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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land
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We confirm our circular of the 10th instant announcing the commencement of the present series of colonial wool sales. At the reduction we then quoted the biddings have been spirited throughout, and few parcels have been withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Messrs. Edenborough and Co. write from London on the 25th May:— "The second series of colonial wool sales for 1866 commenced on the 10th inst. The quantity arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Not with standing the continued high price of money, and the alarm created by the heavy failures in the banking and financial world, our market has up to date been supported with remarkable firmness at the average…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AMONG the papers issued from the Government Printing Office since the opening of the session is the annual report of the Chief Inspector of Sheep. It is a document which, with the tables…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir W. Macarthur, of Camden Park, writes to the editor of the Herald, as follows:— "SIR,—Early in autumn I wrote to point out the prevalence of rust upon late crops of maise, and the great…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is a bill introduced by the Hon. Minister for Lands, to prevent the introduction or propagation of Infectious or Contagious Diseases amongst Cattle and other animals:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →According to all accounts, and despite the severe terms of punishment meted out to depredators on stock, cattle-stealing seems to be enlarging instead of diminishing. Probably the [?] of money, combined with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool twenty per cent. lower. The above, taken from the mail telegram of the S. M. HERALD, published as an Extra by that journal on Saturday night, we issued as an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Wool Report of June 26th is as follows:— "The sales which commenced on May 10th dosed on June 23rd, the quantities cataloged comprising 24,671 bales Sydney, 72,084 bales Port Philip, 5732 bales Van…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →If weather was any type of coming events we might have much cause for hope that a bright future is in store for coming exhibitions. A more glorious day than Thursday we have not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We have this evening closed a series of sales, nearly as large a quantity as any preceding, and occurring at a period of extraordinary pressure—owing to the collapse of financial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT a late meeting of the Paterson Prosecuting Society certain statements were made of so serious a character that they could seareely fail to arrest attention. Our correspondent's report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As our remarks last issue were so meagre respecting the results of the Sheep Fair, we continue a critical account of the exhibition. One matter it is a great satisfaction to refer to, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A return has recently been printed by order of the Legislative Assembly, naming all the "runs, squattages, and public lands in the different districts of the colony, held by the members, respectively, of both houses of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prior to the commencement of the large sales just terminated, a very general feeling existed that the high prices of March would not be supported; the continued advance in the value of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Since the last wool sales closed there has been moderate inquiry; st several Bales there was a slight advance on dosing rates. A large business is doing in the north, mannfactories being well employed, mills running full…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Slight advance made in closing rates of last sales, and large business is doing. Expected advance of 2½d. The next sales are expected 130,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Thomas Fuller was indicted for that he did, at Dunnering, on the 10th July, 1866, steal nine sheep, the property of Isaac Sefton. The prisoner pleaded not guilty. He was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Since the close of the sales there has been a moderate inquiry for all descriptions of wool, and several sales made at a slight advance on the closing rates of last sales. There is a large business doing in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following account of the capture of the notorious Sweeney, the bushranger, and Davis alias Roughey Jack alias Ginger, will be read with interest, as showing the difficulty in…
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