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Farming & the land, 1889

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Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 6

LONDON, January 11.-The cargo of Australian wheat by the Voirlich has been sold at 39s 6d per quarter, and that by the Carbet Castle at 39s…

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Australian V. Tasmanian Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Mr. Watermeyer, a squatter at the Cape of Good Hope, has published a letter in which he discredits Australian but eulogises Tasmanian sheep…

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Cattle Diseases on the Clarence

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

GRIFTON, This Day -- Horses which suffered from itch last year are again being attacked. Pleuropneumonia in a mild form has made its appearance in several…

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Australian Sheep. Tasmanian Preferred. London. January 12

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

Mr. Watermayer, a squatter in the Cape colony, has written a letter to the newspapers, in which he throws discredit upon the quality of Australian, and…

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A German Duty on Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--It is expected that Germany will shortly impose a heavy duty on imported wool…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 6

The stock passing through by train were eight trucks of sheep, Cowra to Homebush, owner Hornsby, to Pitt, Son, and Badgery. WILCANNIA, SATURDAY…

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Hamburg Freights. the Rates Doubled. Tariff on Wool. London, January 12

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

The Hamburg shipping freights have been doubled. It is expected that Germany intends to impose a Protective duty on imported…

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The Maize Crop

The Australian Star · Monday 14 January 1889 · page 5

GRAFTON, This Day--On Saturday, the first shipment of new maize- left for Sydney by the s s. Electro. It will, however, be several weeks before much of the new…

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Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report :--For our weekly sale yesterday we submitted a catalogue of 2788 bales. Although the produce of most parts of the…

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Request for Seed Wheat

The Australian Star · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 5

ADELAIDE, This Day.--The Premier has declined to grant the request of the farmers for seed wheat…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 8

Four thousand mixed sheep, from Black Stump Marthaguy River, Thomas Foran, owner, are now depastured on the Gilgandra run, being obliged to leave Black stump through want of water. The temperature…

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Proposed Butter Factory at Woodburn. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Woodburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 7

A meeting of the Woodburn Progress Committee was held in the School of Arts, on Saturduy evening, for the purpose of taking preliminary steps towards the formation of a butter factory in this rising district…

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A Syndicate for the Wool Trade. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 4

Sir,—I agree with "Woolly-legs, "the price of wool must be regulated by the consumption. It is also impossible to get wool-growers and cattle-raisers to unite in any movement for their mutual benefit. If we look…

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Temora Farmers' Union

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1889 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

TEMORA, Saturday.-A very largely attended meeting of farmers was held at Talbot's Courthouse Hotel this afternoon, for the purpose of adopting the rules and electing officers for the…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

LONDON, January 15.-At the opening of the Antwerp wool sales there was a large attendance, and biddings were brisk. River Plate wools showed a decline of five centimes. Australian…

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The London Wool Trade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 7

The position of the market is generally considered very good. Messrs Buxton Ronald and Co., wool brokers, write on December 4:-- "On the whole the position is strong. Trade is…

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Brisha[?]e Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, This Day. -- At a meeting of pastoral and commercial men held yesterday it was decided to take steps to hold large wool sales in Brisbane…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 7

Stock passings:—6000 wethers, Greenwick Park, R. W. Bennett owner, Frank Crocker in charge; 9000 ewes, Gobbagumelin, Wagga to Sutton Park, R. A. Bennett owner, Williams in charge…

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Proposed Wool Sales Brisbane. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1889 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A meeting of influential commercial men was held to-day with a view to inaugurate wool sales in Brisbane on a more extensive scale than hitherto. An influential…

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