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Farming & the land, 1904

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Government Seed Wheat Repayments

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 5

GRONG GRONG, Monday.--A public meeting was held here last week to consider the question of repayment to the Government for seed wheat and chaff advanced during the drought. A large…

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Maltese Tariff on Cattle and Meat

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

The Premier has received from the South Wales Agent-General the following correspondence on the Maltese tariff on live cattle and frozen meat:…

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Struck by a Bale of Wool

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 3

Before Judge Rogers, in the Sydney District Court yesterday, Frederick Kirk, engineer, of No. 4 Essex-street, Sydney, brought an action against James M'Mahon, trading as "J. M'Mahon…

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Heavy Loss of Cattle. Three Hundred and Ten Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 6

The driver of the Birdsville mail reports that 310 cattle out of a mob of 1400, were drowned while attempting to cross Eyre's Creek, at Beddowrie…

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Verdict for £15. Injured by a Bale of Wool

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 6

Yesterday, in the District Court, before Judge Rogers, Frederick Kirk, of Essex-street, Sydney, proceeded against James, M'Mahon, trading us J. M'Mahon and Co., carrier, of…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rogers.) Struck by a Bale of Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 7

Frederick Kirk, an engineer, of No. 4 Essexstreet, Sydney, brought an action against James M'Mahon, trading as J. M'Mahon and Co., carriers, Circular Quay, in which he…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. Condobolin Branch

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 4

A meeting of the above was held on the 30th ultimo. A letter from the general secretary was read, asking the branch to support a candidate at the…

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Protest Against Valuation of Farms. Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 6

A letter has been received from the Gerringong Municipal Council asking the Jamberoo Council's co-operation in organising a public meeting of landowners of the South…

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The Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 7

GERMANTON.—Warm weather prevails. The majority of the farmers have finished harvesting, and are carting their produce to the local railway station. Wheatbuyers are…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. Subsoil Irrigation

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 7

The value of subsoil irrigation in hot district is becoming more apparent every time the theory is put into practice. Generally speaking, the application of water to the…

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A Kiama Farm. Rule Nisi Refused

The Australian Star · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

In the case of Green v. Green the Full Court yesterday afternoon refused a rule nisi, at the instance of the defendant, calling upon the plaintiff to show cause why a verdict found…

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Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 5

LONDON, February 16, 5.45 p.m.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,800,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,050,000 quarters. The…

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Wool Receipts

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 4

The following table indicates the total quantity of wool received each day at Sydney and Newcastle during the month of February:—…

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Government Seed Wheat

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 395

At a public meeting at Grong Grong on Thursday, attended by a large number of farmers from the surrounding districts, Mr. A. G. Humby spoke strongly on the necessity of the…

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Wheat Afloat. London

The Australian Star · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 4

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,800,000 quarters, and 1,050,000 quarters for the Continent. The Atlantic shipments are 83,000 quarters…

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WOOL. Weekly Review

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 15

After a week's interval, public auctions were resumed in the local market yesterday; when catalogues aggregating 2425 bales were brought forward, of which quantity two-thirds was sold nuder the hammer, the…

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Lost Wool. Application for Prohibition

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 10

A rather peculiar case occupied the attention of the Full Court, an application for a rule nisi for a writ of prohibition being made on behalf of John Rice to restrain two justices at Bourke…

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The Wheat Trade. Further Large Cargoes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 5

The Sydney wheat export trade is progressing steadily. Yesterday morning the four-masted barque Lyderhorn sailed for Falmouth for orders, with a large cargo, amounting to 38,963,…

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Bush Fires. Sad Havoc Amongst Sheep. Boggabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 10

Fires have bees raging around the district for some days, and some properties have been burnt out. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., Limited, lost about 400 sheep They were…

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The Wheat Fleet Inward and in Port

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 17 February 1904 · page 4

The attached list shows at, a glance the vessels that have been chartered to load this season's wheat in New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australian ports :—…

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