Weather and Crops
Sydney Mail · Saturday 27 June 1868 · page 14
A CORRESPONDENT of the Maitland Mercury Writing from Stroud on the 18th says:—The present wheat-sowing season, which is now finished, has been one of the finest that has been experienced in this district…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 June 1868 · page 6
THE following is a "prize report," by Mr. Hugh Borthwick, of Middlestead, Selkirk, published in the Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland. The writer thus introduces his subject:—…
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Empire · Tuesday 30 June 1868 · page 3
The second series of sales of colonial wool will commence on Thursday, May 14. According to a circular of Messrs. Willians, Overbury, and Co., the arrivals to date are as follow:—From New South…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1868 · page 2
THE squatters have every reason to be satisfied with their present and future prospects. The weather is propitious, the stock in good condition, the grass and water abundant, and the prices of fat cattle and sheep…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1868 · page 6
SIR,—Your issue of Saturday last contains a letter on the above important subject from the pen of Mr. Thomas Dawson, of Homebush,—on the merits of which, allow me space for a few remarks…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1868 · page 2
UPON the whole, there has been some improvement in the prospects of the agriculturists since our last Summary. At that time the whole country was suffering from the evils of drought, and there was…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 July 1868 · page 6
THE lambing in all these districts is going on on the whole favourably. From some of the back runs where water is scarce, and the ewes have to go far in search of water, we hear of losses. We are getting practical evidence of the absolute necessity of…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 14
THE Dubbo Dispatch of the 26th June, in its weekly stock report, says:—The weather during the week has been very changeable. We have had showers and sunshine alternately; in fact, only for the extreme…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 13
THE present issue of this Journal contains the special contribution of its Proprietors towards what, in the language commonly applied to such undertakings, may be termed a new…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 14
LAST Saturday's Singleton Times says:—The weather is very beautiful, but too dry to be high in favour. Yesterday morning the precious herbage was white with frost…
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Empire · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 6
Farmer Johnson was one of year wide-awake, progressive sort, of which it is a comfort to know there are many others adding yearly, who had long felt the need of the advantages to be derived from an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pastoral Letter Op the Right Rev. Dr. Murray, Bishop of Maitland. James. by the Grace of God and Op the Apostolic See, Bishop of Maitland, to the Catholic Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of Maitland
Freeman's Journal · Saturday 4 July 1868 · page 11
DEARLY BELOVED BRETHREN AND CHILDREN IN CHRIST,—I have been anxious for some time to address you on a subject dear to every Catholic heart, and to excite your zeal in a cause that…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1868 · page 5
Messrs. Schwartz report that the second series of colonial wool sales commenced on May 14, and 26,862 bales passed the hammer. There was a large attendance of home and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the Rangatira at Adelaide, with the English Mail Per Bombay. News to 11Th June. Ministers Again Defeated. Loss of the Northumberland. Execution of Barrett, the Clerkenwell Fenian. [?]Er Majesty Places Her Irish Church Patronage at the Disposal of Parliament. Acquittal of President Johnson. Church and State Riots. Scotch Reform Bill Carried. Advance in Wool. [From Our King George's Sound Telegraphic Corespondent.] Adelaide, Sunday, July 5
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 July 1868 · page 5
THE Rangatira, A. S. N. Company's steamer, Captain Grainger, arrived at Glenelg Pier, at 5 p.m., this afternoon, having made the up passage in 150 hours, and the down passage in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arrival of the English Mail at Adelaide. News to June 9Th. Empire Office, Monday, 6 a.m. The Government Again Defeated Dissolution of Parliament Expected. Wool Higher. Colonial Securities in Great Demand. The Fenian Barrett Exeouted. Strong Anti-Catholic Feeling in England. President Johnson Acquitted. Terrible Earth quake at the Sandwich Islands. Preparations for a Grand Reception of His Reyal Highness. Dreadful Savagry in Algeria. Great Excitement upon the Arrival of the Great Britain with More Particulars in Reference to the Attack on Prince Alfred
Empire · Monday 6 July 1868 · page 3
Mr. Disracli has again been defeated. The Government ask for supplies for the whole year, and, when passed, intend to dissolve the House…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How to Abate and Transmute Into Profit the Nuisance of Woolwashing Establishments.—the Dirt of Colonial Wool Valued at £160,000. To the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 July 1868 · page 5
SIR,—You lately reported a movement on the part of certain inhabitants of the district in which the Canterbury wool-washing establishment is situated—with a view to its removal as a nuisance. As I presume that both the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 July 1868 · page 2
WE do not remember a milder season than the present, though the rainfall has, up to our present issue, been light and scarce in these ports. The lambing, on the whole, has been splendid. Our settlers holding large stations are paying the greatest…
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Empire · Friday 10 July 1868 · page 4
The colonial wool sales commenced on Thursday May 14 The catalogue comprised 2880 bale Port Phillip, 918 bales Sydney, 500 bales Adelaide, 4[?] bales Cape, and [?] bales New Zealand, making a fetal…
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Sydney Mail · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 15
THE Dubbo Dispatch of the 3rd July, in its weekly stock report, says :—The reports of the state of the country, which have come to hand this week, are as satisfactory as can well be expected…
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Sydney Punch · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 4
I HAVE found out a spot for my fair, By the side of a murmuring brook, And thither I'll quickly repair With the maiden on whom I am shook…
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