Pastoral Items
At Collcotor, cattle and horses are fattening fast, and tbe latter (if good) command high prices and meet With ready sale. A corrospondont from Wambrook writes:—…
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The Weather—Agricultural and Pastoral
During the past week the thermometer often furnished unmistakable signs that summer is close to hand. In several instances at inland stations the register exceeded 100, and at Coonabarabran touched 113. Light showers…
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LONDON, November 26.—The wool market is firm, and sales active. 9003 bales were catalogued to-day. LONDON, November 27.—The wool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Melbourne Wool Sales
MELBOURNE, Saturday.-Messrs. Hastings, Cunningham, and Co. report offering yesterday 2400 bales wool, of which 2200 were sold at auction. The market was unchanged and active…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Pastoral Intelligence. [By Electric Telegraph.] Forbes
Messrs, St. Baker and Harwood report no sales made locally this week, except small lots of fat and store cattle. There is a fa[?] demand for store sheep, and especially fattening wethcrs. The grasshoppers are getting bad again…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Farm and Garden. Amateur Gardener’s Guide for December. From the “Mail”
THE colony is [?]periencing what we may term a dripping season, and one on the whole very favourable to vegetation in general. The combination of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Coming Cattle Show
WITHIN the last couple of days I paid a visit to the International Exhibition ground, to look through the arrangements for holding the cattle show as well as to judge [?]what of the character of the exhibits…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Sales
LONDON, December 5.-Prices improve as the sales progress. The catalogue to-day comprised 6339 bales. LONDON, December 6.-The wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Wool Traffic
MELBOURNE, Monday.-The amount of riverborne wool received at Echuca this season, compares favourably with last season's return. At the present time it is roughly estimated that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Flood's Wool Warehouse
At half-past 2 o'clock on Saturday an accident which threatened to be followed by serious consequences occurred at Flood's wool warehouses, Circular Quay. A waggon laden with wool was…
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Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin report:--We again had very good competition for the wool we offered this afternoon. The good greasy wool still seems to be the most sought after. The highest price we obtained to-day was 12 12d for 28 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Devon Cattle, Hares & Ponies
The annual sale of Mr. Walter Lamb's Deron cattle, together with a good lot of well-bred mares and ponies, we have to remind our readers, will take place to-morrow at waodstock, Booty Hill. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney International Exhibition. the Stud Cattle Show
Yesterday the preparations for what may properly be termed the show of our cattle-breeders, occupied a great deal of the attention and time of the officials. It is apparent that the numbers of the entries were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The International Cattle Show
The show of pure bred cattle, one of the series of stock shows included in the programme of the International Exhibition, opened yesterday, and, as regards the weather and arrangements, under very favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cable Messages. The London Wool Sales
The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Co., Limited, have received the following telegram from Helmuth Schwartze and Co., dated London, December 6, through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
The Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Limited, have received the following telegram from Helmuth, Schwartze and Co., dated London, 6th instant, through Reuter :…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Helmuth Schwartz & Co's Wool Price Current
London, October 30, 1879.-Since the close of the last rules the market has witnessed a rapidly increasing animation . American demand partly, and partly the example of large upward movements in almost every other article…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exhibition Cattle Sales
The sales of pure-bred cattle held in connection with the International Exhibition commenced yesterday afternoon at 3, and the attendance was so large that brisk competition was expected. A commodious…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Report. (Per favor of R. Gray, Son and Co.)
The speculative tendency in the wool market gradually gains force and the private sales since the close of the public auctions are now estimated roughly at some 4000 bales. The continental markets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Joint Pastoral and the Public Schools Act. (Continued From the Sydney Daily Telegraph, December 1.) Vi
In the year of 1867 a copy of Public School Act, translated into Italian, was presented by Cardinal Barnabo to Pope Pius IX. His Holiness, on perceiving that one hour each day was apportioned for…
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