Melbourne Sheep Sale
At the annual stud sheep sales in Melbourne on Thursday, 350 Lincoln, Leicester, Southdown, and Shropshire rams and owes were offered. The prices were rather low, the…
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Farming & the land, 1893
377 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 19
A Sheep-stealing Case. Sydney
THE Full Court to-day sustained the conviction of a prisoner named Brotherton, who, at the Dubbo Sessions last July, was sentenced for sheep-stealing. Sir William Windeyer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waratah Police Court. Saturday, August 26. (Before Mr. W. E. Henry, P.m.) Cattle-straying
SEVERAL persons pleaded guilty to allowing cattle and horses to stray On the public streets, and were fined as follows:—A. Asher, 5s and 2s 6d costs; A. Convery, 5s and 2s 6d…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The estimates of the American wheat crop are unreliable, but the yield, it is believed, will be about 400,000,000 bushels…
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THE quantity of this season's maize shipped from Grafton since May has been about 34,000 bushels, making a total of 156,000 bushels to date. The shipments in June averaged about 2400 bushels by each…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market
As usual just before the opening of the sales for the season, the quantity of wool brought forward in Sydney is confined chiefly to scoured and fellmongered parcels, but this week there have been a few lines of…
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The arrivals to date amount to 2888 bales, being a decrease on the corresponding period of last year of 396 bales. This may be accounted for by the heavy rains inland, which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farming on the Hunter a Hunter River Farmer in Reply. to the Editor
SIR,—The article published in your issue of Friday last, 25th August, is so full of glaring discrepancies and positive absurdities that as one of that long-suffering and…
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The steamer Aberdeen will probably leave this port for Sydney this evening, after taking in approximately about 2200 bales of wool. There she will take in more cargo, embark passengers for the Cape…
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LONDON news to hand states that the third series of colonial wool sales just concluded has been disappointing. As compared with the closing rates of the April-May auctions quotations showed a decline as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat and Fruit
English experts estimate that during the next six months good wheaten and oaten hay from Australia will realise from £5 to £6 per ton in England. Five hundred bores of oranges shipped at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Infant Remains Discovered in Melbourne. Another Baby-farming Horror. Melbourne
YESTERDAY the dead body of an infant was unearthed in the garden of a house at Brunswick. This morning further discoveries were made. Two decomposed bodies were found…
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The steamer Aberdeen, of the White Star line, is expected to sail from Sydney for London to-day. She goes via the Cape route, calling at Capetown. Besides a large cargo, comprised chiefly of wool, she…
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The arrivals to date, including 706 bales for the week, amount to 3502 bales, against 4375 bales for the corresponding period of last year. The prevailing fine weather…
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The steamer Sikh reached reached the port from Melbourne on saturday morning, and took her place at the wool berth. The loading operations will be commenced forthwith. Upon taking all the fleecy…
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The steamer Sikh is now on the wool berth loading for the London November sales. Although the weather yesterday was most unpleasant for wool operations, about 200 bales were stowed away in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farming on the Hunter. to the Editor
SIR,—Some of the remarks passed by your agricultural reporter on my letter of 29th August, are a little nearer the true state of affairs than many of the statements put…
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The steamer Sikh is steadily filling with wool. About 700 bales have been put aboard so far, and the vessel will probably sail for London, via Sydney and Melbourne, with 2000 bales on Saturday. The Port…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The cargo of South Australian wheat by the barque Silberhorn, from Port German, May 16, sold at 28s per quarter…
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The Waterloo, a four-masted ship of clipper build, with roomy decks and spacious stowage capacity, has reached Melbourne. She is another candidate for wool-lading, and it is expected that she will get away…
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