Our Muswellbrook Letter. Muswellbrook Farmers' Association
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 February 1900 · page 4
At the annual meeting of the Farmers' Association held on Wednesday afternoon last, Mr. B. Cowan presiding. As already reported in the Mercury the auctioneer's report read by the…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2
The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report under date 27th January as follows:—Though only 12,899 bales were offered this week and 6477 bales sold, a large…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 4
The total quantity catalogued during the series was 166,275 bales, of which 47,000 were sold for home consumption, 30,000 bales for the Continent, and 4000 bales for America, the quantity carried…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Incidents of the War. From Latest English Papers. Fouth Butter stopped Him
Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 2
A Pietermaritzburg correspondent writes: There is remarkable case here in the hospital of a plucky little "Gordon"— a private. A bullet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bush Fires in Victoria. A Million Acres Devastated. Damage Estimated at £200,000. Twenty Thousand Sheep Burned. Six Woolsheds Destroyed
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 5
WARRNAMBOOL district, Victoria, reports devastating bush fires, the worst the district has known for 50 years. The fires sprang up on Saturday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Day With a Typical Boer Farmer
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette
Let me recall a day spent with a typical Boer family. The head of the household was a big, awkward, ill-looking old man, almost as grim as Paul…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Muswellbrook Farmers' Association. Annual Meeting. Proposal to Disband Rejected. Special Meeting to be Called. The "Hawking Curse" Condemned
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 4
THE annual meeting of members of the abovenamed Association was held at the School of Arts on Wednesday afternoon, and was largely attended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Price of Butter
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 3
The wholesale price of best creamery batter was reduced this morning to 8½d per lb. Other grades were reduced proportionately…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1900 · page 5
I stayed at the Hermitage, a beautifully-situated hotel, owned by the New Zealand Government, close to Mount Cook, the highest peak in New Zealand (12,349ft.), and from it…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1900 · page 3
THE wholesale price of best creamery batter to-day was reduced to 8½d lb Other grades were reduced proportionately…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cattle and Sheep Stealing in the Upper Hunter. Vigilance Committee formed at Stewart's Brook
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 2
A MEETING of stockowners and others interested was held in the Stewart's Brook School of Arts on Saturday last, he object being to take some steps to…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 2
The differences of opinion between sellers and buyers in the local wool market are very marked just now. The selling brokers, who are almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left Tor truth's defence, Sole dread of folly, Vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee I but with honest zeal To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Wednesday, Feb. 7, 1900. Local and General News. Local Wool Made Up
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 7 February 1900 · page 2
ON Saturday afternoon we had the pleasure of examining some suitings, dross lengths, blankets and a rug, manufactured at Marrickville…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 February 1900 · page 2
THE affairs of the Farmers C operative Co., to which I alluded in my last, turn out to be more involved than had been thought. The company was believed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Store Cattle Sales
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2
AT the local sale yards on Wednesday next, inst., Mr. Ed. Higgens (for Hill, Clark and Co.), will offer 950 head of store cattle, and Messrs…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 1
THE NEW England Darying Company, Armidale, of which Messrs R. Blaxland and W. C. Higinbotham are the principals, have just added a complete…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 4
Much interect is being centred in the election of members to occupy seats on the Pastures and Sheep Board. The following have been nominated, three, to be elected:…
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The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 2
The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association reports under date 3rd February as follows:—No tales have been held since last report, and the market, except for a few…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Farm & Garden. Raising Turkeys
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 February 1900 · page 13
In nothing does a good beginning count for so much as in raising turkeys, says a writer in the Homestead. Many are not very successful in turkey growing, and after they have…
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