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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

1,333 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 67

Wool Sales. Dalgety and Co. Ltd. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 2

Dalgety and Co, Ltd. report as follows:-We sold over 4000 bales wool to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers and animated competition. Generally…

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The Weather and Crops

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 3

Adverse weather conditions have prevailed for two or three wrecks past. For a weak past especially dry weather, with north-west winds has been…

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Sale of 20,000 Sheep

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 2

Dalget and Co Limited and Young Bros (in conjunction) held their seventh annual sale of 20,000 odd surplus station bred shorn merinoes, at the Cross B[?] about 12…

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CHILTERN Tuesday, Travelling Sheep Without Notice

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

A drover named George Watts was charged at the police court this morning before Messrs. J. Cock and J. Black, J's.P., with falling to give…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne, Nov 10

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 1

The sales were continued here to-day when the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., offered a catalogue comprising some 6000 bales, in which was…

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Cablegrams. London Wool Sales. the November Series. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

The Australian, M[?]tage Land, and Finance Co., Ltd. report that they have received [?] following cablegram from their [?] office [?] 11th instant. "The…

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An Irreverent Sheep

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

During a church service held in the Faweet public, hall, Alexandra-road, (Vic), on Sunday afternoon a large sheep entered the hall by the sided door…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 2

Salen were held in Melbourne yesterday by the Australia Estates and Mortgage Co., Ltd., and Coldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd. Many district clips were brought…

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Record Wheat Traffic Expected

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 3

There is the prospect of a very good harvest, said Mr. Fitzpatrick, the Railway Commmissionce, referring to the coming wheat season to-day. The…

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Wheat Laden Buceros Still Aground. Adelaide

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 November 1908 · page 3

The steamer Buceros is still hard and fact on the sand bank outside Kingston. Lightering operations were begun…

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Blown Cattle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 20

Mr. H. C. Ward, pioneer dairyman, has supplied the Parkes "Examiner" with the following treatment for cattle which are blown through eating trefoil or other green…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Ltd., report:—We held our third wool sale of the season on Thursday last submitting 5,216 bales, of which, including…

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The Dairy. Butter and Cheese. the Colonial Trade

Tocumwal Guardian and Finley Free Press · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 5
Also in The Riverine Grazier

Messrs W. Weddel and Co., of London, have issued their annual review of the movements in Colonial produce as regards butter and cheese, together with…

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Wool Crossings

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 2

Up to yesterday no less than 12,000 bales of wool, from stations in the Corowa district, had been despatched from the Wahgunyah railway station…

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Cattle Stealing and Recriving

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 2

The case in which a young man named Stephen Kelsey was charged with feloniously stealing and receiving 13 head of cattle, the property of Currie Bros., of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., Ltd., report:—Our wool sale to-day established something of a record. Out of 6524 bales offered, we sold 6500 bales under the…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 1

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co., Ltd., Melbourne, held their wool sales this (Tuesday) afternoon, when they submitted a very attractive…

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Wool Sales. Co[operative Wool and Produce Company Ltd. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 4

The Co-operative Syed and Produce co. Ltd. reports:— We offered 4000 bales to a full attendance. Although compaellen was keep there was some inclination…

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English Wool Market. London, October .9

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 November 1908 · page 17

This has been a busy week in Coleman street, the sales continuing to go briskly without much variation for any quality. Thanks very much to an augmented…

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