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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday 8[?]86 bal[?]s were offered. The withdrawals were exceedingly heavy, and only 5885 bal[?]s were sold…

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Ireland's Troubles. a Farmer Shot. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 November 1907 · page 2

A farmor named Blake, when leaving the chapel at Kilconieran (Galway) after muns, under police escort, was thrice shot at from a thicket and…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday prices remained practically unchanged. Bales, offered numbered 7980, of which 6891 were sold…

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Ireland's Troubles. Shooting a Farmer. Misleading the Police. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 November 1907 · page 2

The Galway farmer Blake, who was shot by men concealed in a thicket when leaving chapel after mass under police escort, declares that many of the…

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Vegetable Matter in Wool. an Epooh-making Visit

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 6

Under date of September 12 the "Yorkshire Daily Observer deals with a subject of interest to Australian pastoralists, namely, vegetable matter in…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. A. Slow Opening. [Reuter's Message] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 4

The Antwerp wool sales opened slow yesterday, 3263 bales being offered, mostly odd lots, of which 864 were sold. Merinoes [?]leclined 10 per cent, and crossbreds 15 per cent…

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Carriage of Wool. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 4

The season's total wool carr[?]d on the railways exceeded half a million bales, standing at 527,976 bales…

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Arrival of Wheat Ship. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 4

The Swedish ship Thessalus arrived yesterday with 25,210 bags of wheat originally intended for Europe, but which however, were diverted to…

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A Farmer Fined. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 4

A farmer was fined £50 at Windeyer Court, near Dubbo, for having in his possession a sheep wh[?] car had been "cropped" to remove the brand…

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The Wheat Harvest. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 2

The Government estimate of the wheat harvest is 8.9 bushed to the acre, or a total of 15,782,636 bushels…

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The Wool, Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 November 1907 · page 2

At the wool sales yesterday prices improved after the full of the previous day. There was a bettor [?]ance in consequence…

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Cattle-driving in Ireland. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 November 1907 · page 4

A recurrence of cattle-driving in Roscommon. Ireland, yesterday necessitated the dispatch of an inspector and 20 constables to the scene of the trouble…

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The Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. Limited are in receipt of the following cable from their London house, dated November 26:- "Wool sales—Opened large attendance…

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London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 8

At the wool sales to-day competition at the opening rates was fully maintained…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday 9537 bales were offered, of which number 7725 were sold. The market for good wools continued steady, but for lower…

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The Wool Sales. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 November 1907 · page 8

At the wool sales yesterday 7648 bales were sold. In the final series of London and colonial wool sales this year prices…

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London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 8

At the wool sales to-day a large selection of fine wools in good condition was offered. Prices remained unchanged…

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Latest Cable News. [Reuter's Message.] London Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day keener competition prevailed, Prices, however, remained unchanged…

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Cattle-driving Trials. a Judge's Indignation. Regards Them As Farcical. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

Mr. Justice Wright, referring to a Dublin jury disagreeing in the cattledriving cases in Ireland in the teeth of uncontradicted evidence, remarked…

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Warwick Farm Races. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 4

Events contested in above races, run to-day at Warwick Farm, resulted:- Farm Stak[?] 6 [?]ong:.—North, 7.4, 1; Schooner, [?] 2; Hantnib, 9.5 3…

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