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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

3,246 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 163

Darling Harbor Market. Farm Produce

Evening News · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 6

At the Darling Harbor Railway Terminus on Monday there was a moderate supply of forage forward from the numerous intermediate stations along the northern,…

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Balmain. Messrs. Cropley and Hawthorne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 June 1891 · page 6

A large crowd assembled last night at the corner af Beattie and Mullens streets, Balmain, to listen to an address from Mr. J. S. Hawthorne, one of the late members. There…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 4

LONDON, June 9.—Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. and Messrs. C. Balme and Co. sold 14,000 bales at the Wool Exchange to-day. There was a large attendance and a spirited…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 7

Stock passings: 1000 mixed cattle, from Warenda Station to Southern markets, E. Wienholt and Co., owners. GUNDAGAI, TUESDAY…

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Rust in Wheat. Report of the Conference

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 7

The Intercolonial Conference on Rust in Wheat sat again on Monday and concluded the business. The following report was submitted by the committee: --…

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That Baby Farm

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 3

The woman Harriet Whitmore, who, on Monday, was acquitted on a charge of manslaughter, at the Central Criminal Court, was charged yesterday with having wilfully made false…

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Balmain and Leichhardt. Mr. Cropley

Evening News · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 5

Alderman. R. B. Cropley addressed a fairly well-attended meeting of electors at Leichhard Town Hall last evening. Mr. Smith occupied the chair. Mr. Cropley said that he had worked hard to…

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The Coal Measures of the Clarence Basin. Coal Crops Near Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 3

A report has lately been furnished to Mr. Sydney Smith, the Minister for Mines and Agriculture, upon the coal-measures of the Clarence and Ricmond districts, by Mr.T.W.S.David, a geological surveyor…

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Baby Farming. Alleged False Declaration

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 June 1891 · page 7

HARRIET WHITMORE, who was on Monday afternoon tried as the Central Criminal Court and acquitted on a charge of having caused the death of a female infant, was…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Weather, Stock and Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 3

YOUNG, Wednesday. -- Stock crossings: -- 1400 hoggets, from Wombat to Morangarell, D. Mayoh owner and in charge. WILCANNIA, Wednesday. -- The steamers…

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Mortality Among Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- A report comes from Mansfield that sheep are dying by the hundred. The cause is unknown, but it is suspected to be a kind of worm. Mr…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 10

Harrison, Jones and Devlin, through their London agents, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co., are in receipt of the following cable advice regarding the opening of the June…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The June series of London wool sales opened to-day, when 14,000 bales wore catalogued. Compared with the closing rates at the April series,…

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

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 5

Stock Movements: 60 merino rams, from Gunbower, Victoria, to Goronga Peak, Booth, Benton, and Co., owners; 320 Lincoln rams, from South Australia to Queensland, R. Murphy owner; 5 Lincoln…

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London Wool Sales. London, June 10

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 5

The June series of the London wool sales opened to-day, 14,000 bales being catalogued. The prices, as compared with the closing rates of the April series, were good…

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The London Wool Sales. London, June 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 5

Messrs. Charles Balme and Co. and Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co. opened the new series of colonial wool sales to-day with catalogues amounting to about 14,000 bales…

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The Pastoral Lands of South Australia. Report of the Commission of Inquiry. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 5

The report of the Pastoral Lands Commission was laid before Parliament yesterday. The Commissioners directed attention to the following important factors, which appeared to have had a…

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Settling Farmers on the Land

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- The Minister for Lands recently sent a circular to the sugar planters with a view to promoting settlement on the land, asking if they were…

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Store Cattle

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 6

Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co. report:-- Returns lately to hand from Queensland, showing only about 24,000 head of cattle of all kinds having crossed the border into this colony, as…

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Store Sheep

The Australian Star · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 6

Messrs. F. L. Barker and Co. report:-- Inquiry is still somewhat slack, but shortly we look to good business for wethers in the wool…

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