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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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English Commercial. Australian Wheat. London, Jan. 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 9

Nine thousand quarters of South Australian wheat have been sold at 20s per quarter, and 11,000 quarters of Victorian wheat were sold at 28s 7½d per quarter…

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Farm and Station Notes. (By Our Special Commissioner.) Cropping 640 Acres

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 4

Farmers who have entered recently on the land should be careful not to exhaust the fortility of their farms by excessive cropping. It has been too much the habit in the past to get as much…

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Warwick Farm Races. Saturday, January 7. Farm Stakes—6 furlongs

Referee · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 2

Acorn, Sir Anthony, Idyl, Wollogorang, Record, Problem, Mica, Luxury, Latem, Belle Isle, Colleen, Killarney H. (late Killarney), Marvie Sovereign, Stellarane, Flower King, Miniums,…

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A Visit to Government Farms. Bathurst and Hawkesbury College

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1899 · page 7

A recent visit to the Government Farm at Bathurst and the Hawkesbury College, Richmond, was of great interest to me. I met the manager in Bathurst (Mr. Dunnicliff),…

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Pastoral Intelligence. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

The first lot of stock crossed the new bridge to-day. They consisted of 5000 fat wethers from Pomingalarna for Newport Freezing Works, Mackay and Copland owners…

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Alleged Cattle Stealtng

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

At the Parramatta Police Court yesterday, before Messrs. T. E. MacNiven, P.M., and J.J. Taylor, J.P., William Montague Parker, of Campbell's-hill Estate, Bankstown, and his sous,…

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The January Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 6

Messrs. Gibbs. Bright, and Co. are in recript of a cablegram advising the arrival in London of the Anna and Anna Ramien—the former after a passage of 100 days, and the latter 83 days. Both vessels were loaded by Messrs…

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English Commercial. the Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,280,000 quarters, or 35,000 quarters more than last week. The quantity afloat for the Continent…

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Wool Exports. Season 1898—9 451,109 Bales Six Months Ended Dec. 31, 1898

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

The quantity of wool received at Sydney and Newcastle for sale and export during the first six months of our statistical year amounted to 536,026 bales…

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Philippine Horrors. Monks Ring-Nosed Like Cattle. Prisoners Die by Thousands. LONDON, January 4, 4.14 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

A Spanish Prefect in the Philippines has made allegations of shocking brutality against the insurgents in the Archipelago. He asserts that the rebels are using monks…

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Parramatta Sewage Farm

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

At the Granville Council last night a report read from Dr. Armstrong, the medical officer of the Board of Health, on the parramatta Sewerage Farm, and its probable effect on Granville…

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Canada. Farmers Demand Freetrade

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 6

LONDON, January 4.—Seventeen hundred farmers in the province of Quebec^ have protested against the present excessive taxation in the Dominion. They demand a freetrade…

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Farming in Canada. Protest Against Excessive Taxation. London, Jan. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

Seventeen hundred Quebec farmers protested against tho present excessive taxation in Canada. They demand a freetrade policy…

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Granville and Parramatta Sewage Farm

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 3

At a meeting of the Granville council last night Mayor Windsor presided. One of the most important matters discussed during the evening was a report…

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Police Inquiries. Statement by a Farmer

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 7

The police to-day examined a farmer who lives about half a mile from Moran's paddock, which was the scene of the tragedy, and between Gatton and the paddock. From him…

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Canada and Her Farmers

The Australian Star · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

Farmers to the number of 1700 in the Canadian province of Quebec protested to the Premier against excessive taxation in the Dominion. They demanded that an adequate…

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Affairs in Canada. Farmers Demand Freetrade. Protest Against Excessive Taxation

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--Farmers to the number of 1700 in the Canadian province of Quebec protested to the Premier against excessive taxation in the Dominion…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 7

COOLAMON, Thursday.—The late rains have proved a great boon to this part of the country, and even now grass is beginning to shoot up In places. All tanks are full, and water is…

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Spayinc Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 12

We have been favoured by Mr. Thompson, Principal of the Hawkesbury College, with the following copy of a letter addressed by him to a gentleman in a neighbouring colony, on the…

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Victorian Wheat

The Australian Star · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 5

Ten thousand quarters of Victorian wheat, to arrive during January, have been placed at 28s 9d…

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