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Farming & the land, 1908

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A Farmer with £3000 Ordered to Pay Permanent Alimony to His Judicially Separated Wife

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 5

Mr. Hamilton (instructed by Mr. A. E. Roberts) appeared in the Divorce Court this morning, before Mr. Justice Simpson, in support of an application, on behalf of Bridget…

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Farm Labourers' Union

The Australian Star · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 5

The efforts to form an organisation of farm labourers, or bush workers, were successful last week, when a branch was established at Donald (states the 'Age"). The objects of…

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Milk Vendor Sues Dairyman. a Non-suit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 February 1908 · page 10

On February 13 Mrs. Francis Brown, who carried by a general store business in Campbell-street, Camperdown, was fined £5 and 4s 6d costs at the Newtown Police Court for selling adulterated milk on January 19 to…

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Pastoral Notes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 522

At the conference of the Australian Workers' Union, Mr. Spence, M.P. (president), said in his address that the union had a membership of 40,000…

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Pastoral Products

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 15

The amount of wool manifested to arrive by rail at Sydney yesterday was 315 bales…

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Stud, Flock, and Herd. Dairy Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 37

As complete success in dairy farming, depends in the first instance on the cattle used therein, it goes without saying that the dairying industry of an country is not on a sound…

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Wheat in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

"The Miller" of January 20, referring to the London wheat market, says:—"The week has been a rather quiet one in our special trade world, the general disposition being to look on and await the turn of events…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 11

Wool sales were held yesterday at the Sydney Wool Exchange, Bridge-street, when the quantity catalogued totalled 9181 bales, and the sales, including private transactions, amounted to 7292 bales, as under:…

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Improving the Hind Quarters of Cattle

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 37

Discussing this question in the "Live Stock Journal," as a writer interestingly remarks: "As a breeder, in a small way, of Herefords, it has often struck me that if you get…

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To-day's Wool Sales

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

Three catalogues were offered this afternoon at the Sydney Wool Rooms, Royal Exchange Bridge-street, totalling 9913 bales-Schute, Bell, and Company, 2582 bales; John Bridge and…

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Wheat in the Country. Stacked

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 9

The wheat stacked at New South Wales railway stations and Darling Harbor, according to the official returns on February 15, amounted to 664,717 bags, as against 615,298…

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N.s.w. Butter. Complimentary Report From London

Evening News · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture has received a report from London regarding the butter shipment by the R.M.S. Himalaya. The report is signed by Mr. James Gillanders, and dated…

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The Wool Sale of To-day

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 522

The wool sale of to-day cannot be described by comparison with any other form of auction. Its features are distinctive and peculiar; the almost deafening and insistent…

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Hints to Producers. Fall in N.s.w. Butter

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 7

This week opened with a drop of 4s a cwt in the Sydney wholesale quotations for butter making superfine 116s; other branch proportionately. The weakening factors in New…

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Pastoral. Improvements. How Times Have Changed. Better Methods But Higher Wages

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 522

When one remembers that less than forty years ago many pastoral properties were still only partially fenced, and perhaps a few unfenced altogether, the shepherd and his dog…

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Agricultural and Pastoral. the State of the Country. Floods on the Rivers

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 6

During the past week further splendid falls of rain have been experienced over a wide area of the State. For the most part they have been of a steady soaking nature, but portions of…

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Bathurst Farm Fruit Crops

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 13

Mr. W. Allen, the Government fruit expert, paid a visit to the orchard at the Bathurst Experimental Farm last week. Although not so heavy, this year's crop of apples is, he states,…

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Hats in the Senate. One Hundred Per Cent. Wanted. Cotton Wool Loaded 20 Per Cent

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Government, not satisfied with the heavy duties on hats, as they left the House of Representatives, effected a combination with the Labor Party in the…

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NOTES & ANTICIPATIONS V.R.C. Autumn Meeting Newmarket & Australian Cup Candidates The St. Leger and the Two-year-Old Races—Caulfield Form Antonio's Win—Mountain King Defeated—Scotland and [?] Do Well—The Brewer Distinguishes Himself—Items from Everywhere. Selections for Flemington and Warwick Farm

Referee · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 1

VISITORS do not flock to Melbourne in the Autumn, as they do in the Spring, and the New-market and Australian Cup…

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The Theatrical Gazette a Compilation of the World's Stage Doings Her Majesty's—"the Dairymaids."

Referee · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 12

The Royal Comic Opera Company are still going strongly in "The Dairymaids." Her Majesty's Theatre has been full to overflowing over since the new piece went…

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