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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
114 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 6
The intense heat at present prevailing has caused a spread of bush fires throughout the colony. Many reports of disasters have come to hand. The principal districts affected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FURTHER evidence concerning the disastrous effects of the drought in this district was forthcoming to-day (the Bourke correspondent of the S. M. Herald reported on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The new series of wool sales were opened yesterday. One firm offered 8471 bales, including a fair selection of merinos. There was only a moderate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Business at the wool sales yesterday was slow, and there were large withdrawals in favor of a later market. Crossbreds were firm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wool sales are now showing a better spirit, and there is stronger competition among buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The wool sales are now showing a better spirit, and there is stronger competition among buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat is becoming dearer in the English markets. South Australian sorts are now offering at 29s. 6d…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN interesting report upon frog farming is issued by the fish commissioner of the United States, who says that the value of frogs as a food is now thoroughly recognised, the hin[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat is still steadily advancing in price, and has improved 6d. per bushel on the week. The present quotation is 30s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The news of the relief of Kimberley by Major-General French, acting in conjunction with Lord Roberts, has been fully confirmed. Major-General French's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Archbishop Carr, in a Lenten pastoral, says that, without distinction of creed or nationality, the youth and manhood of all the colonies had generously and gallantly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Archbishop Carr, in the Patoral letter which he has addressed to the clergy of the archdiocese of Melbourne, and to which reference has been already made in our…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The-British Cotton and Wool Buyers Association is being floated with a capital of £3,000,000, The association, it is said, represents 80 per cent, of the entire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London wool sales opened to-day. Bidding was brisk, but prices showed a 5 to 10 per cent. decline…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the London wool sales yesterday the selection offered was poor. There was a large attendance of buyers, and competition was keener than at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The March wool sale have opened Competition was brisk, but prices declined from 5 to 10 per cent. compared with the closing sales in January…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At the wool sales yesterday the Americans bought all the best lots of merinos and crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Portuguese authorities at Delagoa Bay have, at the instigation of the British authorities, reluctantly arrested four German ex-military officers going to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There was good competition at the wool sales to-day, but prices remained without change…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the wool Sales to-day prices were firm, with a hardening tendency. American buyers freely took crossbred sorts. The sales close on the 24th…
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