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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Surrender of the Free Staters. Returning to Their Farms. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

It is estimated that quite threefourths of the Free Staters who were under arms have returned to their farms…

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The Boer War. Submission of Free Staters. Majority Returning to Their Farms. Thousands of Rebels Surrender. the Siege of Mafeking. Colonel Plumer Still Advancing. Lord Methuen at Warrenton. Preparing for Battle at Pretoria. [Reuter's Messages.] the Position at Bloemfontein. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

Brigadier-General Pole-Carew, in command of the Guards Brigade, has retired from Norvals Pont to Bloemfontein…

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2nd Edition Miner Office, 3.30 P.M. Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] The Wool Market. LONDON, Wednesday Night

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 March 1900 · page 4

Prices in the wool market to-day showed a slight improvement on Monday's and Tuesday's prices…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 26 March 1900 · page 2

The wool sales closed quiet yesterday, compared with the conclusion of the January sales. Merinos showed a decline of 10 to 12½ per cent. on the…

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The Boer War News From Baden-powell. Skirmishing in Natal. Methuen's Advance Into the Transvaal. the British Enter Phillippolis. Proclamation by Lord Roberts. [Reuter's Messages.] News From Mafeking. Capture of Cattle. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 27 March 1900 · page 2

A despatch received from Colonel Baden-Powell reports that Mafeking was all well on Marchl3 (?), and that the attention of the besiegers had then been…

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The Famine in India. Farmers' Losses. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 March 1900 · page 2

The Viceroy has informed the Imperial Government that the drought has depreciated the wheat crops of India so much that the loss on this account must…

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The Pastoral Industry. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 April 1900 · page 2

Special arrangements are being made at Bourke for the visit of the Premier and his colleagues, A strong pastoralist deputation will interview the Ministers to urge the…

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The Pastoral Industry

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 April 1900 · page 2

A MEETING of pastoralists representing every station in the district within a radins of nearly 200 miles was held at the Grand Hotel last eight to consider the position of the…

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The Pastoral Industry. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 1

A pastoral deputation at Bourke to-day asked for the appointment of a Royal Commission to enquire into the question of land tenures. Mr. Lyne…

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A Railway Smash. Upsetting a Sheep Train. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 April 1900 · page 2

A serious railway accident has occurred at Rimutaka. The guard of the train, Hicks, was seriously injured. It is supposed that he was buried for two hours underneath the…

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The Pastoral Industry. [By Telegraph.] Menindie, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1900 · page 4

As one of the series of meetings being held throughout the Western Division of the colony, a public meeting of pastoralists was held here on Monday, when a resolution…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, April 21, 1000. the Proposed Pastoral Commission

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 2

A ROYAL COMMISION means inqairy; inquiry means light; and so, where the question at issue is important, a commission ought not to be objected to,…

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A Vigilance Committee Farmed. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 April 1900 · page 2

An enthusiastic public meeting was held at the Town Hall last night to discuss the plagus, and the idleness ot the city council in the matter. A motion that a vigilance…

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The Pastoral Industry. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1900 · page 2

Replying to a pastoralist's deputation at Cobar, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, Minister of Public Works, replied that the Cabinet might still resolve to deal with the matter of…

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The Boer War. Further Engagements. Chasing the Enemy. "Good News" From Mafeking. the Boers and the Natives. [Reuter's Messages.] in the Free State. Chasing the Enemy. Further Skirmishes. Seizure of Horses and Cattle. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 2

Major-General Pole-Carew, with the Eleventh Division, is traversing the country north of De Wets Dorp. His troops have seized a quantity of cattle…

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Barrier Miner. Thursday, May 3, 1900. Mr. O'sullivan and the Pastoral Problem

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1900 · page 2

No other Minister, we think, has ever within so short a period entered the Far Western district at so many points as Mr. O'Sullivan has done. He…

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Farmhouses As Arsenals. the Boer Retreat. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 2

Examination of many of the farmhouses in the Smaldeel district since the British forces have moved north showed that most of the buildings were miniature…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 May 1900 · page 2

Messrs. Balme, Jacobs, and Co., wool salesmen, report a wretched election of wools offered at the opening sales of the present series. There was a large…

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General Cable News [Reuter's Messages.] The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 May 1900 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday competition was better all round and prices were firm. Home buyers were the chief operators. Continental purchasers being…

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The Wool Sales. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 May 1900 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday the samples offered had better sale. Merinoes were slightly harder, but crossbreds remained withont change…

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