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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1858

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The London Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1858 · page 2

It is satisfactory to find that the wool market is firmer and an advance of Id. per lb, had taken place. From the Home News of June 17 we take the latest London wool report:…

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London Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1858 · page 2

Sale of 260 bales Sydney and Moreton Bay wool, by Mr. H. P. HUGHES, Tuesday, May 11th, 1858. Ex Light of the Age: OB over X. 5 at 26d, 5 at 25½d, 7 at 24½d, 7 at 24d: RY, 5 at 24½d, 1 at 24d; AC over A, 11 at 22d,…

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London Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 August 1858 · page 4

Sale of 359 bales by Messrs J. T. Simes and Co., Friday, May 14th:- Ex Woolloomooloo: REFT, 8 at 21½1, 22 at?Id, 7 at 20½1: PKDL, 9 at 22d…

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The London Wool Markets. (From the S. M. Herald, Sept, 25.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 September 1858 · page 2

It is satisfactory to find by the late English news that the wool market is much firmer, and that an advance of from ½d, to 3d. per 1b. had taken place in Australian wools. The following report of the wool market we take…

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The Scab in Sheep Act

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1858 · page 2

ON the 3rd of September Mr. Hodgson's Scab in Sheep Bill finally left the Assembly, that house agreeing on that day to the amendments made in it in the Council. We have not obsorved…

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Parliamentary Paper. an Act for the Prevention of Scab in Sheep

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 October 1858 · page 4

Whereas it is necessary to ndopt measures for checking the spread among sheep of the disease called the scab Be it thereforefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the…

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The Scab in Sheep Act

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1858 · page 2

THE Scab in Sheep Bill has now become law, the assent of the Governor General to it having been notified to Parliament on Friday last. Although, therefore, the Darling Downs Gazetle…

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Wool Circular

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1858 · page 2

The second series of sales of colonial wool of the season commenced the 15th July, and will conclude on the 23rd instant. The following quantity has passed the hammer up to…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1858 · page 2

The wool market is firm, and prices have advanced 1d. per [?]b. on last sales. The Home News of the 16th of August gives the subjoined wool report:- The largest sales of the year commenced on the 15th of July,…

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Maitland Mercury. Thursday, October 21, 1858. the Scab in Sheep Act

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1858 · page 2

THE official copy of this Act has reached us, and we have computed it with the copy recently Published by us (in the Mercury of 5th October) from the Darling Downs Gazette. We…

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Driving Cattle Through the Town

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1858 · page 2

It is unfortunate that there should be only one thoroughfare through the length of West Maitland. It of course increases the value of property in High-street thnt there…

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Cattle Brands and Proofs of Ownership

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1858 · page 3

We find the following letter on this subject in the Melbourne Argus:- To the Editor of the Argus. Sir—The oft-repeated adage, Summum jus summa…

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Wide Bay a Wheat and Sugar Growing District

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1858 · page 3

Under this heading appears the following letter in the Herald of Monday, addressed to the editor:- "Sir—With this, per favour of a gentleman resident in Sydney, I send you samples of wheat, cleaned and in…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1858 · page 2

With reference to the wool market, the same journal reports as follows:- During the past week the attendance of buyers at the sales of foreign and colonial wool has again been rather numerous, and…

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Wool

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1858 · page 6

The wool sales closed at an advance of 1d. to 2d. per lb. 77,000 bales were sold. The greatest advance was on the better qualities. The competition with Foreign buyers was the…

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Melbourne Cattle Sales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 November 1858 · page 3

We find the following remarkable leading article in the Melbourne Argus of November 4th:- Our friend, the philosophic squatter, has struck the first blow in what promises, to become a very pretty…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1858 · page 2

It is satisfactory to find that the news of the advance in the price of wool is fully confirmed, and that the market continues firm. The Home News of the 16th September, in their London wool report, says—…

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Pastoral Tenants. (From the Argus, November 4.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 November 1858 · page 3

The following petition of 43 pastoral tenants of the Crown, recently presented to the Assembly, has been printed:- "The Honorable the Members of the Legislative…

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Public Meeting— Pastoral Assessmentact (From the Herald, Dec. 9.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 December 1858 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon a public meeting, convened by advertisement, consisting of parties directly concerned, in the "paramount" and pastoral interests of the country, assembled in the hall of the Sydney Exchange,…

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The Wool Market

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 18 December 1858 · page 2

By the European we (Herald) have papers from England to the 16th of October. It is satisfactory to find that the wool market is very firm, and that an advance of [?] per lb. had been established on the prices ruling at the last public sales. The…

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