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Farming & the land, 1889

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The London Wool Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 9

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company review the London wool trade of the year as follows:— As in the preceding year, there has been an absence in 1888…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 9

5267 ewes and wethers, John Mitchell's, Buckingbong to Reedy Creek, Adelong, via Wagga, Tarcutta—C. E. Thomas in charge; 2000 ewes, Miller and Miller's, Yathonga to Cootamundra, via Wagga—B. O'Brien in…

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The Wool Sales. London, February 4

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 5

At the London wool sales to day, 7000 bales were purchased, February 5. At yesterday's wool sales the bidding…

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The London Wool Market. London, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 7

Crossbreds continue very firm. Good merinos are steady, but mediums are irregular…

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Proposed Wool Sales in Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 7

A meeting of persons interested in the holding of wool sales has been held to-day. There was a large attendance. Mr. J. Crombie, M.L.A., occupied the chair, Several letters were received from…

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The Victorian Farmers

The Australian Star · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 4

AMONGST the falsehoods told by the Foreign-trade press in Sydney is one to the effect that the Victorian farmers are in a deplorable condition…

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The Slattery and Heydon Appointments. to the Editor of the Dairy Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1889 · page 6

Sir, -- Mr. N. J. Collins, of thinning, tries to shift the responsibility for the appointment of an outsider to the clerkship of petty sessions at Gunning from the shoulders of Mr. Heydon…

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Australian Wheat

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

LONDON, February 6.-The Airlie's cargo of Australian wheat has been sold for the Continent at 39s 1½d…

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Importation of Wheat

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 4

A WRITER in a recent issue of the EUROPEAN MAIL directs attention to the fact that steamers are being chartered for the purpose of transporting…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co, have received the following cablegram from London, February 5:--"Since the commencement of the present series there has been a…

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The Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5
Also in Evening News

LONDON, Wednesday.--At the wool sales yesterday 14,000 bales were disposed of. The bidding was spirited, and there was a strong contingent of foreign buyers…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 7
Also in Illustrated Sydney News

By the mail a number of reviews of the colonial wool trade daring the past year by London wool-brokers have been received. From these we make the following extracts:--…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Weather and Stock. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 6

[?]REWARRINA, Wednesday.--One hundred and sixty-five points of rain fell here yesterday and last night. The weather is fine and clear today…

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Wool Sales. London, February 6

The Australian Star · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday 14,000 bales were sold. The bidding was spirited, and the representatives of foreign buyers were numerically strong…

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The Current London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 7

The following cable messages have been received from London dated February 5, regarding the London wool sales now in progress:--By Goldsbrough. Mort and Co., Limited:…

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Pastoral Intelligence. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Carcoar, Wednseday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 8

Stock passing: 34 trucks store sheep, Wellington to Wagga, also 1 truck horses, owners as camp: 1 truck pigs, Cowra to Homebush, Grant to Leeds and Company; 11 trucks fat sheep, Cowra to Homebush, J…

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South Australian News. The Seed Wheat Question

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.- The seed wheat question was finally dealt with by the Government on Tuesday, when it was decided that guarantee asked for by Messrs. John Darling and Son, large…

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The London Wool Market. London, Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1889 · page 7

The wool market is firm, and prices are unchanged…

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