A Miner Killed at Sandhurst. Daylight Robbery by Melbourne Larikins. Committal of the Sandhurst Mine Robbers. News From the Roper River. Sentence the Carl Manslaughter Case Deferred. Madame De Beaumont Absconded. Italian Opera Company. Close of the Gladstanes' Season. Dismasted Ship at Eden. the Solferino Reefs. Calamitous Floods at Inverell Yield of Queensland Quartz. Melbourne Failure. Melbourne Cattle, Wool, inc. Latest Commercial and Mining, &c., &c., &c. MELBOURNE. Monday [?] p.m
Evening News · Tuesday 24 December 1872 · page 2
A miner named Jones has been killed by falling down a shaft at the Golden Fleece claim, Sandhurst. Four larrikins gagged and robbed a man in…
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Empire · Wednesday 25 December 1872 · page 3
The Hay Standard informs us that the weather during the last week has been warm and seasonable. Mr. Haine's 5000 Bellingeramble int sheep crossed at Hay on Friday, 12th instant. Messrs. Wragge and Hearne's 2600 fat…
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Empire · Wednesday 25 December 1872 · page 4
A GENTLEMAN, who is raiding a new breed of sheep known as the " Nunah Lincoln," having written to Mr. Odday, the chairman of the wool-supply committee of the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, requesting to be…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 December 1872 · page 3
SIR,—It is now over ten years since I wrote upon the subject of the above heading. That was the period when men (and wise men too) "took counsel together how best if not to exterminate cattle," to at least diminish them so…
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Empire · Wednesday 25 December 1872 · page 3
THE following are the official reports upon the farms which took prizes at the recent Smeaton (Victoria) Show:— "MR. MITCHELL'S FARM, HIT OR MISS…
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Empire · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 2
The local markets, says the Mudgee Times, are brisk, fat cattle running at 22s 6d for best quality; fat sheep to 12s for best wethers. The stock movements are:— A lot of fat cattle, Mr. Lane's, are close here for Sydney; 100…
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Empire · Thursday 26 December 1872 · page 2
AT a recent celebrated sheep fair an immense fold of sheep were penned up for sale. The pens covered many acres of land on the hill-side of Weyhill, and the show of sheep comprised Sussex and Hampshire Downs,…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 December 1872 · page 3
THE visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Chillingham was signalised by a hunt of the famous wild cattle in the Earl of Tankerville's magnificent park. The Scotsman gives the following description of the scene:—…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 807
THE weather in the pastoral country was still unsettled at the date of latest advices, but the heavy continuous rains had ceased, and have been succeeded by the ordinary thunderstorms of summer. The…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 11
The local markets, says the Mudgee Times, are brisk, fat cattle ranging at 22s 6d for best quality; fat sheep to 12s for best wethers. The stock movements are:— A lot of fat cattle. Mr. Lane's, are close here for Sydney; 100…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 807
IN the Metropolitan district the chief feature in the weather has been the alternations of temperature, from extreme heat to coldness. There has been no rain this week. This is favourable to the harvesting…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 829
THE visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to Chillingham was signalised by a hunt of the famous will cat[?]le in the Earl of Tankerville's magnificent park. The Scotsman gives the following description of the scene:—…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 10
IN the Assembly on Friday, Dec. 20, Mr. Nowlan took the opportunity afforded by a motion for adjournment of pressing upon the attention of the Government and the House, the necessity of…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 806
I WISH to call the attention of the cattle-feeders of this valley to the following cases of the so-called "Texas fever." I am convinced that I have found the cause. Whether I am right remains to be seen. I had 200 Texas cattle put on…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 2
In addition to the losses sustained by some of our farmers from the late continuous rains and heavy floods, some have suffered severely from, the millions of caterpillars which have attacked…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 12
An entire field of wheat, near Toronto Canada, was recently gathered by a machine called a selfbinding harvester—new and not yet patented—weighing 1100 pounds, of light draught, and doing its work…
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Evening News · Saturday 28 December 1872 · page 2
The cricket match yesterday, between the Albion and Victoria Clubs, was won by the Albions by seven runs…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 December 1872 · page 5
THE drynets of the early part of the year has been followed at its close by unusually wet weather, the late rains having been more or lees heavy in every part of the colony. The ripening wheat crop is much damaged, and the large…
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Empire · Monday 30 December 1872 · page 3
It is satisafactory to inform distant readers that the pastoral and agricultural prospects of the colony are very promising. The farmers of some of the Western and North-western districts have met with serious…
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Evening News · Monday 30 December 1872 · page 4
At a recent celebrated sheep fair an immense fold of sheep wore penned up for tale. The pens covered many acres of land on the hill-side of Weyhill, and the show of sheep comprised Sussex and Hampshire Downs,…
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