The Australasian pastoralists' review : a monthly journal and record of all matters affecting the pastoral and landed interests throughout Australasia

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NL 338.1 PAS
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Melbourne : Twopenny, Pearce and Co., 1891-1901
Issue
Vol. 6 No. 11 (15 January 1897)
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THE AUSTRALASIAN PASTORALISTS’ REVIEW: 1
NOTICE. 1
Editorial Notes. 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
(Review of Pastoral Situation. New South Wales. 5 , 6
Victoria. 6 , 7
Queensland. 7 , 8
Northern Queensland. 8 , 9
Central Queensland. 9 , 10
South Australia. 10 , 11 , 12
Tasmania. 12
New Zealand. 12 , 13
South Africa. 13 , 14
Great Britain. 14 , 15 , 16
Western Australia. 16
Argentina. 17
English Sale Notes. 18
Advertising 19 , 20
News Jottings. 21
Legal. A Shearing Case. 21
The Rabbit Pest. 22
Rainfall Tables. 22
Advertising 23 , 24 , 25
Australasian Pastoralists’ Review. Review of the Year 1896. 25 , 26 , 27
The New Zealand Frozen Meat Trade and Federation. 27
Indian Remounts. 28 , 29
The Cattle Producing’ Industry. 29
Sheep-breeding on “The Chathams.” 29 , 30
Northern Queensland, HUGHENDEN AND THE LANDSBOROUGH RIVER. 30 , 31 , 32 , 33
The New South Wales Lands Department. 33
South African Wool. 33
Stock and Station Notes. 34 , 35 , 36
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR. Pastoralists’ Union Operations. 36 , 37
“Tattoo Oil.” 37
Obituary. 37
Ligbt Literature. The Shearing Shivoo at Mogil. 38 , 39
Our Book-Shelf in the Bush. 39 , 40
Answers to Correspondents. 40
Labour Union Notes. 41
The Wool Trade. 42 , 43 , 44
Our London Letter. 44 , 45
Shropshire Sheep in the United States. 45
Meat Erport Trade. Frozen Meat. 46 , 47 , 48 , 49
The Meat Exportation Industry. 49
Australian Items. 49 , 50
Produce. 50 , 51
Record. The Pastoralists’ Union of New South Wales. 51
Publishers’ Department. 52
Books, Publications, &c., Received. 52
Artesian Boring Notes. 52
Advertising 52

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THE  

AUSTRALASIAN PASTORALISTS’ REVIEW:  

MONTHLY JOURNAL AND RECORD  

Of all matters affecting the Pastoral and Landed Interests throughout Australasia.  

No. 11.  

JANUARY 15, 1897.  

Yol. VI.  

NOTICE.  

The special attention of our readers is called to our Argentine  

and South African Letters, these being the only public sources of  

direct information reaching Australia from those countries.  

The Review of the Pastoral Situation contains letters from  

special correspondents in New South Wales, Queensland (North and  

South), Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania,  

New Zealand, Great Britain, South Africa, and Argentine.  

Editorial Notes.  

During the past month, and until the end of last week, the  

season experienced in New South Wales may be best described as  

patchy, and the rainfall was, on the whole, below the average. In  

the west, beyond the Darling, things were beginning to wear  

serious aspect again. The heat, too, has been very great, though,  

so far, not so devastating as that of January last year. Still,  

garden and orchard crops have suffered very severely. About the  

Bth, 9th, and 10th inst., however, an extensive rainfall occurred,  

which covered the eastern half of the continent, and given the  

usual February rains, the condition of feed and stock should be  

assured. Queensland has participated in the rainfall of last week,  

although the excessive heat of the previous few weeks had the effect  

of drying up the recent spring of grass in many parts. The  

rains, however, have very much improved the general outlook, and  

with an ordinary season, stock should now rapidly improve in con-  

dition. Victoria had commenced to suffer severely from protracted  

drought, but its troubles from that source are now ended, at least  

temporarily. During the past week good general rains have  

fallen, which, though lightest in the parts where most needed,  

have filled tanks and dams and put new heart into both graziers  

and agriculturists. South Australia has also shared in the rainfall.  

Things were incomparably bad, and never was rain more precious.  

Certainly lot more would be welcome, but in very few cases in  

the settled districts will stock be without water for some time, and  

before it again gives out more rain may have fallen. Feed is at  

present an almost unknown quantity, and unless more rain falls  

almost immediately, the spring which is now taking place will be  

at once destroyed. Bain has also fallen throughout lasmania,  

where the country was getting sadly in need of it. In few cases  

the hay crops suffered, but any slight damage was overshadowed  

hundred times by the good which was done. In New Zealand  

the weather has been hot with strong drying winds, and crops and  

'fodder have suffered in consequence. However, in the southern  

part of the island rain has fallen, and has ere this probably  

scattered itself over both islands.  

 

In spite of the prognostications of those who assured us that the  

woolgrowers of Australia would not suffer by the election of Mr.  

M’Kinley to the Presidency of the United States, and that the  

tariff on wool would not be materially increased, we find that  

already an agitation is afoot to prevent what is described as “the  

over-importation of wool into the United States.” At meeting  

of the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, held on 10th  

November, it was urged that as the over-importation of wool,  

woollens, and worsteds is the greatest disaster that can befall  

woolgrower, employer, and employee, the measure known as the  

Dingley Bill should be immediately enacted. The suggestion that  

the Dingley Bill will increase the revenue by #40,000,000 is  

sufficient evidence of the character of the measure. The following  

resolutions were carried, to be forwarded to the United States  

Senate:—“That we, the wool section of the Manufacturers’ Club  

of Philadelphia, voicing the sentiments of every wool market in  

the United States, urgently request the Senate of the United  

States to pass at once that revenue measure known as the Dingley  

Bill, knowing that it will prevent to large extent over-importa-  

tion, and at the same time increase the revenue of the United  

States Treasury.” “That as soon as the Republican party is  

thoroughly seated in power full and adequate protective tariff  

measure should be enacted.”  

 

One of the most important steps ever taken by the New South  

Wales boards of sheep directors was adopted at Carcoar on the  

29th ult., by the appointment of police officers at Blayney, Tuena,  

Trinkey, and Cowra to issue permits for sheep to travel. The  

Carcoar directors have for long time, unaided by the other  

boards, made every effort to put down sheep and stock stealing,  

and their proposal to have permits returned to the district  

inspector when the journeys are completed is most excellent one.  

It is well known that permits are, or have been used several times  

by simple alteration of date. It seems monstrous that the  

inspectors of stock do not know what cattle or horses are  

travelling in their districts; nor do they know officially what  

sheep in mobs under 300 are travelling. This is simply because  

people travelling horses and cattle and small lots of sheep, such as  

referred to, can write their own permits without any reference or  

notice to the inspectors all! Such state of things is not  

merely absurd, but plays directly into the hands of stock stealers  

and dishonest people.  

One or two boards express the opinion that police sergeants and  

senior constables should not be allowed to issue permits because  

they do not know enough of the stock routes. This argument is  

reductio ad ahsurdum. First, sheep directors, when appointed,  

seldom know much about the stock routes till they receive maps  

and instructions. Who, indeed, ought to know better all about  

stock routes and travelling stock than the police They do  

constant patrol work, which sheep directors do not. Secondly,  

the local official Inspector of Stock could in two hours anywhere  

initiate the police into their duties in this respect, and give them  

any information they desire at any time, either personally or by  

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