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Farming & the land, 1881

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1881 · page 2

LONDON, February 19.-The wool sales progress firmly. Foreign buyers are opera- ting freely…

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Charge of Cattle Stealing. TAREN

Evening News · Monday 21 February 1881 · page 2

A the court of potty sessions at Forster, before; the police magistrate, John M'Queen was charged, with stealing a bullock, the property of Mr. Lachlan Fraser, of Gape Hawke. The evidence was…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1881 · page 2

LONDON, February 21.—The wool sales continue animated, but prices are unchanged…

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Tee Wool Trade of the Colonies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1881 · page 7

The addition of the first column of wool statistics, in c[?]r monetary column yesterday, was given as 133,409 bales. It should have been 138,194; the difference being the number of bales taken by two…

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Horrible Murder by a Madman. a Farmer Killed at His Work. Richmond

Evening News · Wednesday 23 February 1881 · page 2

At 11 o'clock yesterday morning, a dreadful murder was committed at Agnes Banks, near Richmond, by a man named Robert Williams, on a farmer named William Freeman, who was at his…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 2

LONDON, February 22.—The wool sales are characterised by considerable activity, and prices are firmer…

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Our Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 8

Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co. in their recently-published circular have under-estimated the increase of this season's shipmonts of wool from New South Wales, as compared with the exports to the same date of lost season. They…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 6

By Messrs. Mort and Co.—Wool: [?] grease at [?] [?] KH, 20 at 9d; A. Forbes over Mount Brisbane [?] [?] conjoined, [?] WK over D, [?] scoured pieces and bellies at 15[?] WD, 14 at [?]…

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London Wool Sales. [Per the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company] London, February 21

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 2

The sales progress firmly ; greasy has declined 1d per lb; combing, washed, 1d ; superior clothing, washed, scoured and crossbreds have declined 1d to 1½d per lb since close of last sales. Up to…

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Farmers' Picnic

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1881 · page 6

The annual picnic of the farriers of the city and suburbs was held yesterday, at the Sir Joseph Banks Hotel, Botany, and proved a very successful gathering About 300 persons, in omnibuses and private vehicles, left the Town Hall at…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1881 · page 6

Sale of 2049 bales from Sydney and Queensland, by Jacomb Son, and Co., on Wednesday, 1st December 1880:- Ex Alexander Duthie and Sydenham, from Sydney: L&Co. in diamond, Lorne, 22 scoured fleece at 21[?]d, 1 combing at 21d,…

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Ulladulla Pastoral and Agricultural Show. ULLADULLA

Evening News · Friday 25 February 1881 · page 3

THE Ulladulla Pastoral and Agricultural Association's annual show was held on Tuesday and Wednesday, 15th and 16th instant, on the new ground, and was an…

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Commercial. Wool Sales.—thursday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1881 · page 6

By Messrs. Maiden, Hill, and Clark.—Wool: DP, 6 bales greasy at 83/4d; JKM over Mercadool, 11 pieces 4¼d; Morbella, 5 sooured looks at 9½d; RH conjoined, 7 scoured pieces at 11½d; ditto, 8 bellies at 11½d, 1 locks at 93/4d. Sheepskins: w. A. & Co…

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Pastoral Items

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 19

AtDemliquin (says the PASTORAL TIMES) H. J. Wooldridge reports that 5000 breeding owes from Nangunia will be here on the 23th instant, in his hands for sale. U. S. Braim and Co.report sale of…

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Wool

The Sydney Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 5

At today's wool sales, 9600 bales were offered. There was less demand. The market was quiet, and 9000 bales were withdrawn. [The following interesting items of intelligence…

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Errors in Butter Making

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 20

THERE are several prominent errors in making butter which are quite common, easily pointed out, and in the main easily remedied. The greatest obstacle in the way of reform is to get…

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Insects in Wool

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 41

AN entomologist, M. Levoiturier, of Elbeuf, lately communicated to the French Acclimatisation Society the results of an inquiry as to the coleoptera found in wools from different parts of the…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 6

Sale of 299 bales, from Queensland, by Buxton, Davidson, and Lees, on Monday, December 6, 1880:- Ex Bertie, from Rockhampton: Werna, 6 scoured at 17½d, 20 at 15½d, 4 greasy at 7d; NZ&ALCo., Wellshot, 20 scoured pieces at…

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Sydney's Wool Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 334

If Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co., wool, tallow, hide, and grain brokers, of Melbourne, will persist in the opinion that Sydney is merely a kind of easy chair, to be used on special occasions when the Melbourne wool trade…

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Late Agriculture. the Weather, Agricultural and Pastoral

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 26 February 1881 · page 340

Since last Thursday the weather has been of the average character of summer, the temperature in many localities being high. Many stations in the North registered over 100, and at Euston as high as 111 is recorded. A few…

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