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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1879

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The Farmer. Potato Culture

The Burrowa News · Friday 25 July 1879 · page 3

According to the official agricultural returns for the year ending March last, it seems that the average yield per acere of the potato crops of New South Wales amounted to three…

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New Wool Stores

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 August 1879 · page 2

As the magnificent wool stores now being erected by Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devliu, the well-known wool brokers of Sydney, are now…

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Wednesday. July 30. (Before Mr. W. J. E. Wottoo.) SHEEP-STEALING

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 August 1879 · page 2

Dennis Walsh, a selector, living at Five Mile Creek, Walla Walla, appeared on summons to answer the complaint of John Newburn, of the same place, that he did…

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The Farmer. Seasonable Farming Notes for August

The Burrowa News · Friday 1 August 1879 · page 3

THE month of July, on account of the steady manner in which the rain has fallen, has bean an excellent one for getting on with rolling operations, spring…

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CORRESPONDENCE. We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by our correspondents.THE “ Highly Rhetorical” PASTORAL,(To the Editor of the Burrangong Argus.)

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 2 August 1879 · page 2

MY DEAR SIR,—It is very for from my wish to say a word to hurt anyone’s feelings, or to provoke an acrimonious discussion, but as you have allowed the Pastoral of the Roman Catholic Bishops to occupy,…

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Common Salt As a Farm Manure

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 4 August 1879 · page 4

THE recent action of the Kynoton Agricultural Society has given prominence to the subject of the use and value of salt in farm husbandry. Its utility as a condiment will…

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Wheat Grown in Yass and Neighbouring Districts

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 5 August 1879 · page 2

FROM the returns for the year ending March, 1879, we extract the following particulars. During the year there was un increase in the area of land under cultivation of 67,086 acres --…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 August 1879 · page 2

THE usual monthly meeting of the committee of the above society was held at the court-house last Tuesday afternoon. Those present were Messrs. R. W. Pearson, J. K. Hume, H. Dodds,…

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Correspondence. a Few Remarks on the Late "Pastoral Letter." To the Editor of the Yass Courier

The Yass Courier · Friday 8 August 1879 · page 3

SIR,--It is scarcely necessary to say that, in thus rushing into print for the purpose of protesting (from a Catholic standpoint) against thearbitrary dictum of tho Roman Catholic Bishops of New…

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The Consolations of the Protected Farmer

The Burrowa News · Friday 8 August 1879 · page 4

FREE-TRADE writers in a certain section of the Victorian press of late have furnished some humorons sketches of what they assume to be the condition…

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Roman Catholic Pastoral

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 4

THE following Pastoral Letter has been addressed by his Grace Archbishop Vaughan to the clergy and laity of the Roman Catholic Church in the archdiocese of Sydney :--…

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Meeting of Sheep Directors

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 2

A MEETING of the Board of Sheep Directors for the district of Yass was held at the court-house, Yass, last Friday afternoon, to take into consideration the necessity of every sheep district…

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The Rev. J. Jefferis, L.l.b., on the Pastoral

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 12 August 1879 · page 2

A LECTURE on the Pastoral of the Roman Catholic bishops with regard to the Public Schools Act was delivered last Thursday, at the Congregational Church, Pitt-street, Sydney, by the Rev. J…

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Forbes Pastoral and Agricultural Exhibition

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 13 August 1879 · page 2

THE above exhibition took place on Wednesday 6th just. The weather was very unpropitious and the exhibits were few. The following is a list of the awards…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing

The Burrowa News · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 2

At the Burrowa Police Court, on Wednesday (before Messrs. W. D. Campbell, W. J. E. Wotton, and A. E. Middleton), Thomas Horton, of Five-mile Creek…

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Yass Pastoral and Agricultural Association

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 2

A SPECIAL meeting of the committee of the above society was held at the Court-house, Yass, last Tuesday afternoon. Those present were--Dr. Campbell (president), Dr. Perry, and Messrs…

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Mr. Edward Combes on the Pastoral

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 4

At the nomination of a candidate for East Macquarie, last Monday, the candidates proposed were Mr. T. M. Dalveen and Mr. Edward Combes. O.M.G. Mr. Combes, referring to the Pastoral, said--…

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The "Echo" on the "Pastoral" Addresses

The Yass Courier · Friday 15 August 1879 · page 4

IT is not perhaps a convenient thing that Sermons and addresses delivered in cathedrals and churches should become the subjects of discussion in the newspapers; but if anybody is dissatisfied with…

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The Rev. Mr. Yarrington, B.a., of Yass, on the Pastoral

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 August 1879 · page 2

ON last Sunday evening -- the most stormy night of many stormy nights we have recently endured -- the Rev. Mr. Yarrington, B.A., of St. Clement's Church, Yass, treated as the subject of his…

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Lecture on the Pastoral

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 August 1879 · page 4

IN our last we intimated that the Rev. J. Studds, Primitive Methodist minister, was expected to preach a sermon on the Pastoral Letter recently issued by the Archbishop of…

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