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Farming & the land, 1866

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Deniliquin Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, July 13

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 July 1866 · page 2

THE month of June has been a wet one in these districts, and we daily receive confirmation of the rain having been pretty general, the few exception’s being in places abutting the boundary line between…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 3

SIR,—Having seen a letter purporting to be written by a gentleman who was travelling by Messrs. Cobb and Co.’s line of coaches, lately en route, to Melbourne, complaining of the manner in…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 3

SIR,—From information I received from a black fellow of his having seen the remains of a man in the mallee on the east bank of the river, I proceeded with him and my neighbor Mr. M’Pherson to the…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 3

DEAR SIR,—In a paragraph of your last week’s paper, referring to the Church Bazaar, there is a mistake I would feel obliged by your correcting. I do not expect to leave Deniliquin in three or four…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of the 14th instant I observe a letter from Mr. H. N. Longhnnan, in which he states that he has learnt from me that the average price of PEP wool, quoted by you, was not 1s. 7d…

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Deniliquin Stock Report Pastoral T[?] Office, Friday Evening, July 29

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 2

WE have had several days of sunshine and warmth and severe white frosts at nights, intensely cold for the Riverine country. The roads are fast drying up, and active movements, in stock are going on. We…

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Open Column. an Intolerable Nuisance. To the Editor the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 July 1866 · page 3

SIR,—I beg respectfully through your valuable journal to call the attention of the inspector of Nuisances to a circumstance which entails on a number of peaceful [?]an amount of misery and annoyance quite…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 3

SIR,—You upon numerous occasions have shown yourself the advocate of the class of men that obtain their living by their industry, therefore I am convinced that you will bring to the notice of the proper…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 3

Sir,—My attention has been drawn to a letter appearing in your issue of the 21st inst, signed by Mr. G. Peppin, in which the statement contained in my letter of the 14th inst. is impugned. The point…

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Cattle Stealing. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 2

IN encounters between the police and highwaymen, experience has proved that there is so much uncertainty as to the result, and so much risk that the servant of the law may be shot…

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Australian Education. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 2

SIR,—If I judge aright of the principles you advocate, I think that the dissemination of all rational instruction among your readers is a point you have much at heart. The sort…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 2

SIR,—I will feel obliged to you to take some editorial notice I of the following :— Mr. Ricketson started store cattle en route for Popiltah Lake to Ross’s back country…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 3

SIR,—I observed in last week’s paper my name mentioned as seconding a motion at a meeting, held in Deniliquin, in connection with the proposed railway ; I beg to contradict it, as I was not present at…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, July 27

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 July 1866 · page 2

WE find that the rains in the hilly countries have been so severe that heavy floods have come down the rivers, and threatened destruction in the New England districts down to the mouth of…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, August [?]

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 August 1866 · page 2

THE days have, since our last issue, been [?] fine, rain threatening daily, and the nights have been very cold, with occasional frost. The news, from the north of New South Wales as to the weather is…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 August 1866 · page 3

Sir,—I observe in your issue of the 28th ult. a letter signed, by “A Traveller,” calling your attention to an alleged act of tyranny on the part of Mr. L. M‘Bean, written with the ostensible object of…

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The Bazaar. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 August 1866 · page 3

SIR, The ladies—young and old, [?] fair—who were [?] at, and workers for, the [?] Church of England Bazaar must feel highly flattered by the exuberantly elaborate praise bestowed on them, spreading for…

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Moss Brothers v. Whiteus (Hay Court). To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 4 August 1866 · page 3

SIR,—Permit me to correct your [?] to the above case, in your leading article of the 28th ultimo. In that article you state “that there was no intention of defending it before the Court.”…

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Open Column Wool To the Editor the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 August 1866 · page 3

Sir,—In perusing your valuable paper from time to time I find much useful information for the enterprising and industrious classes of Riverina; also seasonable stimulants administered to those who…

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Deniliquin Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office, Friday Evening, August 10

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 August 1866 · page 2

AN agreeable change in the weather has occurred since our last issue; some of our squatters were crying out for more rain, and many were getting anxious on this subject. The weather on Monday was immoderately sultry…

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