Cattle Stealing
James Kinavane and Ewen M'Donald were brought up at the West Maitland police court, on Thursday, charged with having stolen a bullook, the property of Matthew Moore, on the 25th December…
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Farming & the land, 1867
63 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 4
London Wool Report
Market firm; little doing. Enquiries for well stapled New Zealand either greasy or washed…
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The Adelaide Observer of the 22nd ultimo thus argues the question of sending or not sending wheat to England:— The events of October did not tend to simplify for…
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Our market has remained firm, with but little doing. There have been several inquiries for well stapled New Zealand, either greasy or washed, end a slight advance might readily have been obtained. The trade in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diseases in Sheep Act. (from the Gazette, January 1,1867.) PROCLAMATIONS
Whereas by an Act passed in the thirt[?]eth year of her Majesty's reign, intituled the Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866, it is amongst other things enacted that the colony shall be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Crops in Victoria
Judging from a series of remarks and extracts in the Melbourne Argus of 28th December, the prospects for the crops generally in Victoria are good, but great want of labour for the…
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We add some further information from the S. M. Herald of Friday:— WOOL REPORT. The total nnmber of bales catalogued at the opening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bombay's Mail. News to 10th DECEMBER. (From the Empire of Friday.) Disastrous Floods in England.— Great Loss of Life and Property. Mr. Verdon's Entertainment in London. Important From America and the Continent. the Wool and Produce Markets
The Balclutha, with the English mails per P. and O. Company's steamer Bombay, arrived at Adelaide yesterday (Thursday) morning, and we received the following telegraphic intelligence in the evening:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Wool Show. (From the Melbourne Argus, Jan. 17.)
Yesterday an intercolonial show of Merino wool, in connection with the universal exhibition to be held in London in August next, was opened at the establishment of Messrs. Canningham and Macredie, The invitation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle Stealing:: the Police Resisted, and a Settler Shot. (From the Wagga Wagga Express, Jan. 19.)
Late on Wednesday night some excitement was created in town by a report that a man named Douglas McGregor, formerly landlord of the Bridge Hotel, in this town, but now a settler on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Free Selection. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.) The thriftless sons of English lords, With white hands, come to be Great kings of sheep, where sow and reap The yellow corn should we. Henry Parkes
SIR—The pro[?]ic version of the above charming effusion is, of course—dirty hands and free selection against white ones and squatting. Down with the kings of sheep! It is to be hoped that time, which works wonders,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Report. December 1,1866
The sales now in progress are arranged to terminate on December 8. The arrivals in time for this series consisted of; —Sydney, 6936 bales; Port Phillip, 4931 bales; Van Dieman's Land, 1029 bales; Adelaide, 2231 bales; New Zealand, 8970…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Destruction of a Wool Shed by Fire. Eight Hundred Bales Burnt. (From the Dubbo Dispatch, Feb. 1.)
The Australian Pastoral investment Company have suffered a very severe loss from fire. A wool-shed at Dunlop, on the Darling, thirty-five miles from the head station, Tourale, has been totally destroyed, and 800 bales of wool burnt. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday, February 8, 1867. The court opened this morning at ten o'clock. Cattle Stealing
Charles Bulpit, on bail, was indicted for that he did, at Muswellbrook, on the 7th September, steal three head of cattle, the property of William Hodges and James Roland, and two head of cattle, the property of William…
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A correspondent of the Queensland Times, signing himself "Observer," endorses in the following terms our (Brisbane Courier) frequently expressed opinion as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Quarantine Grounds for Imported Sheep. (From the Gazette, Feb 8.)
Whereas by an Act passed in the thirtieth year of the reign of her present Majesty, and numbered sixteen, intituled, the "Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866," it is among other things enacted, that "the Governor may set apart a piece of ground…
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Last sales closed 10th December. Total bales catalogued 77,272, being 150,000 in excess of arrivals, shewing a large quantity held over, sent from the North for realisation. Manufacturers bought largely; and prices…
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The last series of wool sales for the year closed on the 10th instant, the quantity catalogued being 77,272 bales. This number was 15,000 in excess of arrivals, thus showing the large quantity that had been held over, and in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Diseases in Sheep Act of 1866. (From the Gazette, February 12.) Department of lands, Sydney, 12th Feb. 1866
Notice is hereby given, for public information, that the undermentioned gentlemen have been elected Sheep Directors for the respective Sheep Districts hereinafter mentioned:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killing Cattle. (From the States of the River Plate. By Wilfred Lathan.)
The scene at the " Saladeros," in the killing season, is strange in the extreme to European eyes, Herds of fine semi-wild cattle, consisting of several hundred head, are driven in from the…
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