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Farming & the land, 1893

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The Wool Traffic

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 10

DURING the present wool season-that is from August to the present date-22,200 bales of wool have been received at Albury, as against 23,800 duritg the same period of last year, thus showing…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 6

The past week has been unusually quiet, no public sales having been held, but unusual interest has been centred in the London market, where the opening sales of…

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The Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.--At Bradford the prices of wool are well sustained; 60's supers, are unchanged, and crossbred wools are improving…

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London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 6

The following cables have been received, dated London, Thursday:--The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, Limited:--"Sales…

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A Charge of Sheep Stealing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

COOMA, Friday.--Edward Rowe, charged with stealing a sheep, the property of Stewart Donald Ryrie, of Egundrah, and three sheep, the property of Robert Evans,…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 10

Stock movements: 4000 ewes, from Walla Walla station to Aberdeen Freezing Company, V. J. Dowling owner, Lee in charge; 2500 fat ewes, from Tenandra station to Homebush, via Rylstone, R. F…

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Exports Generally. Meat, Fruit, Butter. Meat

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 25

There appears to be some hope at last that the practice which has so long prevailed of English butchers selling Australian and New Zealand mutton at high prices for English meat, may be…

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A Gigantic Load of Wheat

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 22

LAST week the largest load of wheat ever earned by one waggon arrived in Wycheproof (Vic.) The total number of bags was 161, and the gross weight 21 tons 3wt,the net weight beging 18 tons…

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Wool. Notes on the Wool Trade. Weekly Review. Australian and London Markets

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 40

Though the wool catalogued for the past week was considerably less than that offered at the first sales of the year, still the respectable number of nearly 26,000 bales were brought…

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General Cable News. Australian Surplus Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.--Beerbohm, says that the Australasian wheat supplies available for exportation will amount to 2,000,000 quarters…

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J. H. Geddes and Co. The Pastoral Finance Association Limited

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 3

The half-yearly meeting of the directors and district directors of J. H. Geddes and Co., the Pastoral Finance Association, Limited, was held on Wednesday at their…

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COMMERCIAL. The Wool Trade. JANUARY 24

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 209

With the auction sales held on Thursday last, when 4949 bales were submitted to the trade, the weekly series of sales in this market were brought to a close. The quantity sold on the last day of the…

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The Wool Sales. London, January 26

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day previous rates were fully maintained, crossbreds ruling slightly dearer…

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The Wool Market. London, January 27

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 5

At Bradford the demand for "sixties" superfine wool is unchanged, and crossbreds show a slight improvement on former prices. At the London wool sales merino, greasy…

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Queensland News. Agricultural and Pastoral. Insolvency Business. Release of Unionist Prisoners. Drowning of Four Children. General News. BRISBANE, January 23. Agricultural and Pastoral News

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 13

Flying foxes are very numerous this year in the Toowoomba district and are causing great havoc among the fruit trees.—The Wide Bay and Burnett Meat Export Company has decided…

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London Wool Items. Closing Sales of the Year

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 41

Our latest mail advices from London are to December 14, on which date Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Company report as follows: The concluding series of colonial wool auctions for this year began on the 25th…

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One-crop Farmers

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 21

MR. De Le, Motte, Inspector of Agriculture, recently officially interviewed the Moama farmers, and wrote thus :-It is very pleasing for me to report that the "one-crop" farmer, at least…

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Australasian Wheat Yield. the Estimated Surplus. London, January 26

The Australian Star · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 6

Mr. Beerbohm estimates that the wheat yield in Australasia during the present harvest will give a surplus of 2,000,000 quarters…

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London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Dec. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 11

As far as London is concerned, the wool trade is at a standstill—so near the close of last series, and the customary holidays at hand, no one is inclined to do any business, beyond the clearing up of…

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Disasters. Terrible Railway Accident. Collision and Fire. Passengers Boiled Alive. a Wheat Elevator Destroyed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 11

LONDON, January 22.—A terrible railway accident is reported from the United States. A passenger train came into collision with an oiltank train near Alton, Illinois…

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