Mudgee Annual Sheep Fair
THIS event took place during the month, and was even more successful than last years'. The show of sheep was very fine, and the sales proportionately large. The prize list was as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farming & the land, 1867
322 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 17
Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.)
SEPTEMBER 6.—Queensland politicians are still meddling with the land question, materially interfering with speculations in stock and stations, and transactions were chiefly confined to sales of store wethers of good quality at about 8s per head with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Land Bill From the Squatters Stand-point. (From the Pastoral Times, September 14.)
The Grown tenants are beginning materially to mortify their opinion of this measure. Carried away by the pleasing prospect of having peace in their holdings for fifteen years certain (their rented lands being…
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THE squatters, though in an exceedingly prosperous condition, are tremuleus from fear of prospective evils. The Government has brought forward a new Land Bill, which proposes to give them a fixed tenure for fifteen years,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather and the Crops
DURING the past month we have enjoyed the pleasantest weather that could be desired, although the heat has occasionally been somewhat greater than is usually expected at this period of the year. The climate has certainly been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.)
SEPTEMBER 6.—The following crossed the Bogan recently:— Holland's 2000 fat wethers for Sydney; Scott's 9000 stores from the Dawson for Victoria; 13,000 sheep, M'Lean's, from Queensland, en route for Victoria. 2400 wethers, M'Donald's, have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool, Tallow, Hides, &c
RIFLEMAN, FOR LONDON.— 967 bales wool, 28 bales cotton, 6 bales skins, 1114 pieces 736 ingots 238 plates copper, 2616 hides, 96 casks hide cuttings 81 casks tallow, 697 casks cocoanut oil, 252 hogsheads treacle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Wool Market. [Richardson and Wrench.]
The season for sa[?]c of the last clip may now fairly be considered at an end as during the past month the quantity brought forward has been so small that the weekly sales have hardly been worth attending. The whole quantity spread over…
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DUNG HEAPS are, in my opinion, breeding places for the insect tribe; not so shed manure, constantly trampled upon by cattle—it is far too pungent for any living thing to exist of used in it.—May, 1867…
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THE squatters, though in an exceedingly prosperous condition, are trem[?]eus from few of prospective evils. The Government has brought forward a now Land Bill, which proposes to give them a fixe[?] tenure for fifteen years,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Weather and the Crops
DURING the past month we have enjoyed the pleasantest weather that could be desired, although the heat has occasionally been somewhat greater than is usually expected at this period of the year. The climate has certainly been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland. the New Pastoral Leases Bill. (From the Brisbanie Courier, September 28.)
The new bill, which was read a first time on Thursday last, is altogether too long to reprint in extense in our columns consisting as it doe[?] of eigty-five clauses and five schedules, each as long as an ordinary sized…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PADDOCK V. Bush-fed Sheep. To the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—The great Mudgee controversy having attracted so much attention, you will not be much surprised to see outsiders enter the lists; and as the rain keeps me within doors, may I ask you to allow me to have my say in the matter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Report. London, July 31
One chief element to a satisfactory trade, viz., [?] [?] is still wanting, and will probably remain so for some time to come, as it cannot possibly return as long as the political relations of the [?] Powers…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deniliquin Stock Report. (From the Pastoral Times.). September 27
SHEARING is now general on the Namoi River. The lambing there was very successful. Mr. George Bourne, Brisbane, reports having sold to S. C. Gillman, Esq., the Emu Vale station, near Warwick, being part of Canning Downs, with 4000 choice owes,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to September 14Th. the Reform Bill Assented To. Prorogation of Parliament. Fenian Riot in Manchester. Discount 2 Per Cent. Wool at Late Prices. the Australian Postal Conference. Alliance Between France and Austria. Insurrection in Spain. Cretan Hostilities Suspended
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's mail steamer Bombay arrived at King George's Sound on the 8th instant, at 8 p.m. Her delay was caused by the Surat getting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tuesday. Cattle Stealing
Jeremiah Meehan, on hall, was indicted on two counts —first, for having on the 13th day of July last, at Gostwyck, [?]niously stolen and taken away one cow, the property of Albert Augustus Dangar, and secondly,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Sales
SALES BY MESSRS. JACOMB AND CO., on August 15th:- Ex Damascus: MCK, 8 bales at 15½d; Heart in diamond, 4 at 22½d; 2 at 2ld. Ex Colonial Empire: VW, 6 bales at 21d; 15 at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Interesting to Cattle Owners
MR. PUNCH extracts the following from a French paper, thinking it may possibly be of use to all whose interests are bovine, vaccine, or ovine. As they may not be all right in their "parly voo," he appends a literal translation which he trusts may make it more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Report
Total bales catalogued, 150,000. The sales commenced on August 15th. The English buyers operated largely, but there was a small attendance of continentals. Prices are on a par…
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