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Farming & the land, 1892

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The American Election. Free Wool. London, November 15

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 4

SEVERAL Republican Senators in the United States are inclined to support the Free Wool Bill now before the Finance Committee. As President…

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The Butter Factory System. Opening of J. Ireland's Rose Bud Creamery, Newcastle. an Important Industry

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 2

FOR some time past the management of the firm of J. Ireland have been developing the butter industry throughout the Northern district, and their work has…

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The Baby Farming Cases

The Scone Advocate · Friday 18 November 1892 · page 3

THE coroners' inquiry into the cause of the death of No.4 of the first batch of infants found in the yard of the house in Barren-street, Macdonaldtown, formerly…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort & Co. report:—At our eleventh wool sale, hold yesterday, we brought forward an attractive catalogue of 3105 bales. Several clips above the average in condition,…

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The Farm and Garden. Keep a Few Bees

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 4

The production of comb honey, says F. S. Mead in Practical Farmer, is the most important question for farmers who keep bees, to study. There is a great deal written in…

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The Baby Farming Cases. Painful Disclosures. Scenes in Court

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 2

THE inquest in connection with the dead bodies of infants found recently in Sydney, concerning which cases the Makin family are under arrest, was…

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A Farmer Shot Dead

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 November 1892 · page 1

A wealthy farmer named Ashton, living at Dronfield, near Sheffield, has been accidentally shot dead. The farmer, who was 80 years of age, was told by his son-in-law…

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Wool Sales. Messrs, J.h. Geddes & Co

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 2

(The Pastoral Finance Association, Limited) report that at their tenth sale on Thursday they offered on extremely fine selection of high-class…

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Close of the London Colonial Wool Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 6

The fourth series of public sales of colonial wools for the year closed on October 14. From the beginning to the end the attendance has been unusually large, report Messrs. Jacomb, Son and Co.,…

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Latest Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Monday evening

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 5

Messrs. J. C. Young and Co. report:—At the wool sale room, the Exchange, this afternoon, we held our fourth sale of wool for this year, bringing forward a catalogue of 315 bales. There was a…

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An E der Duck Farm

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1892 · page 6

There are pleasanter capitals to reside in than Beykjavik, the chief town of Iceland. There are cities which have reached a point somewhat nearer civic perfection than it can at present boast of;…

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The Baby Farming Cases. Resumption of the Inquest

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1892 · page 3

At the Coroner's Court last Monday, the inquest on the body of the infant designated No.4, found at Burrenstreet, Macdonaldtown, at the…

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Warwick Farm Races

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 23 November 1892 · page 4

Following were the results of the racing at Warwick Farm on Saturday last:— HURDLE RACE, 2 miles.—Broker 1, Cascade 2, Patrician 3…

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Melbourne Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1892 · page 5

The Australasian Mortgage and Ageney Co. report:—We offered about [?] bales at a[?] to-day, and sold about [?]. Competitions very active for all medium [?] full [?]…

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Hunter River Farmers Produce Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1892 · page 5

Yesterday the usual weekly sales were held in the sheds and yards adjoining the Church-street Railway Station. Mr. J. H. Brunker was the [?]neer, and disposed of the following…

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The Wool Market in a Fog

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

The London wool markets had to be postponed to-day on account of a heavy fog…

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Sydney Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 5

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co. report:—We submitted the largest catalogue of the season yesterday, when 5049 bales were brought forward. Competition from a crowded attendance of buyers…

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The Farm and Garden. Bee Culture and the School of Experiments

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 3

Bee-culture is a trade, says the American Bee Journal. Many engage in the business, but few become masters; such persons are possessed of an enterprising spirit. They not…

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The Baby Farming Cases. Evidence at the Inquest Concluded The Accused Before the Police Court [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 26 November 1892 · page 2

THE inquest on the Macdonald town baby farming cases was resumed today, when the evidence was concluded. The solicitor for the Makins intimated…

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The London Wool Sales. Brisk Competition

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 29 November 1892 · page 2

LONDON, November 25.—There was a crowded attendance at the Wool Exchange to-day, all sections of the trade being represented. Competition…

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