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Farming & the land, 1885

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Pastoral News

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 6

MURRURUNDI, Wednessday.—Shearing is now in full swing in this district. The clip is expected to be heavy. NARRANDERA, Wednesday.—Messrs. Manning, King [?] and Co. report the sale for delivery of 3000…

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Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 5

About 180 head of good cattle occupy the western portion of the ground. The section is much-larger than has appeared at former shows on Moore Park, but will not bear comparison with the palmy days of Alfred Park, when…

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Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 5
Also in The Daily Telegraph

In the sheep section, of which Mr. M. E. Maher is the steward, the display is rather small. There is a cause for this. The restrictions enforced under the Sheep Act, which compel owners who send sheep to the coast districts,…

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The Wheat Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The English wheat crop is expected to average 29 bushels to the acre…

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British Harvest. a Good Wheat Crop

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 4

LONDON, September 2.—The harvest prospects are at present very satisfactory. The wheat crop is expected to yield an average of about 29 bushels to the acre…

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Colonial Wool Auctions

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- The September and October series of colonial wool auctions were opened to-day with only a small attendance of foreign buyers…

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London Wool and Produce Market

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 11

Wool.—From the European Mail of July 24 we extract the following:—"Since the close of the last auctions this market has remained quiet, though from all accounts there is a moderate business doing to cover immediate requirements. Quotations are…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 10

The late unseasonably warm weather has been succeeded by a light rain, which appears to have been general throughout the district Shearing is now commencing on most of the local stations—except those on the Upper…

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Colonial Wool Sales. a Small Attendance

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 4

LONDON, September 1.—The September October series of colonial wool auctions were opened to-day with only a small attendance of foreign buyers. About ll,900 bales were catalogued…

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CABLEGRAMS. (Some of the following items appeared in our second and third editions of yesterday.) London Wool Sales. New Series Opened

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 6

LONDON, September 1.—The new series of wool sales was opened to-day. Messra. C. Balme and Son said R. Jaoomb and Co. had about 12,000 balon catalogued, upward of half being from New…

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Farm Produce

Evening News · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 5
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Daily Telegraph

Farm produce is better represented at the present Agricultural Society's show than was anticipated. The bulk of the cereal exhibits, however, is contributed by Mr. Angas, of South Australia, and Mr. J…

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Farmers and Protection. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 11

Sir,—Since my last I have been to town, where I obtained access to statistical registers and other reliable publications, and from the information I thus aud otherwise obtained I am emboldened to address you once more. I am puzzled…

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Baby-farming at Ryde. Alleged False Registration

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 6

At the Ryde Police Court yesterday, before Mr. J. E. Manning and Dr. Harding, J. P., Mary Ann Baker appeared on remand, on bail, charged with having, on the 10th June, 1885, given a false certificate relating to the…

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The Baby-farming Case

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 5

This case, which has created considerable interest, terminated yesterday in the dismissal of Mrs. Mary Ann Baker, against whom the charge of giving a false certificate of birth was…

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The Baby-farming Case. Case Dismissed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 September 1885 · page 3

The charge against Mrs. Mary Ann Baker, who is alleged to have given a false certificate of the death of a child named Sydney James Wells, was returned before Mr. Manning J.P. and…

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Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 September 1885 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The collection of cattle, one and all are agreed, is by far the best over seen on a showground since the exhibition, at the ill-fated Garden Palace, and, generally speaking, the…

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