Articles from page 1123: Previous page Next page

  1. Please wait. Loading browse data... loading
  2. Farm Notes for the Season.

    A more pleasing contrast than what is presented by the present season to June of last year is not often witnessed. At this time last year the colony was on the eve of a drought, and was even then ...

    Article : 563 words
  3. Australian Wines for Bordeaux.

    At the annual meeting of the Rutherglen Vine-growers' Association held recently the following letter from M. J. Prunier, of Bordeaux, who is at present residing in Melbourne, was read:—" I have been ...

    Article : 338 words
  4. New Railway Rates.

    In order to promote the extension of the fruit industry in the country districts, the Commissioners for Railways have provided for a reduction in the carriage of fruit of about 50 per cent, off the ...

    Article : 92 words
  5. Poultry.

    I have had the pleasure of seeing the schedule of the New South Wales Poultry, Pigeon, Canary, and Dog Society for season 18[?]9. The dates for the next great show are July 24th, 25th, 26th, and ...

    Article : 1,823 words
  6. The Lower Richmond.

    Our Ballina correspondent writes on the 24th ultimo:—The weather continues very wet, rain falling nearly every day, and sometimes very heavy rain, too. A spell of fine weather would be acceptable now. The ...

    Article : 343 words
  7. Intercolonial Topics.

    The Goulburn Valley, Victoria, has suffered to some extent by floods. A telegram from Numurkah states that a messenger from the Kaarimba district reports a great rise in the flood waters there on Sunday morning, ...

    Article : 300 words
  8. Diversion of the Murray Waters.

    The Minister for Mines laid upon the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening the report of Mr. M'Mordie, C.E., late member of the Water Commission, with reference to the diversion of the Murray ...

    Article : 1,015 words
  9. Agricultural Societies.

    The Echuca Agricultural and Pastoral Society's annual meeting, was held recently. Mr. W. T. Webb, M.L.A., spoke at length on the efforts he had made to get the Goveennment to grant increased subsidies to ...

    Article : 549 words
  10. Preservation of the Trade in Kangarooskins.

    The committee seeking to secure better protection to the indigenous flora and fauna of South Australia lately received letters from Mr. R. G. Solomon, of Newark, New Jersey, one of the largest tanners in the ...

    Article : 574 words
  11. Breeders' Facts.

    It is calculated that there are at the present time about 70,000 large sheep-breeders in the United States, besides fully 1,000,000 small fanners who own small flocks. The number of sheep reared in the States was ...

    Article : 700 words
×

Buy

Download

Please choose from the following download options:

Share

Share this item on:

Print

Print page as...

The National Library of Australia's Copies Direct service lets you purchase higher quality, larger sized photocopies or electronic copies of newspapers pages.

Scope
Format of download
as... PDF PDF

You need to login before you can save preferences.

$