Wool Report
We are indebted to Mr. J. E. Wolfe for the following telegram:- Wool Report —Average prices fully equal to August rates. 55,000 bales remain on hand. Doubtful whether…
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Farming & the land, 1863
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London Wool Rfport
Last sales commenced 14th November, with a large attendance of buyers, and prices were well supported for the first two nights' sale; it was soon evident the trade were not in a position to take wool at high rates, hence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →(From the Herald of Tuesday.) Wool Market. November 25th
Last sales for year commenced 14th November. The arrivals to that date from the Australian colonies amounted to 23,000 bales, total, from Cape, &c., 7[?],000 bales. The inactivity in the wool market after recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald.)
Sale of 205 bales by Henry P. Hughes, on 14th November:- Ex Electra: Kilkivan, 10 at 24¾½d; RHB, 9 at 23d, 10 t 22½d; GB. 4 at 31½d. Ex Claramont: CAA. 24 at 26d, 8 at 25½d, 1 at 25d, 7 at 22d,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Introduction of Spanish Sheep Into New South Wales. (From the Herald's London Correspondent.)
The following letter from Sir Joseph Banks to Captain Waterhouse, R N, dated in the year 1806, on the introduction of Spanish sheep into New South Wales, from whence has sprung the trade in Australian wool, is of…
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The last sales closed on 12th December. Total number of bales catalogued, 51,615. As the sales progressed the tendency to depression became manifest. The advance established at the opening was lost, and prices…
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Contrary to usual custom we this year publish our animal review of the market for the December mail. New that the November-December sales close so late in the year, business in our market may be considered…
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The last sales for the year closed on the 12th December—the quantity catalog[?]ed comprising 13,717 bales Australian, 17,412 bales Port Phillip, 3521 bales Van Di[?]men's Land, 4513 bales Adelaide., 8938 bales New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seed Wheat. The Treasury, New South Wales. 19th February, 1868
Tenders will be received at this Office, up to noon Thursday, 5th March next, for the supply of about 20,000 bushes Seed Wheat, to be delivered within one month from the date of the accepta[?] of the Temple, [?] at Liverpool,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales. (From the S. M. Herald.)
Sale of 389 bales, by Thomas Southey and Son, on 25th March. Ex Electra: Still, 10 at 23rd, 10 at 22½d, 29 at 21½ed, 27 at 21d, 2 at 19½d. 2 at 15¾d; RS in oblong, 11 at 21d, 1 at 18d; HS. 6 at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Discovery of Scab Among the Sheep in Liverpool Plains. (From the Tamworth Examiner, March 7.)
The flockmasters throughout the districts of Liverpool Plains and Gwydir—but especially the former—have been thrown into a state of the greatest alarm by the discovery, among some of the largest herds, of thal fell disease called scab, and in such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Circuit Court. Saturday, 7Th March, 1863. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice, and a jury of twelve.) Cattle Stealing
The jury in the case of Whiteman and Dorrington came into court at ten o'clock and said they had agreed to a verdict as to Whiteman, but not as to Dorrington. The Crown consented to a verdict of not guilty against Dorrington, and the jury gave…
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Our correspondent informs us that the following letter has been received by the bench of magistrates at Singleton:- [42] Department of Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scab in Sheep. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR—In the mercury of Tuesday you have copied from the Tamworth Examiner an acoount of the scab having been spread on Liverpool Plains, which, I am sorry to say, is too true. The statement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, March 17,1863. Scab in Sheep
THE pastoral interest in a large extent of country to the north and north-west is at the present moment suffering under the influence of a "heavy blow and great discouragement."…
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WE learn with regret, from a correspondent in the Liverpool Plains district, whose information is reliable, that notices of the destruction and burning of sheep have been sent from three…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Original Correspondence. Scab in Sheep. To the Edito of the Maitland Mercury
SURâYour issue of the 17th has just come to hand, and as ther will be time to write a short letter before the down mail passeds. I cannot resist the temptaion of doing so, after looking ever your leader under the above head,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trade Circulars. (From the S. M. Herald.) Wool. (Buxton and Metcalfe.) London, 26th January, 1868
Since our circular of last month the wool trade has remained in a firm rather than an active state, inasmuch as from the last sales, and during the previous activity, manufacturers had so stocked themselves that, although generally working full time,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Report of the Inspector of Sheep in South Australia. Adelaide, February 28, 1863
SIR,—I have the honour to forward my report on the state of the flocks of the colony for the quarter ending December, 1862. have recently returned from a general tour of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scab in Sheep
A large amount of correspondence has been called forth by the spread of the scab, and by the movements set on foot with the view of procuring some modification of the existing law. Interesting as the subject is to…
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