Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Farming & the land, all years

Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1910

7,842 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 250

Meetings of Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

BATHURST.—A special meeting of the Agricultural Society considered the case of Judds suspension. After a long discussion it was resolved to recommend the committee to remit…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Serious Shooting Affray. Farmer Fires at His Wife. Wounds His Two Stepsons

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1910 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--An exciting shooting affray occurred at Kulpara, near Port Wakefield, yesterday, Richard Lambden, a farmer, who had been absent some months at Renmark,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wool and Wheat Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

Now that the trains are running regularly again the wool and wheat is being brought into the city in large quantities. During the week ending January 1 a total of 18,923 bales of wool…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Butter Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 9

Butter shipments from Sydney during the week ended December 31 amounted to 15,928 boxes, 15,217 going to the United Kingdom, 63 to Japan, 31 to New Caledonia, 282 to…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

On, the Land. Farm and Station. the Wheat Crop. in the North. xv

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

In comparison with early expectations the crop in the north, particularly about Tamweart centre and along the north-western line, is disappointing. For a time…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wheat. RECEIPTS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

The total bags of wheat received at Darling Harbour, Sydney, Goods, Newtown, and Clyde, from July 1, 1909, to Jaa 3…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wheat Afloat

Evening News · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 4

LONDON, Monday Evening.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,270,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 940,000 quarters. The shipments of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Wellington Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--At the Wellington wool sales the prices of last sales were well maintained. Lamb's wool was 12 34d…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Shortage of Wheat Trucks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

MOLONG.—Complaints are already fairly numerous concerning the shortage of trucks for the conveying of wheat from here and sidings to market. This is going to be a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wheat and Flour Imports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 9

The imports of wheat into Sydney during the week ended December 31 were nil. The flour imports were 100 sacks (of 200lb each) from Tasmania…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

More Wheat From West Australia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 13

Judging by all the latest advices, something like a prolific wheat harvest is assured in West Australia this season, consequently it is not…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Wheat Shipments. Perth (W.a.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

The barquentine Nebo will to-morrow complete loading the first shipment of this season's wheat for the United Kingdom, which will consist of 2000 tons, grown in the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Struck by a Bag of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 7

Niel Peterson, a resident of Pyrmont, while at work on Dalgety's Wharf yesterday, was struck by a bag of wheat, and received injuries to the chest and back. He was taken to the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

New South Wales Wheat and Flour Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 9

Exports of wheat for the week ended December 31 of the 1909-10 season were 31,432 bushels, 3861 going to United Kingdom, 7732 to South Africa, 19,800 to Japan, 21 to New Caledonia, 6 to Singapore, 6 to South Sea…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

A Coal Ship. Chartered to Load Wheat

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 5

The big Italian ship Antares returned to Sydney from Newcastle to-day, having been unable to procure a cargo of coal for her outward voyage. The Antares originally…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Wool Freights Reduced. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 9

A reduction of freight rates on wool from New Zealand to London has been decided on by the New Zealand Shipping Company, Federal-Houlder-Shire, Tyser, and Shaw, Savill,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Wheat Shipments. London, Monday, 3.50 p.m

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom amounts to 2,270,000 quarters; and the shipments afloat for the Continent to 940,000 quarters…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Aesop's Fables. the Farmer and His Sons

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 3

An old farmer lay very III, and it was noon that he was going to die. So he called his two son, and said:--"My boys, all the fortune that I have to…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Twenty Farms Available. the Brookong Estate Resumption

The Star · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 6

The Lands Department announces that the closer settlement purchase farms comprising the part of the Brookong Estate resumed by the Government will be available on January…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Pastoral Sheep-breeding Art. Benefit of Modern Farming

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1910 · page 8

The production of sheep in the early days was reckoned a business only suited for land not adapted to anything else. The squatter was regarded as an excrescence who should…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →