Wool and Sheep. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The following bill, to amend the law relating to preferable liens on wool and mortgages of sheep was introduced into the Assembly by Mr. Martin, on the 19th December, 1867:—…
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Farming & the land, 1868
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London Wool Market, &c
We take the following additional London market news from the Evening News (Sydney) of the 2nd inst:— London, November 2. N. S. W. fives, 1871 to 1876, 97 to 99; ditto 1888 to…
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The wool sales are proceeding. Thirty-six thousand bales have been sold at prices averaging a decline of two pence per lb. on the September rates. The stocks in band are sufficient for the demands of the next few months…
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The circulars of the London wool brokers verify the telegrams already published. Messrs. Willans, Overbury, and Co, writing on November 26, state:— "The fourth series of colonial wool sales for the current…
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In a supplement to the Gazette, issued on Monday last, appears a proclamation, defining a number of sheep districts under the Act of 1866. The local districts are defined as follows:—…
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For nearly twelve years past a field known as Cross-park, adjoining the town of Callington, has borne a very bad name as a grazing field, in consequence of the large number of cattle that have died…
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Of the wool market, Messrs. Buxton and Hunter, writing on November 30, report:—" The public sales of colonial wool which commenced on November, 14 have thus proceeded without material change upon the opening…
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The last sales shewed a slight decline on farmer prices. The total bales catalogued are 100,535 against 80,000. The markets generally are very quiet, as want of confidence generally prevails. The supply of foreign wool is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From Tuesday's Empire.) Fall in Wool. London, December 26[?]
[?] the 15th, some Fenians attempted to blow up the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, with the object of releasing prisoners. The explosion destroyed a portion the court-yard wall, and a number of houses opposite…
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The following gentlemen have bee[?] Sheep Directors for the respective [?] triots mentioned:â For Glen Innes: Messrs. Colin [?]…
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The last series for the present year, consisting of 21,983 bales Sydney and Queensland, 20,056 bales Port Phillip, 1901 bales Van Dieman's Land, 3328 bales Adelaide, 14,118 bales…
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In colonial and foreign wools a restricted demand is observable throughout the year. The trade in Botany has been trifling in this district, and staplers as well as spinners report a greatly reduced consumption. This is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral and Agricultural Society of New England. (Abridged from the Armidale Erpress, March 7.)
The fourth annual exhibition was held on Wednesday last, in the hall of the Armidale Sohool of Arts, the enclosed yard at the rear of the building, and the paddocks across Falconer-street. The weather was fine and…
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The first series of East India wool sales for the present year have been held this week. The attendance of home buyers was very large, but that of the Continent was rather limited; competition fair. We quote best whites…
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Inquiries on our market are of the most limited character; on the whole, perhaps, batter than the opening of the year, and manufacturers short of sorts have taken some odd lots required for immediate consumption…
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There is somewhat better feeling with respect to English wool, but it is only on such sorts as are wanted that firmness in price manifests itself. Other sorts are not so easily sold, and prices are not firm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to March 14th. Lord Derby Resigned. Disraeli Premier. Hunt Chancellor of Exchequer. Fenianism Dying Out. Wool Higher
At quarter-past nine last evening (Monday) we received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent. Monday, 9[?] evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rust in Wheat. (From the Melbourne Argus, April 2.)
The report of the commission appointed at Adelaide to inquire into the extent of mischief done to the grain crops in the colony at the other side has not yet reached as, but Mr. Scoular has propounded quite a new theory…
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The San Francisco correspondent of the Chicago Tribune writes: "Count California in your next estimates as the first wheat-growing state in the Union. The…
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We have the pleasure of laying before our readers a very timely letter on the production of new articles of food by farmers, suited to these struggling times [?]e of the proposed articles (of which a sample has been…
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