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

Farming & the land, 1905

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Pastoral & Agricultural

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

Letter addressed to the chairman of the Pastures Boards Council of Advice :— “North Yanco, Yanco, 19th November, 1904. Dear Sir.—Your letter of…

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Cattle Poisoned. a Heavy Loss

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

Mr. Campbell, of Oak Hill is to be sympathised with in the cows in full milk, at a time when stock in general, and that species of…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Many Homesteads in Ruins. the Town of Gundagai Threatened. Great Destruction of Crops

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

News of terrible bush fires, accompanied by very heavy losses, both as regards crops and homesteads, was received in Sydney on Saturday and Sunday. Two men were…

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A Gigantic Sheep-walk

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 2

Myall Creek, the pastoral property in the Inverell district upon which the State makes its first experiment in closer settlement, will, it is expected, when cut up,…

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A Gigantic Sheep-Walk. to Settle Half a Thousand Families

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 4

MYALL Creek, the pastoral properly in the Inverell district, upon which the State makes its first experiment, in Closer Settlement, will, it is expected, when cut up,…

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Devastating Heatwave. Scorching Weather on Every Side. Bush Fires Throughout the State. Miles of Countby Aflame. Several Lives Lost. Great Damage in the Wheat Areas. Estimated at Over Two Millions Sterling

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 4 January 1905 · page 2

In common with many other parts of the State described below, the Young district suffered great losses from the visitation of the fire [?]end on…

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Much Wheat Destroyed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 2

Information received on Wednesday by the traffic officials at the railway department, from the superintendent at Junee, was to the effect that it was estimated close on 60,000…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Miles of Country Burned. Stock & Crops Destroyed

Crookwell Gazette · Thursday 5 January 1905 · page 2

SINCE last issue the outlying portions of this district to the north, west, and south have been visited with the most disastrous fires in the history of…

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Grabben Gullen Butter Factory

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

The total earnings at the above factory for last month were £391, while the expenditure amounted to £62. Suppliers were paid 8¾d per lb for…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Many Homesteads in Ruins. the Town of Burrowa Threatened. Great Destruction of Crops

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

The [?] disastrous bush [?] over known in this portion of the district broke [?] on Friday last, in the vicinity of Douglas Gap. Particulars of the bush…

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The Great Bush Fires Enormous Losses of Crops, and Grass Millions of Pounds Damage a Terrible New Year's Day

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

WHEN one commences to write the story of the big fires which have blackened the country from Albury to Adelong, and from thence to…

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The Argyle Liberal, and District Recorder Impartial—Not Neutral. Truth, ever lovely since the world began, The foe of tyrants and the friend of man. Friday, January 6, 1905. Bush Fires. Houses, Stock, Crops, and Grass Destroyed

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Friday 6 January 1905 · page 2

The close of the year 1904 will long be remembered by residents of the Crookwell district, as they were visited by the most disastrous bush…

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Wool

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 7 January 1905 · page 1

MESSRS. WINCHCOME CARSON & Co., LTD., report on 3rd January 1904, as follows : Business will not be actively resumed in the Sydney Wool Market until January…

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Pastoral & Agricultural

Yass Evening Tribune · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 2

Considerable interest attaches to the wool sales, to be resumed in Sydney to day after the Xmas break, because a good deal of wool remains to be disposed…

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Australian Wool for Japan

Goulburn Herald · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 2

JAPANESE, woollen manufactures are now turning attention to Australia as a source from which to draw the raw material. Mr. C. Asama and Mr. K. Masuda, representing…

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Laggan Butter Factory Co

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 2

THE annual general meeting of shareholders in the above is called by advertisement for 12th instant, when the business before the chair will be the…

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Warwick Farm Races

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 4

Farm Stakes.—Makutu 1, Mulison 2, Macrocarpa 3. Corinthian Mile.—Panama 1, Braemar 2, Glimmer 3…

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Farms for Poor Men

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 4

IF the Myall Creek estate, of 59,834 acres is purchased by the Government at the option price of £2 11s 6d per acre, a sum of £200,000 would finance…

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Pastoral & Agricultural

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 3

The recent bush fires have been the cause of the Homebush fat stock markets being over-supplied with sheep and cattle of a very indifferent quality. It…

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Cattle Sales Statistics

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1905 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners are in receipt of their annual departmental report regarding the yardage of stock at the metropolitan sale yards. A progressive decrease is shown during the past few…

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