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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1903

4,857 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 243

Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 9

At the wool sales on Tuesday a small but attractive catalogue aroused brisk competition. The market continued slow with an upward tendency, especially for crossbreds and for good scoured incriuos…

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Seed Wheat. the Fore of Application

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 6

Preparations are being made by the Government in relation to the distribution of seed wheat, and the following application form bas been drafted:—…

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Notes and Comments. Sydney Wool Sales

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

The best price hitherto ruling for scoured wool was beaten at yesterday's auction by 2[?]d. per 1b., 25d. being secured for nine bales of 1st clothing of M. and…

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Dense Fog. Wool Sales Postponed. LONDON

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 4

An abnormally heavy Cog is prevailing in London. As a consequence, the January wool sales, which opened so satisfactorily, yesterday, had…

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The Preparation of Seed Wheat. to the Editor

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 8

Sir,--Will you Kindly allow file to make a [?]rection, and thus remove a misapprehension, which might possibly arise. In the article upon the "Preparation of Seed Wheat--English versus…

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The Rise in Wool Further News From London

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 6

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. report having received the following cable from London:--"Wool sales opened with a large attendance of buyers prices are par to 5 per…

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News by Gable. [Copyright] London Wool Sales. Fog Stops Business

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 5

LONDON, January 21. 5.30 p.m.—The wool sales fixed for this evening were postponed owing to fog. At the opening of the. wool sales…

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London Wool Sales. First Series Open. Par to 10 Per Cent. Advance. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 7

The first series of wool bales of the year opened to-day. The demand was brisk with an advance of from par to 10 per cent. Jan. 21…

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State of the Country. Farmers and Settlers' Relief

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 6

A prolimmary meeting was held yesterday afternoon, at the Chamber of Commerce, for the purpose of arranging the business for the public meeting to be held in the Town Hall on Friday night, in connection…

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Baby Farm. The Missing Children at, Finchley

The Australian Star · Thursday 22 January 1903 · page 3

The magisterial inquiry, into the alleged baby-farming case was continued in London the other week. 'Prisoners are Annie Walters, 51, married, of Danbury-street…

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SHEEP and Wool. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

The Sydney auctions since last writing have gone off very satisfactorily, with a clearance of over twenty thousand bales at auction, and nearly five…

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Cattle

The Sydney Wool and Stock Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

1,431 yarded, including a large number from the county of Cumberland. The bulk of the yardings were only medium and light descriptions, and included over…

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Homebush Cattle Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 4

At the Homebush cattle sale yesterday, the supply was unusually heavy, numbering 1430 head, although the number of trucks ordered up to Wednesday were sufficient for only half that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

The land board to-day completed its sittings. The chairman delivered two important decisions which had been reserved—Firstly, disallowing the application of the Scottish-Australian Investment Company for…

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Wool Steady

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

The movement of wool to-day lays upon lines previously poted. and all round the Bradford market there is little change to be noted. Here and there…

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Thursday's Markets. About Butter

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

Notwithstanding the advanced period of the month business in most departments of the Sussex-street produce markets continues to be on a fairly liberal scale. The principal…

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Seed Wheat Distribution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 7

It has come as a matter of surprise to the Minister for Agriculture that the form of application required to be filled up by farmers desirous of participating in the distribution of seed wheat is regarded in some…

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Wool Continues Strong

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

There is to-day little that is new to say about the Bradford wool trade. things being more or less similar to recent weeks. All the sound features…

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London Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 6

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co., Limited, have received a further cable from their agents, re the opening of the London January wool sales, as follows:—"Prices for…

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Early Wool Valuations

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 23 January 1903 · page 5

The following letter on early wool valuations bears out what I have written over and over again on this very uncertain practice. A valuer has only…

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