Acton, committed suicide yesterday by hanging…

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The Wheat Market. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 May 1899 · page 2

Wheat is now quoted in London at 6d. per quarter lower…

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Late Cable News. British and Foreign. London Wool Sales. London, May 21

Western Grazier · Wednesday 24 May 1899 · page 3

The wool sales closed at about opening rates. Prime crossbreds showed an advance of about 20 percent on the last series. The market…

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The Advance in Wool

Western Grazier · Wednesday 31 May 1899 · page 2

SUPPORTING and amplifying our recent remarks with respect to the advance which has taken place in the price of wool, come some very interesting…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1899 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day merinos advanced from 5 to 10 per cent, on late rates, though low crossbreds declined 7£1/2 per cent…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 June 1899 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day merinos and fine crossbreds hardened, while low crossbreds remained unchanged…

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