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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

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The Wheat Block

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 6

MOLONG, Tuesday.—Farmers, merchants, and others dealing in wheat continue to complain of the inadequate railway arrangements for sending grain away. Fresh supplies arrive daily, and the…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Stock and Station Journal

The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company, Limited, has received the following cable from the London office, dated. January 13: The prospects are encouraging. Prices expected…

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The Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 10

Two Arms of woolselling brokers offered a large and attractive selection to a full attendance of buyers to-day. The experience of the last few days was repeated, and competition was exceedingly keen at the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 6

Extensive catalogues were offered at the continuation of the local sales on Monday, amounting to 92 2 bales—Co-operative Wool and Produce Company. Limited, 4424, and Messrs…

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The Northern Wool Rates

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 2

Last week I had a few words to say regarding the action of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce in connection with the Northern wool rates. The…

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Instruction in Wool. South Australian System

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 5

Mr. George Jeffrey, Instructor and Lecturer on Wool to the South Australian School of Mines and Industries, has been staying in Sydney for several days on an official visit to the various wool…

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The Wool Sales. London, Jan. 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 9

The arrivals of wool number 211,437 bales. Of these 61,000 bales have been forwarded direct to the buyers, and there are available for the first series of sales of the year 193,000…

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A Sheep Strikes Matches and Stakes a Bush Fire

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 6

The Carapook farms at Casterton narrowly escaped a serious fire on Wednesday. A mob of sheep was travelling along the road behind the Bella Vista…

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Wheat Supplies. London, January 14, 5.50 p.m

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 4

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat is estimated at 3,110,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and At 865,000 quarters for the Con[?]tinent…

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Goulburn Sessions. Bowral Cattle Stealing Case. Schofield Pleads Guilty. GOULBURN

The Australian Star · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 7

The Quarter Sessions were opened to-day, before Judge Fitzhardinge. Francis Henry Lymer, aged about 50, pleaded guilty to a charge of assaulting a girl,…

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The Merino Sheep. Should Be Large, with Heavy Neck and Plain Body

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 2

Twenty-five or thirty years ngo the most popular type was the wrinkly so-called Vermont merino, said L. A. Webster before the Ohio Sheep Breeders'…

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Swelled Head in Sheep. To the Editor of the "Stock and Station Journal."

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 2

Sir,—In your 4th December issue "C" wished for information on this complaint. We were years trying to find the cause, and came to the conclusion…

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Technical Education in Wool-classing. a Sound, Practical Idea in South Australia

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 2

In South Australia they seem to have hit upon a splendid idea regarding the teaching of wool-classing and the different branches attached to the profession…

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News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Boer War. Settling the Country. Government Land Purchases. Allotting Farms

Evening News · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 5

LONDON, January 14, 2.20 p.m.—The Government has purchased 80,000 morgen of land near Ficksburg, 43,000 morgen near Thabanehu. and more elsewhere in Orange…

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Dairy News. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1902 · page 11

During the month of December the Glen Innes Co-operative Butter Factory Company Limited, paid for 16,396lb. of butter at the rate of 9½d per lb. The net amount paid, after manufacturing expenses…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 7

KIAMA, Wednesday.—Considerable excitement was centred in the recent election of seven directors to the Woodstock Dairy Factory, Jamberoo. In the process of evolution…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 3

A fire broke out last night at Mate and Co's Brae Springs station, destroying 1000 acres of grass. By dint of great exertions the fire was got under control to-day, and no further damage is anticipated…

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Export of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 4

Two steamers cleared at the Customs yesterday. with shipments of wheat totalling 500 tons and 40,167 hags. The former quantity was included in the cargo of the steamer Afton,…

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The Wool Rates

The Australian Star · Thursday 16 January 1902 · page 4

The visit of the Railway Commissioners to Newcastle, has been the occasion for another expression of local opinion, as voiced by the Chamber of Commerce, on the subject of the…

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