Sydney Wool & Stock Journal. A Bi-Weekly Review of the Wool, Fat Stock, and Station Produce Trades. Published Every Tuesday and Friday. Monday, April 7, 1902
The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 3
Mr. Alfred Plumpton, the well-known musician, is dead. Prohibition in Manitoba has been repealed by a majority of 5,000 votee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Settlers' Association. Ponto Branch
The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 2
The usual monthly meeting of the above branch was held at Mr. S. Jackson's residence on Saturday, March 22, 1902. The president. Mr. C. Douglas…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy at Learmonth. a Farmer Drowns Himself and His Child. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 5
Edmund Foster, a resident of Lea[?]month, drowned himself and his only child F(a boy, 17 months old) in Lake Learmonth on Sunday evening. As far as can be learned from Mrs. Foster, her husband had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairy News. Mudgee
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 9
The Mudgee Dairy Company has paid £792 for milk supplied during March, the price per gallon being 5·88d. The supply is diminishing considerably owing to the drought…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hillston Farmers Want Relief
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1902 · page 6
HILLSTON, Monday.--At a meeting of the Hillston Farmers and Settlers' Association on Saturday it was resolved that the Minister for Lands be asked through Mr. J. G. Carroll, M.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Bombala
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 5
The district is looking beautiful, and good [?] is assured for the coming winter. BEECROFT, Tuesday. The most beneficial rains since September fell on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To-day's Commercial. Advance in Wheat. Chickwheat £50 Pee Truck. Oats 3s 5d Per Bushel
Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 3
Seeing that Californian wheat (on the basis of last Fridays privately cabled 'Frisco values) cannot be imported to Sydney (duty paid) under a bare landing cost of 4s 7½d per bushel, some…
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Evening News · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 7
Mr. T. S. M'Guire writes: "Narromine," in reply to me on the scarcity of farm laborers, gives the farm wages from 15s to 20s per week. I will admit that some farmers give the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Swimming. Lane, Read, Farmer and Co. Homeward Bound. the Trio in Hobart. Waning of the Season
Referee · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 7
The Launceston (Tas.) "Weekly Courrier" of Saturday last hits the following :— "The Champion swimmers, Messrs. F. C. V. Lane and George Road, in charge of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy News. Bombala
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 11
The half-yearly meeting of the Bombala Co-operative Dairy Company was held yesterday. Mr. C. Murphy presided. The report and balance-sheet, which was adopted, showed in improvement in the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Prime Vegetables at Tumut. Splendid Potato Crop. TUMUT
The Australian Star · Wednesday 9 April 1902 · page 3
Prime vegetables are being exhibited here. Mr. Robert Harnett, of Lower Bago, is showing Brownell's beauties in potatoes, the smallest of which weighs 21b. The yield…
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Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 8
BARBER'S CREEK, Wednesday.—The drought has caused rabbits and hares to migrate from their usual banks to the banks of the larger creeks. Hares have not become scarce on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agricultural and Pastoral. Armidale
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 4
Waterholes and creeks are drying up fast. Water was never so scarce before. Many people are obliged to drive stock miles to water. Farmers cannot plough…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Harvest
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 7
The official statistics of the last wheat harvest were issued to-day. They showed that the total area seeded was 2,113,248 acres, which was the smallest for three years. Of this total 369,796…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wheat Yield
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 5
The agricultural returns for 1901-2 just issued show that tho total area sown with wheat last year was 1,743,452 acres, a decrease of 169,795 acres as compared with the previous year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Wool Sales
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 9
Fully a month has clapsed since public business was done in this market, but to-day (Wednesday) the following catalogues were submitted by auction by the undermentioned brokers:—…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Sheep and the Goats
Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 7
Mr. J. W. Flack writes: Under the heading of "The sheep and the Goats," in your issue of April 3, "A Loyalist" appeals to the public to act in such a manner that the State and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Local Wheat. an Order to 'Frisco
Evening News · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 3
The other day the barque Iredale, laving loaded wheat, etc, was towed to an anchorage below Garden Island, to wait a favorable breeze, and put to sea, bound for the United Kingdom or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Wheat Ship Returns to Discharge
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 4
The high price ruling for wheat in the local market has resulted in the clearance of the barque Iredale for the United. Kingdom or Continent being cancelled. The vessel was loaded with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Wool Market. London, March 7
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 April 1902 · page 9
As far as London is concerned the situation remains unchanged from last week. The inquiries that came to hand continue to be chiefly for Gapes, and a considerable quantity of these wools has been sold…
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