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Farming & the land, 1898

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The London Wool Sales. London, Tuesday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 2

The first series of this year's London-Colonial wool sales opened to-day. There was a brisk demand, and prices ruled at from par to an…

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The Bush Fires. Narrow Escape of a Township. Great Destruction of Crops

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 20 January 1898 · page 2

The bush fires are again ravaging the Leongotha districts. The township and homesteads were only saved by the most strenuous efforts, and the…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 6

Latest information from various important wheat centres in the Glen Innes district states that the wheat crop is practically a failure…

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Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

THE ordinary mouthly meeting of the committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held last evening. There were present:—Messrs T. W…

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The Wheat Market

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 4

There in a feature in the flour trade this year that is liable to be overlooked (says the " Herald.") This [?] by the heavy receipts of country flour by…

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Corowa Wheat Traffic

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

Corowa is maintaining its reputation (says the Free Press) at a wheat centre, and all the roads converging to the town are lined with teams bearing the golden grain to…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Association. Monthly Meeting

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

The committee of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral and Agricultural Association held their usual monthly meeting at the rooms, Gurwood-street, last night. Those present…

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New South Wales Wheat. Proposed Shipment to London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

An interesting feature of the Sydney wheat market is the proposed shipment of 2000 tons of prime New South Wales milling wheat to…

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The Experimental Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

The students connected with the Experimental Farm are returning to their duties by one's and two's They are evidently not excessively anxious to give up the pleasures…

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A New Site for the Experimental Farm

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

It is not at all unlikely that in the near future the site of the Wagga Experimental Farm will be changed and buildings erected in a more permanent manner and in a…

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Telegraphic. New South Wales. Commercial Banking Company. Half Yearly Meeting. Failure of Crops—losses of Stock. Sydney, Friday Night

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 22 January 1898 · page 2

The half yearly meeting of the Commercial Banking Company was held to-day. The Chairman, in his speech in…

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The Cattle Tick

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

Intelligence received from Queensland during the past few month shows that the tick plague, which decimated the berds of the northern part of that colony a couple of…

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Wheat Growing in New South Wales

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 4

A special correspondent supplies the Sydney Daily Telegraph with the following article on the wheat crop in 1896:—According to the official records the Men South Wales…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is the liberty when freeborn men, Having to advise the public, may speak free. Milton. Tuesday, January 20, 1898. Farmers' Co-operation

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

The agricultural producer of Australia labors under great disadvantages, and chief among them may be placed the difficulties that attend the disposal…

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Farmers' Co-operation. Meeting at Junee

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 3

IN response to an invitation issued by Mr. P. Heffernan, president of the Junee branch of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, a meeting was held at…

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A Thrilling Experience a Farmer in a Waterhole for Hours

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 25 January 1898 · page 2

From Tamworth it is reported that Jules Gonot, a farmer, bad a thrilling experience last night in returning from a meeting. He stumbled into a…

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Commercial. Wheat

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 4

In the Melbourne market wheat is firm at 4/7½ to 4/8 on what is to all intents and purposes a freetrade market, as the supplies are more than sufficient for the demand. In…

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Our Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Wheat Ring

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 January 1898 · page 5

The Junee Farmers' and Settlers' Association are advocating the establishment of a farmers' co-operative flour mill in Sydney to break the millers' ring…

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Wheat Export to England

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 2

IT is always well to look upon both sides of the hedge before taking your leap. The proposal which has been made in Sydney to ship 2000 tons of New South Wales wheat…

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[?]Don Wool Sales. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 27 January 1898 · page 3

[?]he London wool sales to-day [?] as a good sale, and an upward [?] in prices…

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