The Commonwealth Meteorological Department has supplied the appended notes on the state of South Australia at the end of last month:—With the exception of ...
Article : 495 wordsThe lambing prospects are decidedly unfavourable. Already heavy losses have been reported, and apparently they will continue unless rain should fall soon, and thus start ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 100 wordsPERTH, May 14.—The oat production last season was 961,157 bushels compared with the pre-harvest estimate of 1,197,333 bushels. The yield of oaten hay was ...
Article : 47 wordsThe half-yearly meeting of the Mount Gambier Cheese and Butter Company was held on Monday. Mr. J. Watson (Chairman of the Directors), presided. The directors' report state:—"For the ...
Article : 246 wordsOur Brisbane correspondent telegraphed on Tuesday:—Potatoes arriving from Victoria and Tasmania are free from Irish blight, and in every way satisfactory. Since the ...
Article : 83 wordsBRISBANE, May 10.—So far no reply has been received by the Government to the request made to the Government of New South Wales that the two States ...
Article : 79 wordsBOOLEROO CENTRE, May 6.—Farmers are pushing on with seeding, but clouds of dust often shut the teams from view. The labour of carting water is very heavy, and occupies two days a week. ...
Article : 2,584 words"Shirley."—The Director of Agriculture in Victoria, referring to your enquiry regarding methods adopted in that State, in dealing with dirty fruit cases, courteously ...
Article : 109 wordsFrom the Department of Agriculture has come to hand a copy of an instructive and useful bulletin by the Poultry Expert (Mr. D. F. Laurie), dealing with the 1911-12 ...
Article : 251 wordsThe effects of the severe season through which we have just passed (writes our Co[?]mandel Valley correspondent) are apparent throughhout the district. Large numbers ...
Article : 161 wordsToward the latter part of last year (writes our Port Lincoln correspondent) the clerk of the district council (Mr. P. H. Giles) reported that a deficiency of £1,236 ...
Article : 274 wordsA resident of the northern areas who arrived in the city on Tuesday unfolded a rather gloomy tale regarding the pastoral position. He said while at Jamestown he ...
Article : 301 wordsThe second annual meeting of the [?] Agricultural, Horticultural, and [?] Society was held recently. The President reported a "highly satisfactory [?] [?] although, ...
Article : 322 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation (Hon. T. Pascoe) states that the proposed irrigation scheme near Morgan has been carefully investigated by the officers ...
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Advertising : 11 wordsCOCKBURN, May 9.—Large numbers of stock continue to cross the border, on their way to the Adelaide markets. Although the stock routes are reported to be poor in regard to feed, most of the ...
Article : 196 wordsOn Tuesday, May 7 the Minister of Agriculture accompanied by his secretary (Mr. W. L. Summers) and the General Manager of the Produce Department (Mr. ...
Article : 125 wordsThe popularity of Mount Barker as a selling centre for pigs is indicated by the fact that since January 1 Messrs. Bennett & Fisher have yarded and disposed of 4,000. Of this number 3,600 were ...
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Advertising : 35 wordsA western lands Tease, known [?] Orient Downs, owned by Messrs. Locke Brothers, was sold at auction at Broken Hill on Tuesday by Mr. R. Allison, for Bagot, Shakes, ...
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Observer (Adelaide, SA : 1905 - 1931), Sat 18 May 1912, Page 15
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