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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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Wool and Produce Reports

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 November 1899 · page 4

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd.; Dalgety and Co, Ltd.; Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd.;…

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Dairymen's Protective Association

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 8 November 1899 · page 2

MEMBERS and supporters of the abovenamed Association are reminded that at the meeting called for Saturday next the first business will be to decide…

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Transvaal War Fighting Near Ladysmith. the Boers Repulsed with a Loss of 800. Free Staters Invading Cape Colony. Martial Law Proclaimed. Retirement of the British From Colenso. the Town Looted. the Boers Powerful and Numerous. New South Wales Lancers at De Aar. the Engagement at Tatham's Farm. Highlanders and Infantry Distinguish Themselves. London, Nov. 7

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 8 November 1899 · page 3

A hot engagement took place on Thursday at Tatham's Farm, at Besters, between Ladysmith and Van Reenan's Pass, between a British force and the Boers…

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500 Cattle Lost. Poisoned by Eating Thistles

Singleton Argus · Thursday 9 November 1899 · page 4

INFORMATION is to hand to the effect that on Thursday November 2, a herd of store bullocks, numbering 840 head, in charge of Drover A. M…

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Cattle Poisoned Wholesale. Loss of 500 HEAD

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 9 November 1899 · page 4

On Thursday last a herd of store bullocks, numbering 849 head, in charge of Drover A. M. Champain, arrived at Burrell, about a mile and a half from Gunnedah. They were owned by Mr. J. L…

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Wool Up Again

The Scone Advocate · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 2

The anticipation I ventured last week to the effect that wool would probably go higher has been abundantly realised. Desirable descriptions are…

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London Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 10 November 1899 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited telegraph us from Newcastle:—"Our London office cables: 'Wool market very firm, and tending upward strongly.'"…

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The Wheat Crop

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

As stated in our last issue, the wheat crops, which a short time back looked so very promising, have in many cases failed, and many are the theories…

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The Radiator Butter Maker. Butter Direct From the Mill

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 3

ONE of the intest, if not the latest inventions in connection with the scientific manufacture of butter, is the "Radiator" butter-maker. This…

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Wool Travellers

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

In the last issue of The Co-operator, the organ of the Co-opertive Wool and Produce Company, Limited, the Board of Directors of that company publish an advertisement…

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The Wool Traffic

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

The returns of the quantity of wool carried by rail during the present season show, as was anticipated, a considerable decrease on the previous year. The quantity…

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The Co-operative Butter Factory

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

We have been informed that Messrs Waugh and Josephson have recieved the order to supply the butter factory plant for the newly-formed Singleton…

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Cattle Poisoned Wholesale. Loss of 500 HEAD

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

On Thursday last a herd of store bullocks, numbering 849 head, in charge of Drover A. M. Champain, arrived Burrell, about a mile and a half from Gunnedah. They were owned by Mr. J. L…

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Sydney Wool Sales. SYDNEY

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 3

The Australian Mortgage and Agency Co., Ltd.; John Bridge and Co., Ltd., Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Ltd., Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Ltd., Hill, Clark, and Co., New Zealand…

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Shipments of Bullion, Wool, and Bitter

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 11

Some thousands of pounds in bullion are gener-ally taken away every week by the mailboats leaving Sydney for London. The value of the bullion shipped by the R.M.S. Oceana on 2nd…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Association. A Most Successful Meeting. Allotting Shares

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 2

A HURRIEDLY convened, but well-attended, meeting of the newly-formed Farmers' and Settlers' Association, was held at the School of Arts on…

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The farm if garden. the Small Things Pay in Farming

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 12

There is no business which requires a more thorough knowledge of every general detail from the arrangement of field, preparation of the soil, planting of crops,…

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Renewed Battles of Ladysmith. Majestic British Valour. Tatham Farm and Grobler's Kloof. Touch of the Roman Hand

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 13 November 1899 · page 2

The serifs of varied combats around Ladysmith on the 1st mutant reminds in a of those heroic struggles between Wellington v. Soult, Massena, and Ney in Southern Spain, and on the Portuguese…

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Gunnedah Cattle Fatality

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 4

REFERRING to the above Messrs. Ewing, King and Berry write to the Advertiser, noting "some errors as to the cause of death, by the addition of the…

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Commercial News. Muswellbrook Store Cattle Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 2

Edward Higgens (for Hill, Clark, and Co.) reports having offered and sold 1200 head to a good attendances of buyers, with spirited competition,…

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