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Farming & the land, 1856

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Weekly Sales. Cattle

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 12 January 1856 · page 3

Malchyrine, 130, 5[?] 15s, 700lbs, Sullivan and Co. Lee, 90, 5l 5s. 650lbs, Ditto Pearce, 150, 5l 14s, 650lbs, Ditto Cox, 100, 7l, 800lbs, Ditto…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1856 · page 7

SALE of 689 bales by Messrs. THOMAS SOUTHEY and [?] October 18th. Ex Baltasara: [?] over Foxlow, 21 at 18½d, 2 at 16d, 1 at 13d; FS over Molong, 6 at [?] at [?] 11 at 18d, 8 at 17½d, 3 at 17d,…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 January 1856 · page 3

SALE of 1177 bales, by CHARLES JACOMB and SON, on the 20th October. Ex Henrietta (Moreton Bay): GT, 8 at 2¼d; 16 at 21d, 25 at 20½d, 13 at 20d, 12 at 19½d, 9 at 19d: WM&TD, 14 at 2½d, 8 at…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 January 1856 · page 5

SALE of 1428 bales, by CHARLIS JACOMB and SON. 5th November: Ex Catteux Wattel: A & RL, 7 at 22[?] FLW, 4 at 19d, 1 at 18: K in diamond, 2 at 16d, 6 at 14d; CS 7 at 17d, 4 at 16 1; [?] 5 at 17d, 16 at 16 1, 3 st 1 61, l lock at 10d; F&C, 6 at 16 1…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1856 · page 8

SALE of 527 blaes by mr. H. P. HUGHES, November 3rd. Ex Ocean Chief: AS over A, 3 at 19½d; B under, 8 at 19; C unde, 4 at 19d; O under 3 part black, at 2 at 17d; black and broken, 1 at 15d. pieces 1 at 13d; X under, 1 at 19d; AS, 1 at 17½d;…

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Wool Tallow, Sheepskins, Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1856 · page 6

RECEIVED in Sydney coastweise, from 22nd December to 31st January, from the following districts:- HUNTER—135[?] bales wool, 1[?]15 hides, 22 csks tallow, 68 bundles and 81 [?]heeskns…

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The English Wheat Crop of 1855. (To the Editor of the Times.)

Empire · Tuesday 5 February 1856 · page 3

SIR,—In the continued absence of authentic agricultural statistics it is not surprising that the uncertainty regarding the productiveness of the last harvest should cause much public anxiety. At the same time last year,…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1856 · page 3

SALE of 917 bales by Messrs. S. B. EDENBOROUGH and Co., November 6th. Ex Sir Edward Paget: DGL, 5 at 21d, 2 at 20½d, damaged, 1 at 18½d; P, Leslie, 5 at 21d, 18 at 20½d, 11 at 20d. 2 at 15d, locks…

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Central Criminal Court. Saturday, February 9. (Before Mr. Justice Milford.) Cattle Stealing

Empire · Tuesday 12 February 1856 · page 4

James Feeney was indicted for having, at Yarra Yarra, in the district of Binnalong, on the 1st November, 1852, stolen 100 bulls, 100 cows, 100 oxen, 100 heifers and 100 calves, belonging to the Reverend John Joseph…

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The Wool Sales

Empire · Wednesday 13 February 1856 · page 1

The following account of the series of colonial wool sales which have terminated to-day is from the circular of Messrs. Southey and Son:— "The third series of sales of colonial wool of the…

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The Pastoral Letter of John Bede, by the Grace of God and Favor of the Holy Apostolic See, Archbishop of Sydney, to the Faithful, Clemrgy Ana Laity Dearly Beloved Children in Jesus Christ

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 16 February 1856 · page 1

"BEHOLD! now is the acceptable time, behold, now is tho day of salvation,"— St. Paul to the Cor: 2nd Epistle, chap. 6, verse 2. The holy season of Lent, from the earliest…

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Wool, Tallow, Sheepskins, Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1856 · page 7

RECEIVED in Sydney, coastwise, from 2nd to 18th February, from the following districts:— HUNTER—[?] bales wool, 1126 hides, 6[?] bundles sheepskins, 5 bales and 700 [?]…

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Dir[?]y Versus Clean Wool. To the Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 March 1856 · page 4

SIR,—In the present state of the wool market (when so many complaints are being daily made of the inferior condition in which it is [?] to market) that it perhaps would not be deemed amiss to place before the…

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Wool, Tallow, Sheepskins, Hides

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Monday 3 March 1856 · page 44

RECEIVED in Sydney, coastwise, from 2nd to 28th February, from the following districts:— HUNTER — 1986 bales wool, 1126 hides, 63 bundles sheepskins, 5 bales and 700 horns…

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Goulburn Assizes. Monday, March 26, 1856. Cattle Stealing

Empire · Monday 31 March 1856 · page 3

Thomas Foran was indicted for stealing at Albury, on the 25th October, 1851, one ox and one steer, the property of John H[?]rseley. The Attorney General prosecuted; Mr. Blake…

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Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh. [From a Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1856 · page 3

A MEETING of the electors of the United Pastoral Districts of Wellington and Bligh took place at Mr. Cobden's Inn, Molong, on Tuesday, the 25th of March, to give Mr. George Lord an opportunity of explaining…

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Melbourne Wool and Tallow Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 April 1856 · page 7

Wool.—We have no change to report in this article. Some parcels of slipe wool, &c., have passed through our hands privately during the week. There is little co[?]ing down at present and nothing has been offered by public sale since our last…

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Abram Gartside and Co.'s Wool Circular. Liverpool, 1st January, 1856

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1856 · page 8

DURING the eventful year just closed the wool trade has been characterised by comparative steadiness, and has not experienced the violent fluctuations to which most other articles of commerce have been subject. With the uncertian feeling produced by war,…

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Election for the Pastoral District of the Murrumbidgee. (From a Correspondent of the Goulburn Chronicle.)

Empire · Tuesday 15 April 1856 · page 6

On Wednesday, the 2nd instant, the Returning Officer of this District, F. W. Viner, Esq., J.P., called a public meeting in the Court House, Tumut, for the purpose of returning members to represent the Pastoral…

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Wool, Tallow, Sheepskins, and Hides

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1856 · page 4

Received in Sydney coastwise, from 1st March to 15th April, from the following districts:- HUNTER.—2361 bales wool, 15 tons 284 casks tallow, 19[?]7 hides, 80 bundles sheepskins, 35 bundles calfskins…

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