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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 119

Victorian Farmers' Protection Association. (By TELEGRAPH.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 April 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The conference of delegates of the Farmers' Protection Association commenced to-day. Resolutions were passed affirming the desirability of the…

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Alleged Cattle-stealing

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 8

N[?]YGAN, This Day,--John Finn, a butcher, has been committed for trial on a charge of cattle-stealing from Smith, of the Mole, Macquarie River…

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London Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 9

Sale of 1198 bales, from Sydney and Queensland, by Willans and Overbury:- Ex S[?]lazie, from Sydnoy: CWD in oblong over JE. Collingwood, 5[?] scoured combings at 15[?]d, 14 crossbred at 15½d, l8 at…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 7

Stock Movements.—299 sheep, G. Brunskils, from O'Brien's Creek to Wagga; 299 sheep, from Wagga to Homebush, G. P. Wilson, owner, by rail. WILCANNIA, THURSDAY…

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Opening of the Wool Sales. LONDON,Thursday

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 4

The London and Colonial wool soles opened to-day, when there was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers. There was good competition, but prices…

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Victorian Farmers' Protection Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 7

The Victorian Farmers Protection Association continued their sittings to-day. It was proposed to apply for a 50 per cent reduction on the transport by rail of agricultural and pastoral products; but, in the face…

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The Victorian Farmers Protection Association

The Australian Star · Friday 6 April 1888 · page 5

MELBOURNE, This Day.--The sittings of the Conference of the Victorian Farmers Protection Association were continued yesterday. It was decided to recommend…

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The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 728

Contrary to all weather prophecies the Easier holidays did not bring rain. Cloudless skies and much warmth took the place of moisture, and although the state of affairs pleased pleasure-seekers and caterers for public…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 13

No cables have been received from England during the week respecting the position of this article. We recently called the attention of our readers to the large amount of wool purchased in the colonies by the…

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Weather. Wool. Stock Movements

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 42

The weather during the last few days has been extremely changeable, being bright and warm one day, and cold and cloudy the next. On the 28th ultimo it was generally fine, except along the coast, where it was cloudy and unsettled…

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Wool Reports. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 6

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co, report that sales opened this day at the level of lost sales, except for faulty, scoured, and coarse crossbrod, for whlcb…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Country Land Business. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 6

GOULBURN, Friday.--One thousand eight hundred und thirty-eight; acres were applied for at the local lauds office yesterday. The land revenue for the March quarter amounted…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 6

Dalgety and Co. report that the wool sales opened on Thursday, and a moderate selection of wools was submitted. The attendance of buyers was large aud competition…

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Wheat and Flour Afloat. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 6

The quantity of wheat and flour float for the United Kingdom is 1,500,000 quarters, against 1,930,000 quarters last week. The quantity atloat for the…

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A Great French Scientist. Louis Pasteur, of Paris. (For biography see " Pastoral News," on page 718.) a Great French Scientist. Louis Pasteur, of Paris. (See portrait on page 706.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 30

thing but a flirtation between Virginia and himself; and he was glad to see her get a husband who would enable her to live like a great lady— her ambition—which he never could have done…

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Victorian Farmers' Protection Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 12

The Premier and Chief Secretary were to-day interviewed by the Farmers' Protection Association in respect to certain resolutions of the conference. The Premier expressed surprise that the farmers expected a…

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National Instruction in Dairy Practice

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 727

Some months ago there was appointed in England a departmental commission to consider and report on the subject of the establishment of schools for training in agricultural and dairy operations. The…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 727

The Mark Lane Express says:—"Australian butter does not seem to meet a very good sale here as yet, and the value of a consignment dropped about 1d. per lb. recently. It is, however, a question of…

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The Farmers in Victoria. Demand for Bounties and Other Concessions

The Protestant Standard · Saturday 7 April 1888 · page 9

The grain growers in Victoria are suffering from low prices, so low that they are endeavouring to get further concessions from the Government. They have glutted their own market and…

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