Yesterday a party of bowlers and ladies numbering 35, from the West Maitland and Newcastle districts arrived in Launceston by the express from ...
Article : 553 wordsYesterday I saw a monster apple of the Gravenstein variety, grown by Mr. H. Button, in his orchard at Dilston, East Tamar. The apple, which was very solid. ...
Article : 195 wordsThe Bulgarian Finance Minister states that the financial position of the country is excellent, and that up to September 13 there was a considerable excess of ...
Article : 1,444 wordsWheat is steady, with a firm enquiry on the spot, sales being g ado up to 3s 7½d. 'Business in the country is dull owing to the difficulty of getting the grain away ...
Article : 494 wordsOn the Invermay green this afternoon, at 2.45 sharp, six rinks of Invermay will play against the visitors. The following will represent Invermay:— ...
Article : 67 wordsFollowing a discussion as to the average weight of a newly-born calf, the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester (Eng.), decided to keep a careful record ...
Article : 552 wordsOur Stanley correspondent writes:— The potato crops generally are turning out pretty well, and free from disease. The recent fine weather has enabled the ...
Article : 74 wordsMatches will be played on the Royal Park courts this afternoon to decide the association "B" grade captaincy. Large entries have been received by the ...
Article : 127 wordsProduce deliveries to-day were:— 119 bags potatoes, 180 bags oats, 509 bags peas, 30 bags turnips, 269 bags chaff. 40b bags wheat, 429 bales straw. Quotations ...
Article : 145 wordsA tennis association has been formed between the Scottsdale, Central, West Scottsdale, and Springfield clubs, and it seems as a result that this popular ...
Article : 63 wordsTo-day's fruit quotes were:—Apples— Dessert, 2s 6d to 16s; cooking, 4s to 7s 6d per gin-case; Victorian Jonathans, 7s to 8s; Tasmanian Alexanders, 7s to ,8s ...
Article : 65 wordsNominations for St. Patrick's Day sports, Hobart, close with the hon. secretary (Mr. T. D. Carroll) on Monday. ...
Article : 21 wordsThe Tasmanian Woolgrowers' Agency Company, Limited, report having held stock sales at the following places:—At Epping, on Wednesday, a very large ...
Article : 495 wordsMessrs. Reilly, Gill, and Co., of Dunedin, New Zealand, report for week ending Saturday:—The past week has beer very strenuous in handling all the fruit ...
Article : 202 wordsMildness of climate, picturesqueness of scenery, good fishing, shooting, boating, and sport generally are the principal attractions for a settler at George's Bay. ...
Article : 569 wordsAccording to figures published in New York (says the correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph") Americans during the year 1912 gave about £65,400,000 ...
Article : 292 wordsIn the evening the visitors were given an official welcome by the Tasmanian Bowling Association, at the Brisbane Hotel. There was a good muster of ...
Article : 731 wordsApples—There are heavy suplies of Nova Scotian apples, and the London and Liverool markets are weak. Californians are being largely consumed, and America ...
Article : 221 wordsThe storm winds on Wednesday night levelled to the ground 25 acres of hops at Kempdale, Macquarie Plains, the property of Mr. R. W. G. Shoobridge. It ...
Article : 42 wordsIn some parts of the district the apple crops are light, chiefly owing to the boisterous weather. There has also been a great revival of the codlin moth. For ...
Article : 93 wordsMessrs. Robert Gardner, Ltd, report having held their wool sale yesterday at the ,Exchange, when the usual number of buyers were in attendance. Bidding was ...
Article : 242 wordsEntries for the annual show at Scottsdale in March next are reported to be coming in freely, and it is anticipated that by closing day (next Thursday) a ...
Article : 127 wordsW. T. Thorpe reports having sold, on trucks at Hobart railway:—38 bags of wheat, at 3s 9½d. per bushel; 11 bags of peas, at 4s per bushel; 1 truck of chaff, ...
Article : 89 wordsA representative meeting was held in the council chambers this afternoon to hear Mr. F. M. Pratt explaining the advantages of a freezing works ...
Article : 252 wordsThe Minister of Agriculture (Hon. T. Pasco) returned to-day, after having attended the Agricultural Conference in Hobart. In the course of an interview, ...
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Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954), Sat 22 Feb 1913, Page 5
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