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Farming & the land, 1896

4,084 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 205

London Wool Sales. Prices Still Hardening. London, March 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 9

At the wool sales, prices continue to show a hardening tendency. The sales will close on the 20th instant. The following rates have been realised:…

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Special Edition. News by Cable. London Wool Sales. Highest Prices

Evening News · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, March 13.—At the wool sales this evening business was animated, and the prices obtained were the highest of the present series of sales…

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The Wool Fleet. Tonnage on the Berth. the Exports for the Week. Movements of the Vessels

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 10

Eight sailing vessels, with an aggregate of 15,235 tons, and three steamers, equal to 14,678 tons, are at present on the berth at this port for London. The departures…

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H. A. C. B. Society. the Farmale Branches

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 15

SOME two years ago the District Executive of the Hibernian Society thought it advisable, in the interests of the Catholic young women of the colony, to start female branches. They accordingly opened…

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Traveller. Three Vignettes. Farm in October

The Cumberland Free Press · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 9

October S.—Paris in October—all while and a glitter under a cold, sparking sky, and the trees of the boulevards treating their frail, re[?] Leave ; garish, Patient parks ;…

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By wong and Dairy Creek Mines

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 564

Recently Mr. W. H. J. Slee, F.G.S., &c, Chief Inspector of Mines, visited the Bywong and Dairy Creek mines, and has famished a report to the Under-Secretary for Mines and Agriculture. In his…

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Experimental Farms

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 527

The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received a request from the farmers of Albury and other places to ask the Railway Commissioners for a special train to convey farmers in that district to…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 528

The Berry Creamery on one of the days of last week made five tons of butter. The average output of the last few weeks has been about 20 tons per week. The suppliers were paid for last mouth…

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A Neat Approach to a Farm Homestead

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 545

The farmer can, at the expense of a little labour and some taste, render the approach to his homestead a pleasure to the eye. Our illustration shows what may be done with rough stones and a graceful…

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Western Farmers

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 531

The Western selectors seem anxious not to throw away any chances for want of pitching their demands high enough. At a meeting of the Selectors' Association at Nyngan the other day it…

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Dairy Records

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 17

At the annual meeting of the Illawarra Milk Suppliers' Association Mr. C. J. Cullen was elected president, Mr. Thomas Armstrong secretary, and Mr. George M'Phail treasurer…

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Australian Birds. Farm, Orchard, and Vineyard Pests. No. IV. Zosterops Caerulescens, Latham. Grey-backed Zosterops, "Silver-eye," "Whiteeye," "Cherry Picker."

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 30

The amount of damage done to the fruit crops every year by the little bird forming the subject of our illustration this week is incalculable, Vignerons in particular have cause to know it,…

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Cooling Mixtures for Dairy Use

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 14 March 1896 · page 21

It is very easy to make heat, but not so easy to neutralise it. By using ice we can reduce the temperature without much trouble, but few persons ever think how or why the cooling effect is…

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By Cable. the Wool Sales. London, Friday Night

Truth · Sunday 15 March 1896 · page 5

At the London wool sales to-day the bidding was very animated, and the prices realised were the highest of the series…

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The "Daily Post" Conspiracy Charge. Conclusion of the Trial. Conviction Op Smith, Holman, Ellis, and Wool-bridge. Acquittal of Routley, Brassil, Gowans, and Love. Sentences on the Prisoners.—Remarks by the Convicted Men and the Judge.—"First Offenders Act" Application Refused

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 March 1896 · page 5

THE trial of Samuel Smith, Edward Ellis, William Arthur Holman, William Wooldridge, Patrick Brassil, William Purves Gowans, and John Love, the former directors and editor of…

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The Wheat Markers

Evening News · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, March 14.—The English wheat markets are tending downward. The Continental markets are dulL The American markets are changing a little for the worse…

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The Past Wool Season

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 4

In some quarters an attempt has been made to cast distrust Upon the contention recently maintained in our financial columns that the great rise in…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--At the London-colonial wool sales to-day business was animated, and the prices obtained were the highest of the present…

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London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Feb. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 7

The week immediately succeeding the closing day of the London wool auctions is obviously a very quiet one, and that under review has been no exception to the rule. During such a period…

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The Wool Sales. Highest Prices Ruling. London, March 13

The Australian Star · Monday 16 March 1896 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day the bidding was very animated, and the prices realised were the highest of the series…

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