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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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Blight in the Cane Crops

Evening News · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 6

MACLEAN, Saturday.—The returning blight in the cane crops on the Lower Clarence is spreading fast. The affected fields so far are those which suffered severely last season. Those farmers who…

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"Emigrate and Starve." a Queensland Farmer's Complaint

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Sunday.--A Queensland fanner writes to the press, stating that the Government of the colony gull people in Great Britain to "emigrate aud starve."…

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Suicide of a Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 May 1893 · page 5

KIAMA, Saturday.--A sad case of suicide occurred this morning at Gerringong. Mr. George Harvey, a farmer, who had been suffering from melancholia, brought on by…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Collarendabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 3

Stock movements are rather slack, but good sheep are in demand. COOLAH, SATURDAY. The stock passings for the week were:—Monday:…

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Work and Wages. New Zealand State Farms. The Queensland Elections. The Bakers' Disputes--Melbourne Unemployed--Clergymen and the Workless-- Conference in Melbourne

The Australian Star · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 2

The disputes existing between the Bakers' Society and Messrs. Cook, of Paddington, and Greenwood, of Erskineville, are still unsettled…

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Australian Pastoral Company

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--A meeting of the shareholders in the Australian Pastoral Company, Limited, was held yesterday. Mr. Charles Edward Bright, the…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Mar 1.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the Continent is estimated at 1,348,000 quarters, against 1,184,000 quarters last week, and 920,000…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 6
Also in The Daily Telegraph

Per Union Mortgage and Agency Company: Wool sales continue to be well attended, and prices are unaltered. Sales close May 4…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, May 1.—The wool market is firm. Cheviot Hills clip realised ll½d, St. Clair 1s, and Weribore 9d…

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Australian Wheat. London, May 2

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 5

Australian wheat off coast is quoted at 30s per quarter…

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General Cable News. the London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. --At the London wool sales yesterday the attendance was good and the bidding spirited. The Moorak clip sold at 8¼d per lb., and the…

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Among the Ponies. Warwick Farm Racing. Canterbury Park To-day—The New Kensongion Course—Liverpool and Lillie Bridge—Odd Items

Referee · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 2

Canterbury Park is always a popular resort for followers of pony and galloway racing, and the meeting to-day will lack nothing of the usual attractiveness. For…

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Mr. Sheldon's Motion for State Relief to Farmers. (To the Editor of the ''Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 8

Sir,--I have read with interest the two letters of Mr. Edward D. Hudson which appeared in your columns on the above subject, and feel gratified that a practical…

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Condition of the Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 7

WELLINGTON, Tuesday. --Grass la plentiful throughout the district, and stock are in fair condition. BALRANALD, Tuesday.--The fall of rain which…

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London Wheat Market

Evening News · Thursday 4 May 1893 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company baa received the following message from its London office, dated 2nd instant: The wheat market ia dull. Victorian wheat, parcels, is worth,…

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The Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 4 May 1893 · page 4

LONDON, May 2.—Wool unchanged at to-day's sales. The Tumbledool, Paika, and Tabratong clips realised 9d, and the Haddon Bigg and Dangowan 9 1/2d. The…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Coonamble

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 May 1893 · page 5

Stock passings:—791 store cows and bullocks, from Bauchroy to Wodonga, M'Vean and Bowdal owners, B. L. Towner in charge: 2242 fat ewes, from T[?]bons to Sydney, Laycock Brothers…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, Noon.--The April-May series of London wool sales close to-day. Compared with the last series of sales, the prices obtained…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 May 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The next series of London wool sales will open on June 22. The succeeding sales will commence on September 19 and November 28…

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