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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 5

At the wool sales on Tuesday there was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was steady and general. Continental operators, along with local scourers and speculators, secured the bulk of…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 October 1900 · page 3

The wool sales opened on Monday afternoon at the Macquarie-street rooms. There was a good attendance, all the foreign buyers being well represented. Bidding all round…

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Wool Sales

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 5

At the local wool Bales yesterday, prices were unaltered. Best greasy-realised 8d; scoured, 13[?]d…

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Peculiar Cattle-Steatling Case

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 3

At the Girilambone Police Court a woman named Sarah Elizabeth Finn was charged with stealing a cow, the property of Goldsborough, Mort and…

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The Wheat Harvest

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 4

The Railway, Commissioners take great interest in the wheat harvest. The offices of the department report that up to within a few days age there…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 October 1900 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin Limited, wired us as follows on Wednesday Evening:—We offered eight hundred bales of wool at our sales…

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Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday competition was active, the top price for greasy making 7 [?]d; scoured, 14d…

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Homebush Market--thursday. Sheep

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

ABOUT 30,000 sheep and lambs were penned at to-day's sales. The sheep comprised a large number of good to prime, including several drafts of shorn, both merino and crossbreds…

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Sheep Market. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

Sheep firm. Best merino, wethere from 15s 6d, good 14s 6d to 15s, medium from 18s 6d. CATTLE MARKET…

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Sheep Sale Contract Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 3

A RULE nisi for a new trial was applied for in Full Court this week on behalf of the plaintiff in the case of Merewether v. Holmes, an action that arose out of a contract for the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

THE 1900-1 wool season was opened on Monday by Dalgety and Co., Limited, and Pitt, Son, and [?]ery, Limited, the two catalogues aggregating 1750 bales…

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Latest Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

HARRISON, JONES, AND DEVLIN report as follows of Wednesday's sales:--We offered 800 bales of wool at our sales to-day. Good competition prevailed, but values were slightly…

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Pastoral and Commercial. Western Herald Office. Friday, [?], October 2[?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

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London Wool Sales. London, October 23

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 5

AT the wool sales, yesterday, the following [?]rices were realised: Makhippi, 7d; Cor[?]na, 7 12d; Barcaldine, 8 [?]d; Warrana, 8[?]d ; Richmond, 12[?]d…

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Sydney Wool Sales. (By Telegraph.) SYDNEY, October 2[?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 2

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Western Lands Commission. Experience Provided by the Coo[?]r Farm

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 4

THE Commission which is inquiring into the condition of land in the western division of the country sat again on Tuesday. Mr. Robert W. Peacock, manager of the…

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Farm and Garden Weather Notes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 October 1900 · page 4

If the dew lies heavily on the grace after a fine day, it it a sign of another to follow; if not, and there is no wind, rain is approaching. A red evening sky is…

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Cattle Market

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 3

Cattle lower. Best bollocks, from £7 10s; extra, from £10; good, from £6 15s,; medium, £6…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 3

At yesterday's wool sales a better tone prevailed, and there was a good competition up to the level of lost week's prices. Greasy reached 7½d: scoured. 14[?]d…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 31 October 1900 · page 3

THERE was a good attendance of buyers, and competition was fully equal to that in evidence last week. The tone generally was better, and though no change can be noted in prices, the…

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