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New England · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

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Latest Wool Report. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 October 1889 · page 4

WE (Harrison, Jones, and Devlin) held our second sale, to-day, submitting an attractive catalogue of 1600 bales. Many new buyers came into the market, and…

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London Wool Sales. London, Oct. 15

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1889 · page 4

THE total number of bales of wool catalogued to date amounts to 234,000. The number of bales sold for export amounts to 20,200…

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Latest Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 October 1889 · page 4

WE (Goldsbrougb, Mort, & Co.) brought forward yesterday a catalogue of 866 bales of wool, composed almost entirely of greasy wool, and report having sold 754…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1889 · page 7

MESSRS. J. H. Geddes & Co. report that the completion of several large clips, now in course of reception, being delayed, they decided to offer a comparatively…

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Latest Wool Market. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 October 1889 · page 4

WE (Harrison, Jones, & Devlin) catalogued 900 bales at our sales to-day, and sold 700, under very spirited competition. Many new buyers have come in the…

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Extraordinary Scenes at a Farm

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 October 1889 · page 6

AN extraordinary affair is reported from Hambledon, a few miles from Portsmouth. A dispute respecting the purchase of a part of the Glidden estate has taken place…

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Great Loss of Sheep. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 November 1889 · page 4

THERE is great mortality among sheep in the Argentine Republic. It is estimated no less than twenty millions have died…

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Wool Sales. London, Nov. 4

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 4

A SALE of wool will be held at Antwerpon the 14th instant, to clear a catalogue of 2300 bales of River Plate wool. No Australian will be offered…

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High Prices for Wool. Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 4

THE largest wool sale ever known here was held yesterday, and higher prices prices were secured than were ever obtained previously in the Adelaide wool market…

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The Advantages of Windmills. a Hint to Our Farmers

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 November 1889 · page 3

WRITING to a contemporary, an American farmer saya:—"I bought a windmill, and started it in operation in July last year. I feed cut and ground food to my live…

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The Sydney Wool Sales

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 November 1889 · page 4

MESSRS. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin wired us late last night that they offered 4500 bales of wool yesterday, and sold every lot. Biddings were very spirited,…

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The Silver Sheep-shearing Machine. (Melbourne Argus, November 7Th.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 8

AN exhibition of the Silver Sheep-shearing Machine was given at Messrs. Young-husband and Co.'s wool warehouse on Wednesday before a number of persons…

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Rise in Price of Wool. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 4

At the Antwerp wool sales, Riverplate wool was a half-penny a pound dearer than at the last series…

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Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 4

WE (Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co.) offered to-day at our second sale this week 2600 bales of wook and sold 2536, the total sales for the week being 9049…

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The Baby Farming Case

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 November 1889 · page 3

MRS. Batts, of Woollahra baby farm, was again charged at the Criminal Court on Tuesday with the murder of the child Cohen, and was discharged. The Crown…

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The Wool Market. [Harrison, Jones, & Devlin.]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 November 1889 · page 8

AT our auction sale on Monday we submitted a catalogue of 6b53 bales. There was the usual large assemblage of buyers, and the spirited competition which has…

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Stampede of Sheep. Crushed to Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

ON Monday night last, while a flock of 3000 travelling sheep were camped near Temple Court, near Murrurundi, from some cause unknown to the drover and…

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Sydney Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

We (Goldsbrough, Mort, & Co., [?]) offered at our second sale this week 2132 bales of wool, of which 2053 were sold, making our total sales for the week 6411…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

WE (The A. M. and A. Co., Ltd.) offered yesterday 3890 bales and sold 3275. The competition was good, prices being about the same as at last sale. Lambs wool…

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Brands on Wool Ba[?]. To the Editors of the Ar[?] E[?]

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

GENTLEMEN—I have just some across the following sentences in an English newspaper; "In Peterborough there was [?] Unionist majority. The railway m[?]…

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