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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
38 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 2
There is no branch of colonial industry in which capital has been so largely and profitably invested as in sheep-farming; and yet no kind of business has been, generally speaking, less skilfully managed. This may…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maize is secondary in importance to wheat as an agricultural produotion, not only in respect to the quantity of land devoted to its cultivation, but also in reference to its monetary value as a crop. It is of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Argus of the 13th instant says: by the latest advices from California, we le[?] that no less than six vessels were loading wheat for Melbourne, viz., Therese, [?]ebe, Midnight, Almatia, Cornelia, and another…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We do not know whether it has struck many of our readers who may happen to be ardent politicians, but it appears to us to be the fact, that a very considerable cause of the prevailing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A public meeting, consisting chiefly of squatters and owners of cattle, was held at the Metropolitan Hotel, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose, as stated in the advertisement by which it was convened—"of taking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE are not surprised that the owners of cattle are once more moving in the endeavour to obtain some better legal protection for their property, against thieves, than they now possess…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of this society was held yesterday afternoon, at the Metropolitan Hotel, Pitt-street. Mr. A. Hodgson, M.L.A., was called to the [?]air. The CHAIRMAN stated that at the last meeting, held this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →George Woods was, indicted for that he did, on or about the 20th of April last, felonlously steal, take, and carry away from the Breeza and Doono stations, in the Liverpool Plains district, 1[?]0 head of cattle, the property of one Samuel Clitt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of 443 bales, by Mr. HENRY P. HUGHES, Thursday, July 19th:- Ex Duncan Dunbar (from Moreton May): CAA over New England, 10 at 28d, 80 at 27[?]d, 5 at 20½d, 3 at 22½d,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Sydney wool sold by Messrs. J. T. Simes and Co. on Friday, 20th July. Sales of 1091 bales, by Messrs. CHARLES BALME and Co., Saturday, 21stJuly:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the general committee of the association for the suppression of cattle stealing was held on Saturday, Mr. A. Hodgson, M.L.A., in the chair, when the following draft circular, for transmission to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →August, 1860 —Notwithstanding the continuance of bad weather, our sales have progressed on the average with remarkable uniformity—a circumstance confirming the healthy position of the manufacturing interests, and the general satisfactory state…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of 361 bales by Messrs. HALL and WESTER, Thursday, 26th July. Ex Quito: WR over Hayes, 5 at 35½d, 7 at [?]4d, 2 at 32d, 1 at 28d; WR, 5 at 30½d; over Queensland, 14 at 13½d, [?] at 1[?]d, 9…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sale of 163 bales, by [?] P. HUGHES, on 30th July:- Ex Jason; EM over A, 7 at 30½d, 8 at 20[?]d; over B, 6 at 28[?]d; over C, 5 at [?]d, over L, 1 at 23[?]d; over B with Y, 1 at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sale of 1013 bales by Messrs. S. B. EDINBOROUGH and Co., August 9th. Ex Duncan Dunbar: SAD over R&C over Tenterfield, [?] at 30½d, 15 at 28½d, 12 at 28d, 20 at 27½d, 15 at 27d, 1 at 28d; SAD…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The holders of unassessed runs in the district of New England are informed that Mr. George Markham has been appointed a Commissioner of Crown lands for the due estimation of the grazing capabilities of such runs, in the manner required by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN—I am induced to offer a few remarks in your issue as to this crime throughout the colony, and I perceive that the correspondent of the Empire very recently commented so justly upon the matter, that in this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →GENTLEMEN—The following additional suggestions to prevent whole[?]ale cattle-stealing occurred to me after I had forwarded the letter which you published in the Mercury of this day, and perhaps you will oblige me by…
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