Fat Cattle.—We have to report a steady market at [?] last weeks' values, which may be represented by 22s for best quality, and 20s to 2ls per 100lbs for other descriptions. We sold 30, Smith's bullocks, at £7 16s; 50, Richardson's ditto at ...
Article : 343 wordsNovember 23.—Fat Cattle. There seems to be still very fair competition for pood beef. Our sales, 30 head bullocks and cows, on account Mr. M'Kinnon, sold in lots, averaged £6 18s 6d about 21s per cwt. We quote—bullocks, £7 to £7 10s; ...
Article : 258 wordsAs will be readily understood, the topic most prominent in men's minds now, absorbing every spare conversational moment, is the race week so close to hand, and all its exciting possibilities. The final entries were posted late on Friday ...
Article : 1,137 wordsThe accustomed diurnal proceedings of the district have continued their wonted course, save in respect of that conflagration on the last day of October, which threatened destruction to an immense pile of buildings in the busiest part of ...
Article : 1,296 wordsRespecting a paragraph in your Hargraves correspondent's communication, relative to Windeyer affairs, I desice to say that I have in my communications refraimed from speaking of the merits or du[?] of Hargraves, and never should have ...
Article : 502 wordsFat Cattle.—1000 passed through the yards to-day, forming the week's supply, nearly all from Riverina, of good useful to prime quality. At opening, the biddings were somewhat languid, but in proving assales progressed; last week's prices ...
Article : 295 wordsBANQUET TO JOSEPH ECKFORD, ESQ., LATE MEMBER.— On Tuesday evening last this little village was a scene of festivity, in consequence of the visit of Mr. Eckford, the former member for the district. Mr. Eckford, on his ...
Article : 599 wordsThe opening of the new hall of the Mechanics' Institute was duly celebrated on Monday evening by a concert, the preparations for which I have before referred to. The attendance was, as befitted the occasion, a large one, and I estimate ...
Article : 725 wordsMINING.—There is a rumour that a new gold-field has been discovered near Cabbara, but there is nothing reliable. Several miners have started for the locality, and in a few days it will he known whether there is any truth in the report. Several ...
Article : 901 wordsSince my last, events of a stirring nature have transpired in this locality. At the time I wrote it was announced that a meeting would be held in the course of a few days for the purpose of establisings branch of the Education League in this town. ...
Article : 615 wordsTeo weather here is very unsatisfactory—scarcely anything but wind and dust, aim that in hurricanes Did I say wind and dust! Rather I ought to have said wind and gravel stones, which cut the flesh like so many knife points. And ...
Article : 457 wordsLast Sunday was the most trying day we have had this summer, an intensely hot wind blowing throughout the day, The thermometer standing at 100 in the sun at 9 a.m., and increasing as the day advanced, at 6.30 p m. it was 88 in a ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 28 Nov 1874, Page 33
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