Scab in Sheep
With reference to a report that the Queensland Government had given instructions to its officers to prevent the crossing of sheep from this colony into Queensland, we learn on inquiry at the Mines…
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Newcastle Direct Wool Trade. NEWCASTLE
Tenders are to be invited by the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company for a two-storey wool warehouse. This is in addition to the company's existing premises, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capture of an Alleged Sheep and Cattle Stealer. [By Telegraph.]
QUEANBEYAN, Monday.--A clever capture of an alleged sheep and cattle stealer has just teen made. A man named Joseph Oldfield was brought into town in the custody of the police on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of Sheep at Deniliquin. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Deniliquin
Messrs. Braim, Tompaon, and Davidson report having sold 302 Boonoke b[?] stud rams, on account of Messrs. John M'Donald and Co., of Mungie Bundie, to Messrs. A. Armstrong and Co., of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
The drought is not yet overcome. Our table of rainfall shows that, during the past fortnight, in no district was the record heavier than 1½ inches. Many localities received no moisture. The coast was as…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Commercial. Wool Sales.—wednesday
By Mort and Co., Limited.—CFF. 22 bates fleece at 15d; BX, 8 grease at [?]d, 5 crossbred at 8[?]d, 5 locks at 10[?]d; Coop, 7 first pelt scoured at 10d; TC over G in circle, 9 scoured super[?] fleece at 16¾d, 6 combing at 16d, 21 first fleece at 15¾d,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Armidale
The annual show under the auspices of the Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Society began, to-day. There were about 700 entries; the weather was fine; and the attendance about 1200 persons. The sheep sections, though…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Legislative Assembly. Wednesday, March 19. The SPEAKER took the chair at the usual hour Sheep Scab
Mr. MOSES asked the Minister of Mines whether it was true that the Queensland Government, through fear of sheep scab, had prohibited sheep from crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Quarantined. BLAYNEY
The quarantine law is likely to press very harshly on sheep-owners, owing to the scarcity of feed in the Blayney district. Eleven thousand sheep, the property of Messrs. Maiden, Hill, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Legislative Assembly. Thursday, March 20. Sheep Scab
Mr. FREMLIN asked the Minister of Mines, without notice, whether it was the intention of the Government to destroy the American sheep now quarantined at Maitland on suspicion of being affected with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral Settlement in Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne
A meeting of shareholders in the Kimberley Investment Association, Limited, was held to-day at the Melbourne Exchange. Mr. Carson, in moving the desirableness of at once placing the Leopold…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Show. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Armidale
The weather was again favourable for the second day of the Pastoral and Agricultural Show, and fully 2000 persons visited the show grounds. The show of blood horses was very poor but draught stock of every kind was well…
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Our Albury correspondent writes:— "The drought broke up on Monday last. After close, threatening weather for some days, a steady rain set ia at an early hour, and by 8 a.m. 42 Points had fallen. Farther heavy showers came…
Continued on Trove, page 546 →Thursday, March 20. Sheep Scab
Mr. FREMLIN asked the Minister of Mines, without notice, whether it was the intention of the Government to destroy the American sheep now quarantined at Maitland on suspicion of being affected with…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →American Opinions of Australian Sheep
At the annual meeting of the Michigan Merino Sheep Breeders' Association, held last December, a paper read upon "The Australian Sheep Trade" requires more than ordinary notice, from the fact that…
Continued on Trove, page 546 →Preparing Wheat for Exhibition
An exhibitor writes to the Adelaide Observer:—"Let me direct, the attention of Judges and the public to an abase which has crept into our grain exhibits. The heaviest sample per Imperial bushel almost invariably secures the…
Continued on Trove, page 546 →Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Show. Armidale
The annual show under the auspices of the Armidale Pastoral and Agricultural Society began to-day. There were about 700 entries; the weather was fine; and the attendance about 1200 persons. The sheep sections, though…
Continued on Trove, page 568 →Late Agriculture. the Weather—agricultural and Pastoral
Although a little rain has fallen during the week, the agricultural outlook cannot be said to have materially improved since the time of our last going to press. The downpour has in no case been plentiful and it has been mainly…
Continued on Trove, page 568 →Latest Pastoral News. [By Electric Telegraph.] Gunnedah
Messrs. F. Bacon and Co. report:—There is no changa in the weather except that the nights are very cold; hence the stock suffer considerably through their low condition. Station buyers are more plentiful now for well-secured…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Queensland Sheep. East Talgai Flock. From a Correspondent
THIS flock, the property of Messrs. Geo. Clark and Co., although of comparatively recent formation, has acquired a wonderful success at our prinoipal sheep shows during the 12 years it has been before the…
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