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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 119

The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 13,100 bales were offered. There is good competition. Friday. 11,800 bales were offered today. Prices…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1888 · page 8

By train 19 trucks fat cattle passed through for Melbourne, via Albury, from Bourke, Dubbo, Blayney, various owners. INVERELL, SATURDAY…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 13,800 bales were catalogued. The market is steady…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 8

Stock Movements: 2400 merino ewes, from Albury market to Cromer,.N. Z. L. and M. A. Co., owners; 140 fat cattle, trucked from Bourke to Melbourne, R. H. R. Glasson; 400 merino wethers, from Bungowannah Park to…

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Farm and Dairy Produce

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 7

Good supplies of forage were received at Darling Harbor terminus yesterday morning. There was a fair attendance of the trade, but the quality of the forage offering not being…

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A Farmers' Conference

The Australian Star · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 8

OUR travelling correspondent writes:--The movement set on foot by the Ginindera farmers will receive cordial support from most of the electorates in the south…

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The Victorian Farmers' Grievances. Protection Their Heavy Burden. They Want Leave to Buy and Sell in the Cheapest Market

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 May 1888 · page 6

The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Argus :-- Sir,--Why cannot the farmer say at once, what is in many of their hearts, if not on their…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 7

The total amount taken from all sources over the late Maitland show was £751, This amount considerably exceeds anything yet recorded by the society…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 2 May 1888 · page 6

At the wool sales to-day 13,800 bales were catalegued. The market is [?]tealy…

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Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 6

At the wool sales to-day eleven thousand two hundred bales were offered. Market continues firm…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Albury P. and A. Society

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 7

ALBURY, Wednesday.--A meeting of the Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held to-day, when Some important business was transacted. It was elicited that nearly £5000…

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The Wheat Market. London

The Australian Star · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 6

Adelaide wheat, off coast, has been sold at 34s…

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Proposed Extension of Pastoral Leases in the Central Division to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 May 1888 · page 4

Sir,--As the Land Bill is now being dealt with in Committee of the Assembly, and as the proposal to extend the term of pastoral leases is likely to come before that body in a few days,…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 13,100 bales were offered. Prices are generally firmly maintained. LONDON, Thursday…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 8

The stock which passed through by train to-day were 19 trucks of fat sheep from Cowrs, consigned to Pitt, Son, and Badgory, Homobush; 28 trucks of fat bullocks, Bourke to Melbourne, via Albury, owners Australian Scottish…

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Murrurundi Pastoral and Agricultural Association. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Murrurundi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 May 1888 · page 8

A meeting of the Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held last night to adopt the sub-committee's report with reference to the improvements to the ground and the achedulo of prizes. The…

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The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 941

No important change has occurred in the weather since our last issue. The rain so badly required still holds off, and a droughty winter is predicted by the weatherwise. Strange to think warm weather is running into…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 7

A meeting of the Murrurundi Pastoral and Agricultural Association was held on Wednesday night. The committee, in reporting on the state of the ground, suggested upwards of…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Inverell

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 974

Stock Passings: 6200 weaners from Clairveaux, near Glen Innes, for Kingston, Stoney Batter, King Brothers, owners. The following stock passed to-day: 800 mixed store cattle…

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The Year's Wool Trade

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 May 1888 · page 974

From the annual review of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, we take the following paragraphs:— In addressing ourselves to our customary annual survey of the…

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