The Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales yesterday prices were well maintained for greasy of good quality…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1906
210 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 11
Butter From Cocoanuts. Novel Industry in Fiji
An old Geelong Grammar School boy, who is now a planter in Fiji and is on a visit to Melbourne, has recently started growing cocoanuts for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales. Sydney
At the wool sales yesterday, prices for greasy, well conditioned, were firm. Heavily-conditioned lines were not so keenly competed, and a fairly large…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Government Butter Factory. To be Opened at Port Adelaide. Adelaide
The Government butter factory at Port Adelaide is almost completely established. It will be ready to receive cream on Thursday next, and will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Great Rain in Melbourne. Over Two Inches in a Few Hours. Rivers in Flood. Low-lying Land Under Water. A Woman's Peril. £20,000 Worth of Sheep and Cattle Lost. Melbourne
There was a remarkable fall of rain in Melbourne yesterday, 2¼in. falling in a few hours. Many residences have been badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shearing Troubles. Shearers Refuse to Shear. Wool Covered With Prickly Pear Thorns. Brisbane
The demand for increased wages made by the rouseabouts at Eurella station, in the Roma district, has been conceded. Shearing commenced, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Melbourne Floods. [?] Flemington Washed Away. [?] Flat Inundated and a Flock of Sheep Drowned. 5000 Sheep Drowned. At the City Abbatoirs. Melbourne
The damage done by the flood consequent on the very heavy rain of yesterday is not so extensive as was at first thought…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers in Town. To Visit the Government Produce Depot. Adelaide
The farmers of the State will pay their annual visit to the Government Produce Depot at Port Adelaide on Friday, when the recently established…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waimatis Fire. Injurious Sulphur Fumes. Wool Cargo Damaged. [Reuter's Message.] London
"The Times" states that the use of the sulphur apparatus to extinguish the fire on the Waimatis, a wool ship, bound from New Zealand to London;…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Colony for Women. Novel Experiment for Settling on Small Allotments
The women's work committee of the central organisation for the relief of the unemployed is looking for land in the southern counties of England on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Sales. Sydney
The wool sales were continued to-day, the rates being unchanged…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Indian's Insolvency. Charge Against a Farmer. Adelaide
In the Police Court to-day Alfred James Standley, a farmer, was charged with having conspired with an Indian hawker named Lashman Singh for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Size Op Wheat Bags
In moving in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly on Tuesday the second reading of the Grain Bags Regulation Bill, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleged Baby Farmer
A married woman named Elizabeth Scholes, who is already awaiting trial for having received money for the adoption of an infant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide
The wool sales opened in Adelaide to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, but prices showed a slight decline…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Sales. London
At the colonial wool auction yesterday merino wools were very weak, whilst crossbreds were firm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Storms in Spain. Many Lives Lost. Crops Ruined. [Router's Message.] London
Terrible storms have occurred in the south of Spain, causing immense damage and involving considerable loss of life. The crops in the Alicante,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Largest Wheat Field
The farmer who ownsland works the largest Wheat field in the world is said to be Mr. Clovis Cole, of California. His wheat area covers over 25,000 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Hurricane. Over One Hundred Deaths. Cotton Crops Ruined. [Reuter's Message.] London
The hurricane which devastated a portion of the States of Alabama, Florida, and Louisiana, U.S.A., was responsible for a larger death roll than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales. Sydney
The wool sales opened yesterday. There was a record attendance of buyers, and competition was keen, previous rates being well maintained, with…
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