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Farming & the land, 1859

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Small Farms for Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 14 July 1859 · page 2

The following letter, handed in for publication, was despatched, on the 8th instant, to the Surveyor-General, who will no doubt comply with the request therein, contained :…

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How to Farm One Hundred Acres

The Border Post · Saturday 16 July 1859 · page 3

The following essay on the best method of cultivating one hundred acres of land, was read at the committee meeting of the Villiers and Heytesbury Agricultural…

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Alleged Sheep-stealing. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1859 · page 2

SIR,—I trust you will allow the following facts to gain publicity, through the medium or your valuable local journal. A mob of travelling sheep, numbering nine…

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Sinners in the Bush. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1859 · page 2

SIR,—“The sin of great cities” has been talked of in Melbourne, until the subject has become stale, although, it is true, the ventilation afforded has not led to any practical effort being made to check the…

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Open Column. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 4 August 1859 · page 3

Sir,—I was much surprised at seeing in your paper, of the 21st instant, a paragraph stating that I had left Deniliquin, not intending to return…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 11 August 1859 · page 3

Sir,—I will esteem it a favor if you will allow me a space in the columns of your paper for a few remarks relative to what appears to me to be the duty, at this present time, of all and each of the tenants…

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Anatomical Structure of Cattle

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 25 August 1859 · page 4

While all dealers in cattle and most farmers possess a competent knowledge of the symmetry of a beast—can judge of its quality by the texture of the skin and coarseness or fineness of the hair—nay,…

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To the editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 25 August 1859 · page 3

SIR,—there has been a great Deal of talck about the Dams on The billyhung and the best plan of keping a suply of warter for sheep and Cattle the year round a short time Ago i seen an artickle in…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 25 August 1859 · page 3

SIR,—I claim a little space in your “open column,” for a few remarks on a subject of some importance to the public in this district. As many of your readers, and especially those connected with the overland…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 25 August 1859 · page 3

SIR,—I have to ask the old question, “ Where are the Police ?”— or rather, Where were they on Monday last ? They generally happen to be out of the way at the very identical moment their presence…

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The Wanganella Road. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 8 September 1859 · page 3

SIR,—We observe in your issue of yesterday a letter from Mr. D. O’Sullivan, of Morago, relative to the road through our station, in which he states that “a township is marked out and…

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The New Bank and Deniliquin Contractors. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 8 September 1859 · page 3

SIR,—The decision arrived at by the gentlemen of the Bank of New South Wales, in letting the new Bank buildings to a Bendigo contractor, has somewhat surprised the resident builders of…

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The Mail to Lang’s Crossing Place. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 8 September 1859 · page 3

SIR,—I am sorry to say that the mail from your township to this place is not being very well run; the fault seems to be in the contractors not having a sufficient number of horses…

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Deniliquin Police Court Friday September 9.[Before the Police Magistrate.] Cattle Stealing

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 15 September 1859 · page 2

A man named Sims, alias Black Sims, and one James Keigheran, were brought up on a charge of cattle-stealing. Mr. Daniel O’Sullivan, settler, of the Lachlan,…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times. Moama, September 16th, 1856. “An evil conscience requires no accuser.”

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 22 September 1859 · page 3

Sir,—Your issue of today has just come into my hands. From motives of delicacy, I, as your “Own Correspondent,” refrained from giving any account of this “enlivening” affair. In justice, now, to…

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Artesian Wells. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 29 September 1859 · page 3

SIR,—At the present moment the subject of artesian wells is occupying much attention in this district; and, as I observe many of your readers interested in this matter are totally ignorant of this…

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Attempted Fraud on the Hospital. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 29 September 1859 · page 3

SIR,—I take the liberty of sending you these few lines to say that I was a patient in the Working Men’s Hospital, and that I am now quite well, thank God for the same; and also to the Doctor,…

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The Hospital Feud. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 6 October 1859 · page 3

Sir,—It has hitherto been my policy and desire to steer clear of the disagreements existing between the two Hospitals of South and North Deniliquin, and I certainly should not thus have…

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The Gold-fields and the Pastoral Districts

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Thursday 13 October 1859 · page 2

A GREAT and very important change is taking place in the gold-fields of Victoria by the union of labor with capital Companies are springing up, almost daily, for…

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Deniliquin Working Men’s Hospital. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times, per [?] of the Border Post.)

The Border Post · Wednesday 19 October 1859 · page 3

Sir,—I arrived in Deniliquin a few days ago, with what is very prevalent in this part of the country, sore eyes. I was almost blind, and could scarcely discern any object…

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