Australian Wool in the East
Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 19
MR. M. Synnot has published the following letter, received from Shanghai. The samples of cloth referred to, which have been made entirely of Australian wool by the Chinese weavers, the ARGUS states will be on…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 18
[We shall be happy Lo receive from practical farmers such suggestions as to the treatment of lands, crops, or stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 134
The Hon. W. J. Clarke, whose liberality and efforts to advance agriculture in our sister colony are proverbial, encourages his tenants by the offer of high prizes, to be awarded annually to the holders of…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 137
The metropolis and its suburbs have fortunately been favoured with another fine soaking rain, which has materially benefited all gardens and pasture paddocks. On Sunday heavy clouds were driven up from the south…
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The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 2
THE apparatus used is so completely adapted to its purposes, and such complete directions are given for its operation, that it can be properly used by any…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1879 · page 20
In a thickly populated country like England, the uniform removal of offensive matter from the dwellings is of immense importance. The health, comfort, and decent habits of the inhabitants are mainly…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1879 · page 7
The weather of the past fortnight has been like that of past summers, variable but not disagreeable. In a few districts the temperature has been rather high. In some localities the mercury has reached 118, but in the…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 177
The fact that about 3000 bales per week still continue to be brought to Sydney by the southern and western railways proves that the wool season, of the metropolis is not yet in a momband condition. The wool market still…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 19
THE WOW PURE-BREDS.—The DUBBO DISPATCH says:—We regret to learn that, in view of the want of encouragement, Mr. Todhunter, of Wambiana, intends giving up breeding pure-bred stock. It is…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 19
WHEN writing of the cattle in quarantine a fortnight or three weeks ago, I mentioned my inability to give particulars of those sent out by Mr. Chrisp, of Alnwich, Northumberland, and consigned to Messrs…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 37
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—No change to report. We have clueed under offer a small station property during week. Fat cattle: 1040. Owing to the holidays the usual sale day was postponed until Tuesday, the usual…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 174
Through the kindness of Captain Fernie, of the ship Windsor Castle, we were enabled last week to test Danish butter after a voyage from England, and regretfully we must confess that the foreign unmistakably is of better…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 19
IN our issue of last week we published a letter from Mr. M. Synnot, giving some valuable information on the subject of a proposed yarn trade with China and the East. We commend the project to the serious…
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Freeman's Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 19
[We shall be happy to receive from practical farmers such suggestions us to the treatment of lands, crops, or stock as their experience has proved to be useful. By writing for this journal…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 175
To the east of Hamilton, and extending for many miles in the direction of the Thames Gold-fields, is observable a vast prairie where, from the point of observation looking north-east, no hills are seen until the eye rests on distant…
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The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 177
The metropolis daring the past week has been under a temperature which was far from agreeable. The heat was sweltering on all, save the 27th ultimo, which proved a very agreeable exception, being clear, fine, and cool. Heavy…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1879 · page 20
A GREAT proportion of the Victorian crop of wheat has proved light in consequence of rust. We fear the same may be considered to be the case in this colony. It sterns that thia fearful scourge is gradually…
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Evening News · Monday 3 February 1879 · page 2
Bathurst never before saw such an immense quantity of wheats this early season of the year as is now coning to town, says the INDEPENDENT. Numbers of waggons and drays loaded with the golden grain are…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1879 · page 5
It is the custom of the Government of New South Wales to issue toward the close of each year a pamphlet containing a list of all the runs within the colony held under pastoral lease, with the names of the lessees,…
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Evening News · Thursday 6 February 1879 · page 2
Ross Donnelly Beer, a young man, was charged at the Water Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Lester, with stealing a cow and calf, the property of Henry Russell. A second information charged him with…
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