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351 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 18
WHEN I wrote last month the only information we had of the progress of the third series of the London wool sales, beyond the first day, was derived from telegrams via India. It will be remembered that…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Ritleman, for London: 411 hogsheads treacle, 33 bales leather, 7[?] bags bark, casks tallow, 357 casks cocoanut oil, 66 packinges pearlebell, 100 casks hide-cutings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN its weekly Stock Report, the Dubbo Dispatch of Friday last has the following remarks upon the state of the squatting districts:— Since our last the weather has been dry,—a withering…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE swampy flat of which we were speaking in oar last, deserves tome little further notice. Where the soft grass has taken and has formed a sward, it has restored the soundness of the footing, so that (surprising…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →IT is do uncommon thing now-a-days to find oneself standing on the floor of a large wool shed, and to hear from all sides the busy hum of shearing operations—the stamping and rattling of feet, the click of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →IN the metropolitan districts we hare had a very timely fall of rain. Though the rain was but very light, it was continuous for over four-and-twenty hours, concluding with one or two…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →SIR,—As "Duffing" in different forms is still carried on in many parts of the colony, and as it tends terribly to demoralise the rising generation, will you grant me space in your columns to offer some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Captain John Macarthur imported the first merino sheep to Australia in the year 1707. The small flock consisted of five rams and four owes. They increased at first very slowly. The first hale of wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →FROM the opening remarks to the Weekly Stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of Friday, the 6th instant, we make the following extract:—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A LETTER from a correspondent, signed "Bush Morality," directs the attention of the colony to the practice technically called "duffing," which, as we suppose most of our readers are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WETHERSFIELD, Conn., is a quiet village, lying in a broad plain, bordered on the east by the Connecticut River, and flanked the west by hills, which rise gently from the level land. It has wide, still streets, amply…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →IN the metropolitan districts we have had a week of fine drooping weather, with occasional heavy showers, and vegetation of all kinds is most luxuriant. The bush feed is also more…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →DR. G. E. KIMBALL, Iowa City: A man can buy improved farms, as good as can be found on this continent, with good society, near schools, and in a remarkably healthy climate, for less than the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →ANDREW BUSH, Setzler's Store, Chester Co., Pa.: Young trees must be fenced against cattle. Every new last a transplanted tree produces should be kept from injury. Trimming should not be done until the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →FROM the weekly stock report of the Dubbo Dispatch of Friday, the 13th instant, we extract the following remarks:— Last Sunday, we had some very nice showers of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AFTER a light fall on Monday morning early, the rain gradually cleared off in the metropolitan districts; and although there are occasional signs of more rain being about to fall, the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE fourth exhibition of the Murrumbidgee Pastoral Association was held on Tuesday, on the usual show ground; and we are glad to be able to congratulate the association on its thorough success. Taken as a whole, the show of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool, at last sales, faulty; superior wool was 2d. under Juno rates, medium, 3d., and inferior, especially Queensland, Sydney, and South Australia, with which the market is glutted, 4d…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The third series of wool sales commenced on the 13th, and concluded on the 25th ultimo The receipts were 226,127 bales. 208,223 bales were catalogued. 23,600 were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The arrivals comprise 58,583 bales of Sydney, 64,003 bales Victorian, 8855 bales Tasmanian, 50,960 bales New Zealand, 11,864 bales South Australian, 480 bales Swan River, 37,382…
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