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290 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 15
SIR,—In your issue of 17th instant, I observe a paragraph reporting the sale of my properly, North Wakool, and as the report is in no way true I shall feel obliged by your inserting this disclaimer in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At our usual sale today we catalogued 2068 bales, selling 1830 hales. The attendance of buyers with foreign orders was large and competition was very brisk for really good and carefully got up wool, while faulty,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co held their usual weekly wool sale this afternoon. There was a full complement of buyers, and excellent prices were realised. Prices for good wools were equal to those at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE AUSTRALASIAN MORTGAGE AND AGENCY COMPANY (Limited) report:— We offered to-day 3140 bales, and sold 2180. Superior Superior and fine crossbred fully sustained former values, but…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At to-day's sales 10,000 bales were catalogued. Prices ruled firm. There was a better demand for most descriptions of wool, Australian sorts being specially in good request…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT a recent meeting of a Western Dairy and Egg Association, the following directions as to liming eggs was indorsed: To make a pickle, use stone lime, fine salt and water, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When the first farmer that ever turned a sod upon this earth commenced the work which has been continued by his descendants with greater or less success till the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It has often been said that cleanliness is next to godliness, but it might have been truthfully put that without cleanliness there can be no godliness, for surely no righteous…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE hot weather which prevailed during the latter part of last week culminated on Wednesday with a boisterous wind storm and a slight shower of rain From which seven points fell; since then it has been cool. This…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co submitted a representative catalogue, comprising 3000 bales of wool to a fall attendance of buyers. Late prices were well sustained, and the bidding was brisk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At to-day’s sales 7,800 bales were offered. The market was characterised by a hardening tendency, Good greasy combing and washed fleece were ½d. to 1d. higher than at the last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN 1869, we moved from town to a farm. True, the farm was paid for, and the land was in an ordinary state of cultivation, but with very poor fences, no barn, and a poor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →During the last few months a great stride has been made in this colony in ostrich farming, owing partly to the encouragement given to the infant industry by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In, a communication which we reprint elsewhere an inferentially disparaging opinion is expressed by the travelling correspondent of the Australasian respecting the qualities of Vermont sheep ; and, if left alone, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Speaking of the American Vermont Merino the special correspondent the Australasian who recently visited America says :—“ Wrinkles” and “ oil ” are points that American breeders have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →There is no alteration to report since last week. The depr[?]sion [?] stock business still continues, end there dra[?] no likelihood of any alteration until the autumn taint set [?] The stock route from Bay to Wil[?][?] is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR.—Will you kindly insert in your paper the benefits which would accrue to pho[?]men and their families could we [?] have the half holiday every Wednesday afternoon curing the summer mouths. Denill[?]nin is a long way…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Out beneath the star-gemmed sky, and under the sturdy old oaks that had bid defiance to the storms of centuries, Giro[?] Mahaffy and George W. Simpson were sitting that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At to-day’s sales 11,900 bales were catalogued. The tone of the market continues firm. The withdrawals up to date amount to 12.000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →When we take into consideration the very low average wheat yields per acre of this colony, the question whether there is any preventable waste in harvesting the…
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