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  2. ON THE LAND.

    As stated in these columns yesterday, the average wheat yield about the Inverell district will be more than equal to any part of the State, running about 16 bushels. This is ...

    Article : 1,028 words
  3. Advertising

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    Advertising : 2,143 words
  4. RAILWAY TO HILLSTON.

    Sir,—As a resident of this district for the past twenty years, I wish to be permitted to ventilate through your widely circulated columns the unreasonable conditions under which ...

    Article : 939 words
  5. VICTORIA V SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

    The return match between Victoria and South Australia has developed into a far more interesting struggle than was at first anticipated. It looked almost a runaway ...

    Article : 778 words
  6. A STRIPPING RECORD.

    WELLINGTON.—A splendid stripping record was put up by Mr. Urban Sparkes, of Yeoval. With two harvesters he got off 1199 bags in six days, the best day being 214 bags. Mr. ...

    Article : 139 words
  7. DEALING WITH WHEAT HARVEST.

    MELBOURNE.—The work of trucking wheat was commenced on December 16, and up to the 4th inst 767,660 bags of wheat had been handled by the Railway Department, an ...

    Article : 45 words
  8. CATERPILLARS AND BEETLES.

    WINGHAM.—A plague of caterpillars recently did a lot of damage around the Comboyne. A 20-acre grass paddock belonging to Mr. Burton was stripped. Well-nigh ...

    Article : 89 words
  9. OPENING NEW COUNTRY.

    A correspondent, Mr. Samuel Southwell, of Hillston, in reviving the claims for a railway to Hillston, directs attention to the most urgent duty of Parliament at the present time ...

    Article : 730 words
  10. QUEENSLAND, POTATOES.

    A proclamation was issued in yesterday's "Government Gazette" prohibiting the importation, introduction, or bringing into New South Wales of any potatoes grown in the ...

    Article : 352 words
  11. PESTS.

    RICHMOND.—Some serious pests are much in evidence throughout the Hawkesbury district at present. Most noticeable are the common ladybird insect and starlings; whilst ...

    Article : 76 words
  12. DAIRYING.

    SCONE.—The first fortnightly pay of the Scone Co-operative Dairy Company amounted to £644. The largest cheque was £44. The suppliers numbered 66. The weekly output ...

    Article : 30 words
  13. DISTRICT ITEMS.

    WELLINGTON.—The rainfall for December, which totalled 6.44 inches, was the heaviest that has been recorded for many years, and although it interfered with harvesting ...

    Article : 86 words
  14. ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

    "Subscriber":—The allotment of a block in a Government closer settlement subdivision would not alone provide the settler with a security on which to obtain an advance from a financial institution, ...

    Article : 135 words
  15. AGRICULTURAL SOCIETIES' BOOKS.

    The Minister of Agriculture has had his attention drawn to a paragraph stating that he had ordered that agricultural societies shall keep their books in a particular way, and ...

    Article : 197 words
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