Sticking-up near Deniliquin. (From the Pastoral Times, Sept. 20)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1879 · page 7
It is reported that a sticking-up case occurred on the Hay road, near Deniliquin, on Monday night, the victim being Mr. Nicholas Butterly of the Shamrock Hotel, at North…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Dagworth Embankment. Meeting of Farmers at Louth Park
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 September 1879 · page 4
Yesterday afternoon an open-air meeting of the Louth Park and Dagworth landowners and tenants was held near the Yarrabong Bridge, to consider the advisability of taking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Speculation
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 12
Some curiosity was excited, several months back, when it was made public that James Keene, an American speculator (hitherto known in Calfornian mining share…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Adjourned Meeting of the Lochend Farmers. (Favoured by the Secretary of the Meeting.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 14
An adjourned meeting of the landlords and tenants of Lochend, and its vicinity, was held at Mr. Fitnes' Hotel, on Monday evening, the 22nd instant, at six p.m. At the…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 14
The following items of news are extracted from the Victorian country papers:—At Birregurra the country is looking splendid, and the cattle are beginning to look well…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 15
Mr. A. Dewhurst, the district surveyor of Tamworth, will exhibit at the " Great International" a model of his farm, which is situated eight miles north-west of the town of…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 September 1879 · page 14
There are few more painful things to read, now, in the British newspaper, than the constant accounts of the ruinous depression among farmers, and the impossibility of their…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 5
GUNNEDAH STOCK REPORT.—September 25, 1879. —The weather during the week has been f—er than for some weeks past. We have Lot had much rain to speak of, but nearly every day there has been a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The International Exhibition. the International Sheep Show. [By Telegram From Greville's Telegram Co. Sydney, Monday, noon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 September 1879 · page 5
The International sheep show opened this morning. Many owners who had entered sheep did not put in an appearance, but there was a very respectable number of pens filled…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1879 · page 7
A remarkable controversy on rust is going on in the columns of the Melbourne Australasian—remarkable from the position taken up by the agricultural editor of that journal…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 October 1879 · page 2
NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—September 26, 1879. —We have again to record week of unsettled weather, and shearing is more or less interrupted. Yesterday was fine, and [?]o far to day the fine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →International Show of Swine. (From the Echo.) List of Awards. Sheet. (First Prize, Silver Medal; Second Prize, Bronze Medal.) (Merino-fine Clothing Wool.)
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 3
JUDGES: Messrs, G. L. Lethbridge, of Singleton; W. Allen, of Queensland; Thomas Shaw, of Victoria; John Smith. of Molong; and T.L. Hawkins of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm and Garden Notes
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1879 · page 1
WE glean from the American Agriculturist for September, the following useful hints and information interesting to farmers and…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 October 1879 · page 7
GUNNEDAH STOCK REPORT.—October 2, 1879.— We have had a week of beautifully fine weather, the first we have had for some time, and at present the weather seems to have quite taken up, if we can…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 2
NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—Oct. 3, 1879.—Fine settled weather has prevailed since our last report, and a marked improvement has taken place in business, of which there is every prospect of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →International Exhibition Sheep Show. (From a Correspondent.) Wednesday evening
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 5
Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe held a sale of Tasmanian merino sheep to-day, on the grounds of the Garden Palace, and the result was very satisfactory. The sheep were from the renowned flocks of Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →International Exhibition Sheep Sales. [From Greville's Telegram Co.] Wednesday, received 7.35 p.m
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 October 1879 · page 5
The sales in connection with the International Show of Sheep commenced this morning. The merino sheep of Mr. James Gibson, of Tasmania, were first submitted. 250 persons were present…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stud Sheep Sale at the Exhibition
The Singleton Argus and Upper Hunter General Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 1
THE sale in connection with the International Show of Sheep and Swine commenced this morning at 11. Mr. Abbott, for Mort and Co., was the first…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →International Exhibition Sheep Sales. (From the Echo of Thursday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 6
The following are the details of the sales of sheep at the International Exhibition grounds yesterday:— COMPETITIVE SHEEP…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Farmers' Union. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 October 1879 · page 6
SIR,—Many years have now elapsed since I read in a leading article of the Mercury the following passage: " That it was the duty of all to shut the door whilst the mad dog was…
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