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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1888

2,366 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 119

Sale of South Australian Pastoral Leases. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The sale of the 1888 pastoral leases was concluded to-day. The sale has been a great, success, as out of 169 lots offered only 12 lots remain unsold. The total…

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The Wheat Market. London

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 6

The tone of the wheat market in England continues dull, and with a tendency downwards. Off-coast cargo of Australian, per Iron ship. 32s d…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 6

At the wool soles to-day 13,500 bales were catalogued. Prices are firmly maintained with good competition. The arrivals for next sales amount to…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

The weather is fine by day, bat wintry and frosty at night. Pasture ie suffering severely in most parts of the district, but there is no indication of a favourable change as regards the weather. Stock reports: 920 bullocks, from…

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Sale of Pastoral Leases in South Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

Thera was another large attendance at the sale of pastoral leases to-day, when the remainder of the blocks were offered. The blocks passed yesterday were re-offered. The remit of the two days' sale is that all the blocks…

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Conference of Sheep Owners and Shearers. an Agreement Arrived At. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

YOUNG, Thursday.--The conference between representatives of the newly-formed Young and Lachlan District Sheepowners' Association and delegates from the Amalgamated Shearers'…

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"The Poor Victorian Farmer."

The Australian Star · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 4

IT is sorrowful indeed to see DAILY TELEGRAPH sympathy being daily wasted on the "poor Victorian farmer," when the New South Wales…

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The Farmers' Position in Victoria. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 7

Sir,--Mr. Myles M'Rae has seat you a most extraordinary letter ; for defiance of both fact and argument it is seldom equalled. He says, that " for years the Victorian agriculturist has…

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The Indian Crops a Serious Outlook

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The summer monsoon rains in India are a fortnight overdue, and it is feared that the crops, especially rice, will be wholly ruined. The outlook is…

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South Australian Land Commission. Farmers' Hardships Recognised-- Revision of Rents a Necessity. Simpler Land Laws Advocated. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--The report of the South Australian Land Commission was laid on the table of the House of Assembly to-day. The commission recognise the fact that for…

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Drought in Northern India. the Crops Seriously Affected. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, June 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 June 1888 · page 8

A severe drought prevails in Northern India, and the crops are seriously affecetd thereby…

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The Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1377

The dryness of the weather, although so far not particularly harmful, is becoming drearily monotonous. The coast districts are passing through an extraordinary drought. Sydney's average rainfall for the last 30 years…

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Late Pastoral. Bourke

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1408

A report reached the local secretary of the Amalgamated Shearers' Union last night that shearing troubles had already begun. Dunlop station is the first to start in the district, and is one Of the largest. The men, so far, have refused,…

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An Improved Butter Tub

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 21

A batter tab having an air tight cover, and provided with a simple and effective fastener, is illustrated herewith. The chine of the tab is grooved, or made in two diameters, and is flared outwardly to…

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The Sussex Breed of Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 23

There can be no doubt that the merits of this breed are steadity and rapidly growing in public favor. Until fifteen or twenty years ago, when there was much less inter-communication between…

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Weather, Wool, Stock Movements

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 42

WEATHER.—Again have the hopes of a break up of the drought been disappointed; the rains which fell a few days ago having been succeeded by cold dry weather, which has checked the progress of vegetation in most districts. In…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 13

The London market has shown a hardening tendency, both home and foreign buyers competing with great spirit. Medium and inferior scoured merinos were reported ½d. to 1d. higher. Greasy had advanced from par to ½d., and for…

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New Railway Rates for Wool

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 1376

A new schedule of charges for the carriage of wool upon the Government railways comes into operation on the 18th July. The new charges are not in very many respects different from those now in force. In districts where there…

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English Commercial. the Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday Night.--At the wool sales to-day 12,000 bales were disposed of…

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The Wool Sales. London

The Australian Star · Saturday 30 June 1888 · page 6

At the wool sales today 11,700 bales were catalogued. The market is firm. The withdrawals to date number 3800 bales…

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