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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1860

125 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7

New South Wales Association for the Suppression of Cattle Stealing

The Border Post · Wednesday 3 October 1860 · page 2

THE following letter has been addressed by the committee of this association to the various benches of magistrates throughout the colony :—…

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Water Supply Fob Pastoral Purposes [From Our Special Reporter.]

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 5 October 1860 · page 3

IT is an old proverb that “smooth water runs deep” and we suppose that we must attach the usual amount of credence to it or, mother words, the proverb must go for what it is worth. looking at the aphorism…

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Hospital Amalgamation to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 5 October 1860 · page 3

SIR—As the Police Magistrate has convened a public meeting for the purpose of determining on the propriety of amalgamating the two Hospitals at Deniliquin will you allow me, through your, journal,…

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Open Column Newspapers and Postmasters. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 5 October 1860 · page 3

SIR—I observe that in your issue of 14th; instant, you complain that your subscribers in this district do not receive, their papers regularly, and' that you and they are subjected to an injustice…

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Cattle Stealing. (To the Editor of the Border Post)

The Border Post · Wednesday 10 October 1860 · page 3

SIB,—I observe in the columns of your contemporary’s last number a requisition to the Police Magistrate, to call a meeting to consider the circular of the Association for the suppression of…

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Sydney. Prevention of Cattle-stealing

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1860 · page 3

THE Association for the Suppression of Cattle-stealing is taking active measures for effecting the object it has in view. One hundred and twenty gentlemen have enrolled themselves as members, and…

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The Yanko Dams. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1860 · page 3

SIR,—In reference to a letter in your issue of 28th ultimo, signed “Constant Reader,” I have only to state that the present insinuations and assertions contained therein, or any future ones which may emanate…

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The Testimonial Mania. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 12 October 1860 · page 3

Mr. EDITOR,—Taking advantage of your well-known complaisance in giving publicity to opinions relative to public transactions, I venture to make a few remarks anent the present mania for…

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Suppression of Cattle Stealing. Public Meeting

The Border Post · Saturday 13 October 1860 · page 2

A Public Meeting was held at the Court House yesterday at 4 p.m., for the purpose of considering the best measures to be taken to suppress the crime of cattle stealing, and to…

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Public Meeting for the Suppression of Cattle Stealing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 13 October 1860 · page 2

According to announcement, a public meeting was held in the Court-house yesterday, at four o'clock. About forty persons were present…

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Melbourne Markets, October 6th. Wool, Tallow, and Hide Market

The Border Post · Saturday 13 October 1860 · page 3

Messrs, R. Goldsbrough & Co. report:— Wool.—One lot of 35 bales—fleece, branded “Swan Water,” realised 22d per lb; all the rest, consisting principally of greasy, were bought…

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The Dog and Cattle Nuisance. (To the Editor of the Border Post.)

The Border Post · Saturday 13 October 1860 · page 3

Sir.—With you allow me space for a few observations with regard to the Police Magistrate’s endeavours to carry out the Towns Police Act. My business frequently render it necessary for…

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( Melbourne Markets, October 13Th. Wool, Tallow, and Ride Market

The Border Post · Wednesday 17 October 1860 · page 3

Messrs , R. Goldsborough and Co, report:— Wool —The unsettled weather we have had for the last two or three weeks has both stopped shearing operations and delayed drays on the…

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London Wool Report. August, 1860

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 19 October 1860 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the continuance of bad weather, the sales have progressed on the average with remarkable uniformity—A circumstance confirming the healthy position of the manufacturing interests, and…

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Open Column. a New Definition of Ruffianism. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 19 October 1860 · page 3

“All men will differ sometimes, and honest men often.” Carlyle says that all quarrel is only misunderstanding ; and it was only charitable to suppose that…

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The Policy of the Pastoral Interest. (From Bears Weekly Circular.)

The Border Post · Wednesday 24 October 1860 · page 2

In our last we briefly summarised the claims of the pastoral occupants of Crown lands in this colony, and pointed out the operation and tendency of recent legislation to encroach on their…

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Guano Top-dressing for Exhausted Sheep Runs

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1860 · page 2

IN 1858 we exported from Victoria 20,190,320 pounds of wool, valued at £1,570,505, and proportional quantities in other years. Now the whole of this enormous mass of wool, we…

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The Customs’ Officer at Moama. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1860 · page 3

SIR,—All classes in the present day, from the highest to the lower, value truth and detest the reverse. Now whether the Echuca correspondent of your contemporary when writing his communication…

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The Law, the Squatter, and the “Cockatoo.” to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1860 · page 3

SIR,—It appears to be the opinion of a portion of the people in this colony that all public business should yield precedence to agrarian legislation. With such the land question has all at once assumed…

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Our Member, the Police Force, and the Murray Customs. to the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times and Deniliquin Telegraph · Friday 26 October 1860 · page 3

SIR,—Your paper, put in my hand before leaving Deniliquin, has I observe attributed to me the following words: “The New South Wales Government did very wrong in placing a paltry policeman to stop…

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