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Farming & the land, 1896

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent.) Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

The following stock crossings were roportod to-day:—5200 wethers, G. G. Claughton owner, from Willurah station to Moama; 3000 wethers, W. Bell owner, from Morago station to Riverina…

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Victorian Exports. The Output of Butter

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 6

Although there has been a considerable falling off during the last six weeks in the export of butter to England, it is generally assumed that the reduction in…

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The January Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

Messrs. J. S. Mallier and Co. yesterday deceived a cable from London announcing the arrival of the ship Armida there from Sydney, after a smart passage of 88 days…

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Australian Butter. Alleged Adulteration. A Salesman Fined

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 7

Further information has now been received from the Agent-General's Office, regarding, the summons issued by the St. Marylebone Vestry against a ratepayer…

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The Price of Wool. Favorable Prospects

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Messrs. Chas. Balme aud Co., wool brokers, in their annual circular, state that there are fair prospects of the wool values being…

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The London Wool Market. Favorable Prospects

Evening News · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 2.—Messrs. Chas. Balme and Company, in their annual circular on the wool trade, state that there are fair prospects of the wool values being main…

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The London Wool Market. Higher Values Expected. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

Messrs. Balme and Co.'s wool circular states that there is a fair prospect of wool values being maintained. In their circular Messrs. Buxton, Ronald,…

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South African Delegates in Sydney. Reporting on Australian Agriculture. Local' Wheat Grown More Cheaply. South Africa Cannot Compete

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

Mr. Walter Halse and Mr. J. D. Visser, who are engaged on a tour through Australia on behalf of the Capo Colony Government to investigate the processes in…

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The Freetrade Tariff. No National Rejoicing. Shiploads of Imported Wheat. The Work at the Wharves-- The Customs Department

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 6

The free-trade tariff has come into operation to-day, and henceforth the man who owns lands or draws a salary will have to pay his tribute to the tax-gatherer. And…

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Dairy Export Trade

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 3

Australian butter has now attained prominence on the market (writes the Colonial C. and D. Co. under date London, November 29); but in sympathy with other kinds has…

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A Farmer's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--A farmer named James Sivyer, an old resident of Oakhampton, was found dead at his residence this morning, sitting in a chair with…

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General Cables. a Steamer Aground. Accident to a Cunard Liner. The Wool Market-- A Healthy Outlook-- The Missing Princes Discovered-- New Year Honours --Commercial

The Australian Star · Friday 3 January 1896 · page 5

The following cables arrived after yesterday's last edition had gone to press:-- London, January 2…

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Weather, Pastoral, Crops, &c

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 46

Some partial rains hare fallen daring the past week, chiefly through thunderstorms, accompanied with large hail and violent winds. The rain will swell the fruit and benefit the herbage, but what the…

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Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 4

The market for colonial butter is steady at unchanged quotations…

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Sheep Stealing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 18

BATHURST, Dec. 26—William Poole, a runowner on the Orange-road, has reported to the local police that numbera of his sheep have been stolen. Poole says he mustered in on August, and found the…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, January 3.—The butter brought from Adelaide by the P. and O. steamer Ballaarat has been sold at 102s per cwt…

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The Butter Market

Evening News · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 6

LONDON, January 3.—The butter market is steady. Prices are unchanged…

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Mortality Among Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Alarming reports are prevalent as to the loss of cattle in the Goulburn Valley district, and opinions are divided as to the cause of death…

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Bradford Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 4

The tone of the Bradford market is weaker, the threatening condition of foreign affairs and the political outlook depressing business. Common "tops" are quoted at 18d…

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Gambling in Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1896 · page 43

The increasing prevalence of speculation in agricultural produce, which originated in the United States and has spread throughout Europe, is felt to act most oppressively upon the…

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