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Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 163

New Zealand Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night. -- The cargo of New Zealand wheat by the ship Lismore has been sold at an average of 40s C6 per quarter…

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Wool. Sydney. Newcastle. Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 3

APPENDED we publish the Exports of Wool for the six months ending 31st December, 1890, and hope they will be found of interest to our many friends in the shipping and mercantile community. The…

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Victorian Wheat. London, April 15

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 5

A cargo of Victorian wheat by the Argyleshire has been sold at 42s. 2d. per quarter…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 3

Slock movements:—262 morino ewes, from Victoria for Moorwatha, W. C. Roid owner; 2906 mixed sheep, from Klckaria; 26,750 sheep and 355 fat and store cattle, from other districts for Albury markets, various…

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The South Australian Pastoral Commission. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 5

The members of the Pastoral Commission, who have been away from Adelaide for several weeks, travelling in the Far North, have reached Alice Springs. They report that the country which…

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Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 5

The quarterly meeting of the general committee of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held to-day. The low price of maize, owing to the excesaive production, caused some discussion, and a resolution…

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Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 5

At a meeting this evening of the committee of the Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society the bank pass-book was submitted, showing s credit balance of £250. The secretary reported that donations and…

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Sale of Shorthorn Cattle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 April 1891 · page 7

Edward Trenchard and Son offered yesterday Samuel Gardiner's celebrated Brunswick herd of shorthorn cattle. The attendance included representatives from Queensland and New South Wales, but it was only…

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Victorian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday Night.--A cargo of Victorian wheat by the ship Argyleshire was sold in the London market to-day at 42s 2d per quarter…

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Australian Wheat

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, April 15.—The cargo of wheat ex Argyleshire, from Melbourne February 17, has been sold at 42s l½d per quarter. Parcels of Victorian wheat by steamer…

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Victorian Butter in London

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Information has reached the Secretary for Agriculture that a sample of eight boxes of butter, manufactured by the Government travelling dairy at the…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, April 15.—The London wool sales continue firm, with prices unchanged…

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Wool. Sydney. Newcastle. Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 3

APPENDED we publish the Exports of Wool for the six months ending 3lst December, 1890, and hope they will be found of interest to our many friends in the shipping and mercantile, community. The…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 6

Stock movements: 3200 mixed sheep, from Albury to Deniliquin, James Seymour owner; 5177 merine wethers, from Albury to Cootamundra, John Curry owner; 4400 mixed sheep, from Albury to…

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Incendiarism. Woolshed Fired. 500 Bales of Wool Burned

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—The United Pastoralists' Association received the following telegram from Mr. E. B. Learmonth, of Gumbardo Station, near Adavale: Our woolshed, containing some 500…

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The London Wool Market. Losses of Gerhan Spinner

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 6

LONDON March 13.--The second series of sales of River Plate wool, which began in [?]werp on Tuesday, will close this day without having made much impression upon the…

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Export From Sydney. Per OCEANA, s, for London v Melbourne and Ports. A. Maclean, agent. Cleared April 4th, 1891. Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 2

BALES. Harrison, Jones and Devlin. 303 Hicks, Martin and Drysdale. 259 A. Hinchcliffe Son and Co. 244…

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Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 4

At the Darling Harbor Railway Terminus this morning there was a moderate supply of forage forward from the numerous intermediate stations along the northern, southern, and western…

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The Travelling Dairy

Evening News · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 5

We are informed by the Director of Agriculture (Mr. H. C. L. Anderson) that Mr. Neil Harper, of Atterton, Parramatta, has been appointed by the Minister for Agriculture manager of the…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 857

The warm, dry weather which prevailed through last week was displaced on the 12th instant by light rains, which, spreading gradually from the sonth-west, reached the coast districts about 9 p.m. on the 13th. Nearly all…

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