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Farming & the land, 1909

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London Wool Sales. LONDON, Dec. 1

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 3

At the London wool sales this evening there was keen competition for good crossbreds and merinos. Bidding for the common sorts was…

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Eight Hours on Farms

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 2 December 1909 · page 3

Mr. F. Marshall writes on the subject of farmers working eight hours. "It catches on" in the country, and a lot more may be said about it. For…

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Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report :—It having been ascertained that there was sufficient tonnage available in vessels already…

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Wool Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 4

Meetings of the Woolbrokers' and Wool-buyers' Associations were held to-day, at which it was decided to hold sales next week, from…

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Commercial. WOOL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

The following circular letter has been addressed by the members of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association to their constituents:—…

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Wheat. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited, report:— The wheat market is active and firm at 3/11 to 4/0½ for prime to choice new milling…

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The Wool Sales

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

The following circular letter has been addressed by the gelling members of the Sydney Wool Brokers' Association to their constituents:—…

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Wool Sales Firm

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 2

At the wool sales values were firm, and there was strong competition…

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The World's Wheat Harvest "A Ceaseless Yearly Wonder."

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 5

The world's harvest is a ceaseless yearly wonder, and agriculture, though it is getting burled beneath a manure of Latin and other worlds, is ever…

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Farm and Station

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 3

Next meeting of Gundagai Pastures Board is to be hall on Dec. 9th. Dairymen are reminded that they…

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The Wheat Market. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 7

New South Wales shippers now offer 3/11 per ton trucks at Darling Island, for new milling wheat, December-January delivery…

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Love Letters on Butter Paper. Romance of a Boarding-house. Breach of Promise. London, October 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 6

Love letters written on butter paper were among the elements of a breach of pr[?]mise case brought in the Law Court yesterday by Mrs. Minnie Muir…

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The Farmer's Produce. Unsound Business Tactics. "Rings" and "Circles."

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 December 1909 · page 4

One has not to attend the sales of produce at the Redfern railway auction yards for any length of time before discovering that a consignment…

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Wheat and Wool Blocked at Stations! Provision for Storage

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

In the Assembly on Wednesday Colonel Ryrie asked the Minister for Railways if, in view of the fact that at many country railway stations…

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Sheep Sales

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 3

The Co-operative, Wool and Produce Co., report:— There, were 22,350 sheep and lambs penned, comprising principally medium…

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The Wheat Market. Effect of Inefficient Railway Accommodation. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

To-day's sales and sellers of N.S.W. new wheat reported at equal to 3/11, Sydney, on trucks from Darling Island. The metropolitan buyers are…

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Farm and Station

The Tumut Advocate and Farmers and Settlers' Adviser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 6

At last meeting of Wagga P. and A. Association a letter was received from Tumut P. and A. Association to the effect that they wooll not be able to…

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On Farm and Station

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

The manager of the Tumut Co-operative Batter Factory has received a telegram from London to the effect that 107 boxes of butter realised the…

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Farmers and Settlers' Platform

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 4

Read for yourself! Here it is! Election platform of the Farmers and Settiera' Association. Re-affirmed at the 1907 Conference:—…

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Serious Bush Fire. Crops Destroyed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 December 1909 · page 2

A serious bush fire occurred at 4 p.m. on Friday at Mitta Mitta. The wind was very strong, and the flames travelling at a great rate, destroyed…

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