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Farming & the land, 1902

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 10

LONDON, December 6.--The easier tendency in valuator inferior merinos and all but the finest crossbreds noted the past few days, has encouraged importers to fall back on the mistaken…

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London Wool Market

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 11

Dalgety and Company, Limited, are in receipt of the following cable from their London house, dated 6th instant:--"There is some private inquiry for wool, especially merino qualities, and prices are a shade higher than…

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English Commercial Wheat Cargoes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

LONDON, Tuesday.--The cargo of wheat by the Callao has realised 30s 6d per quarter. Two Victorian cargoes, respectively of 10,000 and 13,000 quarters, have been sold at 30s per quarter…

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The New Wool Rates

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 6

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.—Complaints are being made about the new wool rates, which came into operation last September, end which are working seriously against the shipment of wool…

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London Wool Market. Dec. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 9

The sales here are progressing with fairly good spirit and competition is very general. The discrimination shown at the opening days has been accentuated. Preference is given for all fine wools, free…

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Australian Produce. Preservatives in Butter. London, Dec. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

One of the most interesting and instructive Blus Books ever issued by the Imperial Government is that lately published as the "report of the Departmental Committee appointed to inquire into the use…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Newsboys and the Trams

Evening News · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 3

After ian lateral of three weeks for the Christmas recess, the second half of the Sydney wool-selling season was commenced on Monday, with the resumption of the public auctions at the Among recent orders issued to the tram conductors is one calling them to give attention to the annoyance occasioned by newsboys. The great majority of the boys are well-behaved, but a…

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Northern District Wool Rates. Action by the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 2

The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce has again had under discussion the question of the new rates for the carriage of wool as lately adopted by the Railway…

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London Wool Trade. Opening of the Sixth Series. Merinos Unchanged.—crossbreds Again Fall

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 7

The opening of the sixth and last series of colonial wool sales for the current year was sufficient to see all eyes centred on the London Wool Exchange…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. WALGETT

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 4

The usual monthly meeting of the above association was held at the Royal Hotel on Saturday evening last. There was a good attendance of members; Mr…

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Farmer Chitty's Adventure

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 7

To the City Farmer Chitty, Plain but gritty, Came one day…

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The Dairy Industry. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 9

The directors of the Nowra Co-operative Dairy Company have pledged themselves to support the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society towards securing co-operative control of the Berry Central…

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Branxton Grape Crop. Branxton

The Australian Star · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 5

Only 815 points of rain were recorded at the Branxton post-office gauge during last year, which was one of the driest on record for this district…

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Agricultural and Pastoral

Evening News · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 8

MOREE, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Moree P. and A. Society, Mr. J. W. Scott was elected president of the association, in place of Mt. Jas. Halse, who resigned the position at last meeting…

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Wheat Supplies

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 6

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat is estimated at 3,050,000 quarters for the United Kingdom, and at 950,000 quarters for the Continent…

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Commercial. Wool

The Australian Star · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 7

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency CO. report for the first sale of the New Year they submitted a catalogue of 3237 bales the selection including good assoriment…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 8

The inspector of the Bathurst Stock Board (Mr. G. S. Smith) paid away m scalp bonuses on the 6th instant £41 15s, as follows:—1545 kangaroo rats at 2d, 595 crows' heads at 6d, 14 native dogs at 20s…

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Large Shipments of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

The steamer Nineveh, which sailed to-day, took 3699 boxes of hatter (or 90 tons) for South Africa. Of tinned butter the same vessel took 2431 cases, equal to 243,100 lbs. This quantity…

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Shipment of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The cargo of Victorian wheat by the barque Salamanca has sold at 30s 6d per quarter…

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South Australia. Standard Bushel of Wheat. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 January 1902 · page 7

The coin trade section of the Chamber of Commerce to-day fixed the standard sample of wheat at 62lb, per bushel, the same as last year. Much of the grain is pinched owing to red rust. The standard…

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