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Though in the immediate neighbourhood of this township (says the NARRABBI HERALD) the seasonable rain we had some time since has not worked any very marked improvement, the accounts received from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three men named Ryan, Sinclair, and Bird, were brought up on remand before Mr. Chance, at the Thames Police Court, on October 19, charged with stealing four bales of colonial wool from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—The enclosed report of the examination of the thieves who stole the wool from the London and St. Katherine Dock Company's warehouse is an evidence of the laxity of management of the wool business in London, which Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →During the last month of the year the weather throughout this colony has been variable, but on the whole agreeable. The holiday season was remarkably fine, and Christmas passed away most pleasantly. In the metropolis…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A GENTLEMAN travelling from Echuca informs us that from the former place to Deniliquin, the stock route is so much worn by travelling sheep that the pulverised earth forms a floating dust, knee deep. He stayed for two days…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ACCEPTABLE as were the rains of a fortnight ago in the Western and Southern pastoral districts, a fresh supply is beginning to be needed, owing to the high temperature and the drying winds which have prevailed. In some quarters…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On the 25th 7000 wethers passed through Parkes from Colaroy to Tindary, Cobar; Mr. G. J. Waters in charge. The sheep are in fair condition, although complaints are loud and deep of the scarcity of grass…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A GENTLEMAN travelling from Echuca informs us that from the former place to Deniliquin, the stock route is so much worn by travelling sheep that the pulverised earth forms a floating dust, knee deep. He stayed for two days…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →IN Victoria the harvest in the early districts has dosed. A special reporter of the Leader has visited the chief wheat-growing districts; and, according to his report, it is estimated that, although the average in nearly all districts will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE lately remarked that England would have to pay high for her wheat this autumn, basing that opinion not so much upon the interference with the exports from Southern Russia and the neighbourhood of the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →IN the Northern districts of New South Wales (remarks a Queensland journal) several breeders of cattle have for some years taken great pains and incurred very heavy expense in establishing herds of…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of land, crops or stook, an their experience has proved to be useful. By writing…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →WOOL.—We did not hold an auction sale last week, owing to the holidays, but shall resume our sales to-morrow, Thursday, after which they will be held regularly on our usual days. We look for good competition, and trust that the market will now be more…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—1700 bales of wool were offered at Messrs. J. H. dough and Co[?]s sale to-day. Inferior to ordinary descriptions only ware catalbgued. Greasy sold up to 1s…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The wool season, which usually commences in September and end in December, has not yet ended, but gradually drawing to a dose. Up to the present the exc[?]s has been between 7000 and 8000 bales over…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the opening of our auctions on the 13th instant, the available quantities amounted to 120,983 Australasian and 60,926 Cape, together 181,909 bales, about one-third being wools held over, or withdrawn, from previous series this year. The quantity of new…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The rummer in which Mr. Farnell and his colleagues propose to deal with the important question of the reserves, will be seen from the following memo which has been addressed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It will be remembered that early in 1877 the Assistant Agent-General sent to Dr. Schomburgk, of Adelaide, about 400 grains of wheat taken from a quantity that had been left by the American ship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As a small guide to the value of the produce of this district, we might mention (says the BARWON ARGUS) that during the last season our local wool-scouring firms have scoured upwards of 4000 bales of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—I have observed for nome time past that many of our woolgrowers in this colony send their wool from the Redfern Railway Station direct by ship to Melbourne, being under the mistaken idea that their clips will realise a better…
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