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Farming & the land, 1896

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AUSTRALASIAN & Cape Wool Importers. For the London Market, 1895

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 24 March 1896 · page 3

Through the courtesy of Messrs. John Sanderson and Co. of this City we are enabled to publish the following return, furnished by their London House, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co. 111,513 Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Limited 111,899 Dalgety and Co., Limited…

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Bradford Wool Market

Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, March 24.—The Bradford wool market is flat, and there is little doing…

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Australian Produce in Europe. Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, February.--There is little or no change in values to chronicle. The choicest Victorian and New Zealand is worth in London from 100s to 102s for the very best, and…

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The Bradford Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Bradford wool market was flat yesterday, and but little business was doing…

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A Wool Firm's Picnic

Evening News · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 6

A complimentary picnic at Manly was given yesterday by the employees of Messrs. Wright and Abbott [?]akeside Woolscouring Works) and Swinburne and Stephen, of Botany, to the heads of their respective…

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AUSTRALASIAN & Cape Wool Importers. For the London Market, 1895

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 3

Through the courtesy of Messrs. John Sanderson and Co. of this City we are enabled to publish the following return, furnished by their London House, Messrs. Sanderson, Murray and Co, 114,513 Australian Mortgage, Land and Finance Co., Limited 111,899 Dalgety and Co., Limited…

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The Live Cattle Trade. Disastrous Results on the Angers. the "Horrors" of the Passage

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, February 21.--I alluded last week to the disastrous results of the shipment of live cattle by the Angers, which left Gladstone, Queensland, on November 22, with 381…

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Diseases of Animals Bill. Second Reading in the Commons. the Inspection of Imported Cattle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--In the House of Commons last night the Diseases of Animals Bill, which makes special provision for the Inspection of imported…

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Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Lord Brassey's Estate in Western Australia. an Experimental Farm. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 7

Lord Brassey, who owns an estate in Western Australia, has decided to start an experimental farm in order to encourage the development of rural industries in that colony. Lord…

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A Dairy Prosecution

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 March 1896 · page 5

SINGLETON, Tuesday.--At the police court to-day, after the luncheon adjournment, the case of non-registration of a dairy was called on, but there was no appearance of the…

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Wheat Statistics

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, March 24.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,550,000 quarters, against 2,659,000 quarters last week. The quantity afloat for the…

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New Zealand. Australian Sheep Stocks

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Wednesday.--The Agricultural Department have received a letter written for the Victorian Department of Agriculture by Powers, Rutherford, and Co…

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The Country. the West Australian Cattle Trade. New South Wales Cattle Admitted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Wednesday.--With reference to a statement that the importation of cattle from New South Wales had been prohibited by the West Australian…

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Australasian Produce. Butter, Bacon, Rabbits, and Eggs. a Profitable Trade

Evening News · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 6

LONDON, March 25.-Speaking at a meeting of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce last night, Mr. C. R. Valentine, late produce…

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Wool Trade Picnic. Employers Entertained by Their Men

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 3

A gathering or a somewhat unusual character was held on Tuesday at Manly, when the heads of the two wool-scouring firms ef Messrs. Wright and Abbott, Lakeside, and…

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The Abattoir Question. Location at Homebush Desired. the Cattle Driving Nuisance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 6

A public meeting was held last night at Homebush for the purpose of furthering the proposal of the removal of the Glebe Island abattoirs to the unincorporated land at…

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French Pacific Flagship. Arrival in Farm Cove

The Australian Star · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 8

A long time has elapsed since a flagship of the French navy visited Sydney, thus the arrival of the cruiser Duguay, Truin was an item of a, little more than usual…

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Dairying Intelligence

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 7

ALSTONVILLE, Tuesday.--The Alstonville Dairy Company headed all the other district factories last month, paying suppliers at the rate of 3½d per gallon of milk…

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Colonial Dairy Produce. Its Prospects in England. Address at the Society of Arts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 March 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. C. R. Valentine, dairy produce commissioner for several of the Australian colonies, in addressing a meeting at the Society…

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Live Cattle Export

The Australian Star · Friday 27 March 1896 · page 3

The disastrous shipment of Australian live cattle by the steamer Angers is referred to in the report of the Colonial Consignment and Distributing Co., under date…

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