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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

4,882 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 245

A Cattle Transaction

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 6

A suit was brought in No. 2 Jury Court yesterday by Edward Pritchard, a land owner, of the Nowra district,to secure the settlement of a claim against Messrs. Stewart…

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Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report: --We offered at the Wool Exchange yesterday a small catalogue of 264 bales wool, chiefly medium quality lots. The demand…

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Wheat and Flour

Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 3

LONDON, March 13, 7.15 p.m.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,135,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,200,000 quarters…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 6

LONDON, March 13, 7.15 p.m.—At the Wool sales this evening there was improving and continued competition, but prices were unchanged. The postal authorities intimate that a telephone…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

At the wool sales on Tuesday, Messrs Hill, Clark, and Company offered 453 bales, selling 301 tales, and afterwards privately 252, total 563 bales; Messrs. John Bridge and Company offered…

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Wool Sales. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 5

The wool sales to-day were marked by an improving competition among the Continental buyers. Prices were unchanged. March 14…

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London Wool Market. London, February 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 9

The week since last mail has been an uneventful one. Things do not improve—the tendency is the other way. Staplers in the woollen cloth districts are quite at a standstill. Manufacturers want…

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A Sale of Cattle. Pritchard V. Stewart and Another

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 8

In No. 2 Jury Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four, an action was beard in which Edward Pritchard, a farmer near Nowra, sought to recover £92 from John Stewart and Mark Morton, trading as Stewart…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 14, 3 a.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 2

The following prices were realised for the undermentioned clips:--Newstead, 7¼4d; Langwirra, 8 48 d; Billabong, 11d; Bynya, 11 58 d; Glenroy, Euglo, 11 78 d; Lake Cowal, 12d;…

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The Wheat Supply. London, March 13, 7.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 6

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 3,135,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,200,000 quarters…

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London Wool Sales. London, March 13, 7.15 p.m

The Australian Star · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 6

At the London wool sales today there was an improving tendency under the continued competition of buyers. Prices remained unchanged…

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Deserted Farmhouses. London, March 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 5

Lord Roberts, in his march across the Orange Free State, has found many deserted farms on which the white flag was flying…

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The White Flag. on Deserted Boer Farms. an Order From Lord Roberts

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--During his progress eastward Lord Roberts found many deserted Boer farms flying the white flag…

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Australian Sheep and Wool. a New Pastoral Book

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 5

We published a paragraph last issue about Mr. Hawkesworth's coming book on sheep and wool and promised to say something in this issue about his…

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Sheep and Cattle Stealing

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 5

Rules have been drawn up and adopted by the provisional committee of the Cootamundra Sheep and Cattle Stealing Prevention Association, and the reward for information leading to…

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Sheep and Wool. My First Shed—continued

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 5

Claverton is situated right on the banks of the Warrego, it is so close in fact that you could throw a stone into the water from the buck varandah…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 4

515 offered, including 90 from the north, 170 from the south-east, and the remainder from the Lakes district and local paddocks. The demand was dull at the opening sales, owing to…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 4

On Wednesday 1,400 cattle were yarded, comprising 550 from the north-eastern district, 700 from Gippsland, 100 from the westward, and the remainder chiefly from paddocks near…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 3

ULMARRA, Monday.—The weather has been dry of late. The maize crops are suffering, and water is becoming scarce in places. SINGLETON, Tuesday.—The splendid rains of…

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