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Farming & the land, 1884

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London Wool and Produce Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1884 · page 9

Wool.— Under date May 2, the European Mail has the following:—"The second series of colonial wool sales of the current year opened on April 29, with a catalogue comprising the following assortment:—3219 bales Sydney, 1550 bales Victorian, 100 bales…

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The Weather—agricultubal and Pastoral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1884 · page 11

Mild weather, without more than light showers, has been experienced duriug the past fortnight. The heaviest rainfall was in the Clarenced district. Tenterfield, Armidale, Port Macquarie, Taree, Sydney, and Kiandra were merely sprinkled…

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Pastoral Dams Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 6

In the Legislative Council yesterday, the debate on the motion of Mr Brodribb, that the Pastoral Dams Bill (as amended in select committee) be read a second time, was resume…

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Australian wheat

Evening News · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

LONDON, June 12.—Spot parcels of Australian wheat are unsalable at late quotations…

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Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

LONDON, June 12.—The wool sales closed this evening, the market being firm. The quantity catalogued during the series was 356,000 bales, upward of one-half of which was taken for…

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Attempted Murder. a Lismore Farmer Committed. Lismore

Evening News · Friday 13 June 1884 · page 2

Joseph FLICK, a farmer of Lismore, was charged in the Lismore Police Court with having shot at Mrs. John Currie with intent to murder her. The accused, who is the next door neighbour of Mrs…

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Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 5

London, June 12.--The wool sales closed to-night. 320,000 bales have been sold, and 38,000 bales have been held over for the next series. Crossbreds are ½d higher than at the…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 18

LONDON, June 12.—Sales close firmly this evening. There have been 855,000 bales catalogued, and 37,000 are reserved from sale. Good and superior merino greasy fleeces ruled at above…

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London Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 12

LONDON", June 6.—Af the wool sales to-day 9400 bales were catalogued. The competition was good. Crossbreds are about ld higher than at last sales…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 4

LONDON, Jane 12.—The wool sales closed tonight. 820,000 bales have been sold, and 38,000 bales bare been held over for the next series. Crossbreds are ½d higher than at the close of the…

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Landing Cattle on Glebe Island

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 1120

Our illustration very accurately depicts a scene which in Sydney, the capital of the principal pastoral colony of Aus- tralia, is unquestionably novel. It is the landing on Glebe Island of fat cattle from the steamer Yeoman after a voyage…

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Latest Pastoral News. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 40

Messrs. King and Co. report: Cattle, 1480 yarded, average quality; biddings brisk, prices up 10s to 2s from last week; prime bullocks £12 to £14 10s, good £9 10s to £10 10s, medium to £8 10s; prime cows £7 15s to £9 7s 6d…

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American Duty on Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 1122

In our issue of the 24th ultimo we explained how the attempt of the Republican patty in the United States Congress to reimpose the duties of the tariff of 1867 upon imported wool had failed. From 1867 to May of…

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The Coming Sales of Stud Sheep

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 22

CONSIDERABLE interest is already attached to the annual sales of stud sheep, which will be held at various leading wool stores during the early portion of next month, from the 10th to the 17th inclusive…

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Dr. Murray's Pastoral on Public Schools. (To the Editor.)

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 18

SIR,— Under the above heading a letter appears in your issue of 24th May, signed P. M., which is anything but complimentary to the people up Merriwa way, in advising the Minister for…

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Town and Country Rust-Proof Wheat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 22

THE advertisement in this issue of Anderson and Co., seedsmen, Sydney, regarding the foregoing wheat, will be attractive to those, in various parts of the country, in search of really reliable seed. The lot…

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Commercial. Wool, Produce, and Stock Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 9

WOOL.—At the auction sales of ther week 726 bales were catalogued. Competition was less active than at previous sales, buyers being less disposed to operate at the rule[?] required by vendors. 510 bales were quitted this…

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The Grazier. Animal Sales of Stud Sheep. Date of Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 22

Havilah Sale, Messrs. Griffiths and Weaver, July 9. Mudgee Annual Ham Fair, July 9 and 10. Messrs. Brunker and Woolfe, at the Australasian Wool Stores, Central Wharf. July 10 and ll…

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Weather—Wool—Movements of Stock. the News in Brief

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 22

THE weather seems to have settled down to what may be termed a favourable winter season. Showers have fallen along the southern border about Mudgee, Bathurst, in the southern coast districts; also in…

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Prevention of Scab in Sheep. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 June 1884 · page 13

At the meeting of the Albury Board of Sheep Directors, a circular was read from the Cannonbar board suggesting, with reference to the recent outbreak of scab at Carcoar, that some more efficient safeguard against a repetition of the…

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