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Farming & the land, 1885

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 94

The Primates Pastoral Letter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 5

A pastoral letter from the Primate was read in many churches yesterday announcing the holding of a simultaneous mission in most of the Sydney churches, beginning on june 14th, and in many of the suburban parishes in…

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Wheat and Hops

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 5

London, April 19.--Cargoes cf South Australian wheat are unsalable, and have been reduced I[?] New Victorian hops are quoted at 683, and are not likely to improve to price…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 6

London, April 17.—At the wool sales to-day about 8000 bales were offered. The market remains firm…

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The Wheat Market. a Relapse

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 4

LONDON, April 18.—Wheat has relapsed. The quotation ex warehouse is 40s per 4961b. Several cargos were sold at from 37s Gd to 39s for the latest shipments. March car[?] are at 38s…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Wiseman's Ferry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 7

The stock crossings here to-day were: 135 fat bullocks, from Broke, for Homebush; Mr. B. Tierney owner. GOONDIWINDI, SATURDAY. The stock movements in this district are as under: 750…

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The Wool Sales. Close of the Series

Evening News · Monday 20 April 1885 · page 4

LONDON, April 18.—The colonial wool sales dosed to-day. Prices were firm During the series about 226,000 bales were catalogued, and about 40,000 bales were withdrawn for the next…

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Telegrams. a Farmer Killed. MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 22 April 1885 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred near Pur[?] on Saturday evening. A farmer named William Anderson, who was returning home on horseback from the Warrnambool market. was found lying on the…

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Northern Territory of South Australia. Sale of Pastoral Leases

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 April 1885 · page 2

The leases for 25 years of about 79,000 square miles of pastoral lands in the Northern Territory will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office, Adelaide, on WEDNESDAY, May 27, 1885…

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The Wool Trade of the Colony

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1885 · page 4

In another column we print an abstract of an interesting report of the wool trade of the colony, which has been issued by the Now Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company…

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Annual Review of Tee Sidney Wool Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 April 1885 · page 6

From the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company's report we take the following extract:-- Notwithstanding the great diminution of the…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondents.) Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 April 1885 · page 5

The following are the local stock movements for the week:-6400 weaners, from Forbes to Nunigery, Bogan River, M[?]ra, Srrahorn Brothers owners; 1660 fat w[?]thers, from Gunningbland for Sydney market, Messrs. Horsley…

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The Russian Emperor. to Be Crowned Emperor of Central Asia. Insurance Risks. Wheat Market Firmer

Evening News · Friday 24 April 1885 · page 4

London, April 23.—It is rumored that the Czar of Russia is shortly to be crowned Emperor of Central Asia. The insurance offices have raised the war risk…

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Pastoral Intelligence

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 866

On the 20th instant, 12,000 wethers, owned by Mr. Donnelly, of Berambula, passed Junee Reef, en route for Lake Boolka, which is beyond Mount Browne. There is a remarkable fact connected with this Lake; it has not been…

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Dishorning Cattle

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 866

Dishorning cattle by artificial means (says a contemporary) ia a simple operation of considerable practical utility. It is attended with great suffering if performed after the horn has attained a size that makes it impossible to cut it off close…

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Sheep Quarantine Regulations

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 865

The following regulations under which sheep may be imported to this colony by sea appear in a recent number of the Government Gazette:— 1. No sheep shall be landed at any port or place in this…

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Catholic. the Archbishop's Pastoral Letter

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 14

THE Pastoral Letter of his Grace of Sydney, for the month of May, is such a singularly beautiful one, breathing sentiments of the deepest reverence and most touching tenderness, that we regret…

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The Carcoar Sheep District

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 6

The runs and holdings in the Carcoar sheep district were placed in quarantine nearly 12 months since because of the introduction of a small consignment of infected sheep from America, On…

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Close of Wool Sales

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 11

LONDON, April 18.—The colonial wool sales closed to-day. Prices were firm. During the series about 226,000 bales were catalogued, and about 42,000 bales were withdrawn for the next…

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The Grazier. Wool Statistics

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 22

A small volume of statistics relating to wool, issued by Messrs. Goldsbrough and Co., gives much useful [?]nformation regarding the wool export from Australasia, the annual sheep returns, and other matters…

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Bathurst Pastoral and Agricultural Society's Show. Bathurst, April 17

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1885 · page 866

There was a good attendance at the show to-day, and the interest of the public in the different sections seemed undiminished. The exhibition building was opened last night and to-night, and attracted large numbers of visitors. Up…

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