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Farming & the land, 1868

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The Australian Pastoral Company. (From the Port Denison Times.)

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 October 1868 · page 4

In the Queenslander of the 12th -ult. appears, under the heading “The Big Station Scheme,” an article on the proposed Australian Pastoral Company, written in a most…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin Friday Evening October 30

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 October 1868 · page 2

THE summer has set in by some very [?] weather, which commenced on Tuesday Iast-and lasted till Friday morning; for two days it was [?] in the shade, and as the majority of runs of these districts…

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Open Column Robertson V. LINTON. To the Editor of - the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 October 1868 · page 3

SIR,—In the opening speech of Sir. Robertson in the case of himself y. Linton, I observe the Assertion that defendant and another " had been brought there suborned by the Editor of the Pastoral Times…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 November 1868 · page 3

SIR,—Having seen a letter in your paper signed “James Abercrombie” recommending the Terryweynia Lake as the best road from the Darling to the Lachlan, and fearing the statement there concerning…

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Stock Report. Pastoral Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, November 6

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 November 1868 · page 2

Now that shearing in our immediate district is pretty well over, the wool growers are talking over their future prospects, and have so far accepted the decline of about two-pence per lb…

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Open Column To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 3

SIR,— At the request of many of the inhabitants of Hay I have penned the following letter, and should you think proper to insert the same, no doubt you will coufer a favour, and afford to the…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 2

THE stock accounts from the north of this colony and from Queensland continue very gloomy, the fall in the price of wool has not tended to raise the spirits of the sheepholders, who are suffering…

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Wool Washing. [To the Editor of the “Albury Banner.”]

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 14 November 1868 · page 2

SIR.—I see frequent notices in different papers extolling the enterprise of those who have spent several hundreds of pounds in the erection of sheep washes. I send herewith three samples of [?] wool, washed in…

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Robertson V. Pastoral Times.”

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 2

MR. THOMAS ROBERTSON, Solicitor, of Deniliquin, having commenced legal proceedings against proprietor of this journal foralleged “slander [?] we take this opportunity of setting…

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The Murbumbidgee Pastoral Association’s Exhibition

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 2

The fourth exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held on Tuesday on the usual show ground. The attendance of visitors was very Large, and the expression of opinion was unanimous that a better Show has…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 3

SIR, —In your open column last week appears a letter signed “[?] Bates,” purporting to give an account of the public meeting held here on the 11th instant. I would not condescend to notice the precious effusion…

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To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 3

SIR, —Allow me to express my thanks, and also those of a great majority of the inhabitants of Hay, for the insertion of my letter in your useful paper. The quiet, unassuming people of Hay have arisen from their…

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Stock Report. Pastoral. Times Office. Deniliquin, Friday Evening, November 20

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 2

THE meat-preserving establishments of New South Wales and Victoria are making soma impression on the excessive supply of fat mutton—the principal of these is at Melbourne and is consuming about…

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Open Column. Magistrates’ Law. To the Editor of the Pastoral, Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 November 1868 · page 3

SIR —I have been much amused, and at the same time shocked a little, on reading the police report of Jones v. Giles, P.M. It appears to me to have been one of those plain cases where an actual…

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The Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 2

WE bog to call the attention of our friends to the necessity we are placed in (as seen by the Cause List published in our last issue) to solicit those who are indebted to us to…

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Wagga Pastoral Show

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 4

On Tuesday 17th inst.. the fourth Annual Exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held as usual, at the Company’s Yards, upon the race-course. The…

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Sheep Washing with Hot Water

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 4

Thomas Shaw, writing from Talgai, November 4th, to the Queenslander, says:—“ In my last letter I merely made reference to without expressing an opinion upon, this…

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Open Column. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 3

SIR,—I am compelled to address you again in consequence of the misstatements contained in a letter signed, J. H. Bates, which appeared in your paper of the 21st instant…

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

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 2

NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts made to get up wool, a very large quantity which will not pay expenses has found its way to Sydney, where it was sold for 3d. per lb. A sample of the Yanko…

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The Small Squattage System. To the Editor of the Pastoral Times

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 28 November 1868 · page 3

SIR, — The subdivision of squattages in this colony appears to be a subject for discussion just now, as promising to form a prominent feature in our new Land Act, permit me, therefore, to offer a few remarks…

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