BUSINESS.—This has been very brisk during the week. The local millen have been buying large quantities of wheat, but they cannot possibly consume one-fifth of the quantity grown last year; and ...
Article : 334 wordsGENERAL.—The country round about is now looks. ing splendid. Graes, herbage, and water are to be found everywhere. Grasshoppers are doing some harm, and are to be seen in millions on the open, ...
Article : 162 wordsWEATHER.—Although, we have had rain, still, like Oliver Twist, we are crying for more. On Friday and Saturday night we had good showers. But these of themselves were not sufficient to penetrate the ...
Article : 336 wordsTHE WEATHER continues showery-in fact too much so for roany of the farmers, as it produces a rankness in the maize crop which some think is not beneficial. In addition to this it canses a rapid ...
Article : 159 wordsRECKONING Up.-As the roads dry up, and communication is being restored with outside places, so does intelligence arrive as to the results of our lata phenomenal rainfall. Happily, upon close ...
Article : 1,082 wordsWEATHER.-Easterly and south-easterly winds of a dry nature have prevailed during the past fortnight, so that the plentiful rain which fell early in January has not been productive of as much good as might ...
Article : 1,041 wordsWEATHER.—During the laat fortnight the weather has been for the most part unsettled; a continuous drizzling rain with a dry day or two at intervala being the chief feature. Generally, it haa been unfavorable ...
Article : 372 wordsTHE CODLING MOTH.—This pest ia causing the fruitgrowers of Central Cumberland great concern. It is hoped that the Minister of Mines will lose no time in introducing a bill dealing with such pests. ...
Article : 408 wordsANNIVERSARY DAY.—Monday last was observed as a close holiday in Tumut; and, though the weather was excessively warm, residents in large numbers went abroad to enjoy themselves according to their ...
Article : 481 wordsDEATH.—A young man named Mark Hindes, a resident of Kangarco Mat, near Wallabadah, died in Murrurundi Hospital, on Wednesday last. The young man's death was caused by an aocident met ...
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Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1919), Sat 8 Feb 1890, Page 15
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