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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

4,300 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 215

Municipal Matters. West Botany Sewage Farm

The Australian Star · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 3

At the meeting of the Rockdale council on Thursday night, the Hon. J. H. Carruthers forwarded a copy of a letter received by him from the secretary of the Water and…

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American News. the Alaska Goldfields the California Fruit Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 May 1898 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO, March 23.--Of course the discoveries of gold in Alaska will continue to be of great interest to all your readers. Within the last mouth the news has been received here that…

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Pastoral Products. Goulburn Stock Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 7

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--The yardings at to-day's stock Rales were smaller than usual. The market was generaly quiet. In fat cattle, not many were forward; those offered consisted principally of medium to good…

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The Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,701,000 quarters, or 139,000 quartern loss than last week. The quantity afloat for the…

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American Wheat Supply

Evening News · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON. May 4, 6.30 p.m.—The visible supply of American wheat, according to "Bradstreet's," is 31.042,000 bushels, against 35,045,000 bushels last week…

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Country Wheat Markets

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 7

TEMORA, Wednesday.--Wheat here to-day is going up being sold at 310 [?]…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 6
Also in Evening News, The Daily Telegraph

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. report having received the following message from their London office, under date May 3:--"The London-Colonial wool sales opened to-day…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 4

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 3

At the London wool sales yesterday Messrs. Buxton and Ronald. Messrs. Balme and Co., and Messrs. Jacombson and Co., offered catalogues comprising 13,094 bales, of which half…

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The Continental Wheat Supply. Suspension of French Duties

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday, 3 p.m.--The French Government have suspended the import duties upon cereals until July next…

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London Wool Sales. Better Competition. LONDON, May 4

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 5

At the London wool sales to-day there was a better competition at the same rates as obtained on the opening day. The following cables have been received by…

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The Wool Sales. Decline in Prices. London, May 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 7

The third series of wool sales opened weak and showed a 5 per cent. decline in prices on the second series of sales. There was poor competition, crossbreds…

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Albion Pare Dairy Co

Evening News · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.—The half-yearly report of the Albion Park Dairy Company states that the term under review has been a successful one as far as the quantity of milk and price of…

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Noxious Trades. Rockdale Sewage Farm

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 7

At the meeting of the Water and Sewerage Board to-day a letter was read from the Rockdale council drawing attention of the beard to the fact that several complaints…

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Temora Farmers' Association

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1898 · page 5

TEMORA, "Wednesday.--A meeting of the Temora Farmers' Union was held on Saturday last to consider the question of co-operation amongst the farmers, and the position of the Homestead…

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Wool

The Australian Star · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 3

The Railway Commissioners give the returns of wool landed at Sydney, Newcastle and Morpeth for the season up till yesterday at 561,675 bales, or a decrease of 53,288 bales…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 3

Stock movements:—97 fat sheep, Moorwatha to Chiltern, J. S. Martin; 2000 mixed sheep, Splitter's Creek to Quondong, George Brothers, 10 fat bullocks, Coppabella to Melbourne, Ri[?]l Brothers;…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Shows

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 1

[The Editor will feel obliged if secretaries of Agricultural and other shows will forward dates and full particulars of their fixtures, together with advertisements…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Friday 6 May 1898 · page 5

The wheat market is very firm. Foreign is held for an advance of 1s 6d per quarter (8 bushels). Sales have been checked…

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