Great Sheep-stealing Case
A WELL-KNOWN squattor, named Garrett M'Mahon, was tried last Wednesday at the Dubbo Quarter Session, before Judge Josephson,on a charge of having at Talaga on the 1st of…
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Latest Pastoral News. [By Eleotric Telegraph.]
HOMEBUSH, Thursday.—Messrs. Hurrison, Joues, and Devlin report:—1000 were forward for the week. The supply was again very full and the wholesale, men have had from 300 to 400 forward from outside purchases: but we…
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WHATEVER may be the opinions held by different individuals on the separation of Corowa from the Wahgunâyah Association, there must Le a unanimous verdict on the show held last Saturdayâthe first under the new…
Continued on Trove, page 198 →Goldsbrough's Wool Exhibition. Melbourne
The judges at Goldsbrough's wool exhibition are the principal wool brokers of Melbourne, with Joseph Austin, of Sydney, and Lavington Glyde, of South Australia. The fifty exhibits are from all the…
Continued on Trove, page 202 →The Cultivator. On Rust in Wheat
IN our recent notice of the report of the Queensland Board, appointed to inquire into the " causes of the diseases affecting live stock and plants," we promised further notice of that portion referring…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Pastoral Rents : the Other Side. to the Editor of the Sydney Mail
SIR,—I see in your paper of January 26 a letter from Mr. L. Fane De Salis, in which he accuses me and hundreds of others as unscrupulous disturbers of civil rights, and makes it appear that the lessees' life and liberty are in peril…
Continued on Trove, page 199 →Facts for Farmers
HIDE-BOUND TREES.—Trees that have long stems, exposed to hot suns or drying winds, become hidebound. That is, the old bark becomes indurated— cannot expand—and the tree suffers much in…
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The London colonial wool sales are postponed till the 26th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Wool Sales. [Goldsbrough and Co.]
Wool.—We did not hold an auction sale this week, but we have had a good inquiry, and have sold 128 bales greasy at 11½d; uiso another lot of 105 bales at 11d—these prices being fully up to late rates. We shall probably not hold another auction until…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Malpractices in Connection with the Wool Trade in Sydney
IN May last a letter, which was forwarded to the Herald by Mr. Fremlin, a wool-scourer, of Botany, and an extensive buyer, stated that it was the custom of dealers to purchase wool at various sales, and, when such wool was repacked,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pastoral Leases Act of 1869. Sale of the Unexpired Terms of Leases of Forfeited Runs of Crown Lands in the Unsettled Districts. Department of Public Lands, Pastoral Occupation Branch, Brisbane, 28th January, 1878
The attention of Stock-owners and others is drawn to the Notices in the Supplement to the GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, of the 26th instant, having reference to the undermentioned FORFEITED RUNS, stuated-in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goldsbrough's Wool Exhibition. (From the Argus, February 15.)
The exhibition of merine wool as Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co.'s wool warehouses, Bourke-shreet West, was largely a[?]tended yesterday, there being a constant succession of visitors throughout the day. The exhibition is the most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Case of Cattle Poisoning at Tamworth. to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—In my communication in reference to the reported cattle poisoning by green sorghum, which, thanks to your courtesy, appeared in your issue of Thursday, I omitted to state that in my opinion the said cattle were not poisoned,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Trade Circulars. Wool. [Willans Overbury's Annual Report for 1877.]
THE course of the colonial wool market during the past year has been disappointing. Apart from the prospect of a general recovery in business, which towards the close of 1876 was supposed to exist, there were special reasons for anticipating high prices…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Robbery
At the Central Criminal Court, on Thursday, Henry Harman, John Dalzeill, the elder, John Pelzeill, the younger, and John Smith, were indicted for having, on the 8th January, 1878, stolen 350lb…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London Wool Sales. London, Febreary 20
The number of bales arrived in time for the coming wool sales amount to 209,000. The following ships with wool cargoes arrived in time for the sales:—Holmsdale, from Sydney;…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Sydney Markets. Cattle and Sheep Market
AT Homebush on Thursday the number of cattle yarded amounted to about 485. all of which were sold. There were few prime bullocks, the quality being only middling. The best pens realized from £8 to £9; fat heifers about £6 10s to £7 per…
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It is satisfactory to find that the plentiful rains in the first week of this month did not pass off abruptly or give way to a change in which the advantages night be largely diminished by rapid evaproation. Up to the 16th there…
Continued on Trove, page 230 →Pastoral Items
The election of five sheep directors for the Hay district resulted as follows:—Andrew Macfarland, Esq., of Thelangerin; George Mair, Esq., J.P., Groongal; Ewan Macpherson, Esq., J.P., Benduck;…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The Cultivator. Hove, Hoven, or Blown, in Sheep and Cattle
OWNERS of small flocks or herds, either ordinary or stud, should at the present time be careful and watchful lest from the sudden change, from deficient and poor to abundant and rich food, valuable…
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