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Farming & the land, 1896

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 4
Also in Australian Town and Country Journal

LONDON, May 8.-At the wool sales yesterday the following were among the prices realised Tarella, 8d; Balmoral, 9¾d; Win-dermere, 94; Fordon, 9?d; Dunedin…

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The Wool Fleet

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 13

Since last report the R.M.S. Oroya has sailed for London taking 135 bales, and the four-masted barque Lord Ripon followed with 2507 bales, also for London. The tonnage now on the berth…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondent. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 5

Stock crossings reporte to-day are:—473 wethers, E. B. Eagle owner, from Moulamein to Deniliquin, and sold by auction at the latter place to W. Leetham, Hill Plain; 250 rams, Messrs. Burcher and Haggan…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 17

Following on the glowing accounts of the second series of London wool sales which Unshed on March 21, we have now to recount the opening of the third series on April 28 with 281,600 bales available, us…

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The Wool Trade. Friday Evening

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 10

At the local sales held this week, at which 2229 bales were offered, the casier feeling which has become such a pronounced feature of the auctions now proceeding in London was stongly in…

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The Wool Trade. Tuesday Evening

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 959

In the local wool market there has-been but little business passing during the week which has just elapsed, but as the new consignments arriving are anything but large this slackness has not…

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Rooth's New and Improved Cattle Stalls and Fittings

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 967

From a recent number of the Meat Trades' Journal, London, we iearn that pursuant to an invitation from Mr. John Rooth, Douglas, Isle of Man, a number of gentlemen interested in…

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London Wool Market. LONDON, March 27

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 960

Apart from the clearing up of prompts, ad they fall due, there is nothing to indicate any movement in wool on this market. As all desirable parcels were sold at recent…

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H. W. Wright on the Wool Industry

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 951

Selections from the various chapters on the "Wealth and Progress" of New South Wales for this year are being published in pamphlet form by the Government Printer. The chapter on…

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The London Wool Sales. a Decline in Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.--At yesterday's London-colonial wool sales prices showed a considerable decline as compared with the rates ruling at the close of the March series of…

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London Wool Sales Prices Unchanged. London, May 7

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day prices were unchanged. There was fair competition between the buyers at ruling rates…

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The Fresh Food and Ice Co.'s Works. Lord Hampden on Dairy Farming. (By Our Special Reporter.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 27

Last week the Governor opened the N.S.W. Fresh Food and Ice Company's new refrigerating works at Grafton in the presence of a large and influential gathering. The Governor was shown over…

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London Wool Sales. Pall in Prices. London, May 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 9

At the wool sales this evening prices were unchanged. Competition was fair. Medium merinoes are from par to 5 per cent, below the closing rates of the…

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SPECIAL Latest Cables. the Wool Sales. a Quiet Market. London, May 8

The Australian Star · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day the market was quieter, but prices remained without material alteration. The current sales will be brought to a close…

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Seasonable Farm Notes for May. the Farm

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 22

FARMING operations should be pushed forward with energy. The ploughing should be done as deeply and thoroughly as possible, and the land got in readiness for operations proper to the season…

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Our Note-book. Turf Talk and Tips. Royal Stakes and Birthday Cup. Warwick Farm Notes. The Faithful and Windfall—Little Agnes Wins—Robin Earns a Bracket. Selections for Moorefield. Adelaide Cup Favorites—Warpaint's Win

The Arrow · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 6

The chief topic troubling the speculative section of sporting people just now is the S.T.C. Meeting, to be held at Randwick on the 23rd and 25th instant. What will win…

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The Dairying Industry. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 9

The sixth half-yester report of the directors of the Tongarra Dairy Company shows that during the past six months 36,356 gallons of milk were treated, producing 14,438th butter, being an everage…

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Dairy Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 952

A meeting of some large milk suppliers in the Kiama district was held at Kiama last week. Mr. John Love, J.P., presiding, for the purpose of considering the unsatisfactory price received for milk…

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Race Meetings. Warwick Farm Racing Club. Saturday, May 2

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 980

An enjoyable outing was provided for sporting folk on Saturday by the Warwick Farm Racing Club, whose invitation to the May reunion met with a hearty response, and the special train…

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