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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

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To Encourage Sheep-breeders

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1905 · page 8

The council of the Tasmanian Shropshire Sheep-breeders' Association has, among other donations, voted £10 to the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association and £10 10s to the Royal Agricultural…

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Farms for Poor Men

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 January 1905 · page 4

If the Myall Creek Estate, of 59,934 acres, is purchased by the Government at the option price of £2 11s 6d per acre, a sum of £200,000 would finance…

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Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 9

The steamer Medie, which sailed on Saturday for London and Liverpool, took 9837 boxes of butter for the English market. Of the consignments for London Mr. D. Gerrad shipped 2437…

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Financial and Pastoral Views. Rents Considered Fair. the Menacing Rabbit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

Mr. George Maiden, the general manager of Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Co., a corporation with large business interests in the Western Division, is of opinion that the right thing…

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Wolf at Large in England. Kills a Hundred Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A wolf which had escaped from captivity in Northumberland destroyed 100 sheep. It was chased by foxhounds over the countryside…

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Wheat Country Swept. Flames with an 80-Mile Front. a Man Burned to Death. Many Farmers Burned Out. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

The week which closes to-night has been acknowledged as one of the most devastates in the history of the Wagga district. The heat wave, which can be said to have…

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Heavy Losses at Burrowa. Over 2000 Sheep and Other Stock Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 6

BURROWA, Saturday.--The Douglas fire raged all the night and to-day, covering an area over three miles wide and exceeding twenty miles in length, sweeping everything before it. Among…

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Wheat Snips in Trouble the Melville Island at Queenstown. Part of Cargo Jettisoned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association received a cable message on Saturday stating that the ship Melville Island, which left Melbourne on September 23, had arrived at…

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Fearful Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Churches, Houses, and Crops Destroyed. Loss of Life. Many Families Endangered. Great Heat in Sydney

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 4

Sydneyites on Saturday were in the throes of heat torment. They were reduced to such a condition of limpness that they had not sufficient exertion to ask; "Is this hot enough for…

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Farmer's Wife Incinerated

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.—Disastrous bush fires are prevalent in the neighbourhood of the town. The whole of the populace spent a terrible night fighting fires in the face of a high and…

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Farms Devastated

Evening News · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 5

MITTAGONG, Monday.—Bush fires are still burning around Mittagong. Several farms have been completely destroyed, the houses being saved with great difficulty. The damage at…

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Disastrous Bush Fires. Miles of Country Devastated. Many Homesteads in Ruins. the Town of Gundagai Threatened. Great Destruction Op Crops

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

News of terrible bush fires, accompanied by very heavy losses, both as regards crops and homesteads, was received in Sydney on Saturday, and yesterday. An…

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On the Land. Farm and Station. the Disastrous Bush Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 5

When the devastation of the past week and, that which is still going forward can be summed up it will almost certainly be found that the losses have been heavier than in…

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Our Products. Dairying Industry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 7

MORUYA, Saturday.--For November the Moruya factory treated 39,560 gallons of milk, aud during December shipped and sold 40,644lb. of cheese. The sum of £741 will be paid…

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The Cotton Market. Farmers Burning the Surplus. to Prevent a Slump in Prices

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--The New York correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" states that the farmers and merchants in the Southern States propose to…

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Devastating Heat Wave. Scorching Weather on Every Side. Bush Fires Raging Throughout the State. Miles of Country Aflame. Several Lives Lost. Great Damage in the Wheat Areas. Estimated at Over Two Millions Sterling High Temperatures in Sydney

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 5

A heat wave which finds few parallels in intensity in the meteorological history of the State is at present passing over New South Wales. The weather is the hottest experienced…

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Butter

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

The total shipments of butter from July 1st, 1903 to June 30th, 1904 amount to:— Boxes. Cases. Packages. 275.817 3,807 44…

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Wheat RECEIPTS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

The total bags of wheat received at Darling Harbour from Dec. 1, 1903, to June 30,1904, amount to ... ... ...2,122.758 bgs…

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Twenty Miles of Flames. Awful Destruction on the Mountains. Farmhouses and Woolsheds Devoured. Thousands of Sheep and Cattle Boasted. Narrow Escapes of Residents

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Tuesday Afternoon.—A section of the Blue Mountains, from Hartley through the Megalong Valley, and up to Kanimbla, has been swept by bush fires, which devoured…

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Big Blaze at Bathurst. Pastoral Properties Devastated

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 5

BATHURST, Monday.--The beginning of the year 1905 will long be remembered by residents of Bathurst and surrounding districts on account of the enormous damage done by bush…

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