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Farming & the land, 1893

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The Baby-farming Case

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 16

THE hearing of the charge against the Making was continued in the [?] Criminal Court on Wednesday. The whole of the day was taken up with the addresses of counsel and the Judge's…

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What Farming

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 21

UNDER the hoading "Tidy up the Farm" the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST says:— In travelling through the country when a tidy-looking farm is passed with fences in good order building looking…

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At Raymond Terrace. the Highest Flood Ever Known. Every Farmer Flooded Out. All the Public Buildings Full of Refugees. Raymond Terrace

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 9

The flood is 4ft. higher than was ever known. Every farmer for miles around is flooded out. All business places in town are flooded. The water is 6ft. in the office of the Gloucester Gazette. The…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 487

Our Mudgee correspondent writes on March 4:— The second annual meeting of the Cooyal Dairy Company was held last week, Mr. S. A. Blackman presiding, when it was shown that during the year…

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The Baby Farming Cases

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 495

JOHN and Sarah Makin, man and wife, who were before the Coroner's Court about three months ago in connection with the discoveries of infants' bodies in the yards of various houses in…

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The Baby Farming Case. The Makins found Guilty. The Woman Recommended to Mercy. Remanded for Sentence

The Cumberland Mercury · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 1

The jury, were looked on on Wednesday night in the case against John end Sarah Makin, husband and wife, who bad been arraigned at the Central Criminal Court, before…

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Coffee as a Crop

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 18

We have received from the Maclean district of the Clarence, a specimen of coffee leaves prepared somewhat in the same way as are the leaves of the tea plant. We mentioned…

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Farm Notes

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 21

Shallow ploughing (says an Amrican paper) has given as good results under irrigation as deep ploughing. In a field at Rocky Ford, Colo., broken only 6in deep, lots of the beets ran down…

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Baby Farming in Sydney

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 11 March 1893 · page 12

The trial of John and Sarah Makin for the murder of an infant named Horace Amber Murray, at Redfern, on June 29 last, was opened at the Sydney Central Criminal Court on Monday…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 7

The following quantities of wool were manifested on Saturday:--By rail to Darling Harbor, 11 bales; by steamer, 15…

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Wool

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 11.— Since the close of the last series of wool sales there has been considerable activity in the London wool market. The number of bales…

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Australian Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday Night.--Australian wheat off coast is quoted at 30s per quarter…

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Miss Shaw on Pastoral Queensland

The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 2

Remarkable as Miss Shaw's letters to the TIMES from South Africa were, we think it will not be denied that those from Queensland are more striking still (writes the…

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Rust in Wheat

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 2

The nomenclature committee of the rust in wheat conference, which has been sitting in Sydney, visited the Agricultural College at Richmond on Saturday, for the purpose of looking at…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

LONDON, March 11.— The English wheat markets are declining and weak. The Continental markets are lifeless. The American market is dull. A parcel of…

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Tallow and Wool

Evening News · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company, Limited, have received the following cablegram dated London, March 10:—Tallow: The demand is limited, prices nominal. Wool: Since the close…

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Wesleyan Conference. Eleventh Day.—saturday. Pastoral Session

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

The conference was opened with devotional exercises at 10 a.m. The daily record was read and adopted. The second reading of stations was then…

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Summary for European Mail. Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5

The following shipments of wool from New South Wales have taken place during the week:—FROM SYDNEY. BALES March 11 Orizaba, s for London...550…

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Australian Butter. London, Saturday Night.--There is a

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 4

steady demand for factory butter, but it is expected that the arrival of incoming shipments will reduce prices…

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Australian Affairs. Broken Hill Proprietary Mine. Trust and Agency Company of Australasia. Factory Butter in London. LONDON, March 11

The Australian Star · Monday 13 March 1893 · page 5

Latest sales in London of Broken Hill Proprietary Silver-mining Co.'s shares were at £3 3s. The FINANCIAL TIMES says that in…

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