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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
104 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 6
The third series of the wool eales began this morning. There was a large attendance of buyers, and about 20,000 bales were offered, constituting a record. Prices all round were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the Adelaide wool sales on Monday merino wools were especially in demand, and fine crossbred wools also obtained better prices than at the last sales, while coarse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The excellent start of the Australian wool season confirms the hope of the last few months, and makes the world feel brighter and an altogether more agreeable place. Even…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On the southern bank of the River Darling in N.S.W. nestles the town of Brewarrins. and close by is Tarrion Creak, winch given its name to the farm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Morris Strachna, Cheadle & Co., Adelaide report as follows:— As our sale on 31th October we effored [?] and succeeded in selling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The quality of the wool produced by sheep is very materially affected by the feeding which the animals receive when the wool is being grown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The most interesting spot in Sydney at the present moment is the Wool Exchange. It is crowded with eager buyers, and competition, usually very keen, is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The new series of wool sales opened to-day. Pastoralists are delighted at the prices which are, it anything, ashade higher than at the last series. At all event', the last prices are well…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Since the date of our last issue the weekly wood sales have continued, and it is perfectly safe to say that never since the Sydney wool market assumed important dimen[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THE report of the Chief Stock Inspector for the year 1898 shows that the cattle in New South Wales decreased by 80,000, the total being 1,886,500. The decrease in sheep was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The arrivals of wool for the next series of sales amount to 123,500 bales, of which 25,500 bales have been forwarded direct to the manufacturers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WRITING of Monday's wool sale in Melbourne, the Argus says:—The most interesting features of to-day's sale was the raising of the record for scoured wool. This previously…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A body of 700 Boers that has advanced in Natal some miles south of Estcourt is reported to be looting many of the farms and small villages in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON the southern bank of the River Darling, in New South Wales, nestles the town of Brewarrina, and close by is Tarrion Creek, which gives its name to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A telegram from Palmerston states that a London Syndicate has acquired 120,000 miles of country north of Alice Springs with the object of thoroughly testing the worth of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The causes of the present almost phenomenal advance in the value of wool and the future prospects for our great s[?] are attracting great attention. On…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The military authorities at the Cape have organised the loyal farmers of the colony into a fighting body for their own local protection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The new series of London wool saks oponed yesterday with a brisk demand. Prices showed an advance of from 10 to 15 per cent, on the last series…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the London wool sales yesterday the biddings were brisk, and the highest prices of the series realised…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →IF we may judge by the opening of summer, it looks very much as though the woolgrowers in this part of Australia were not, after all, going to reap a…
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