London Wool Report. June 24, 1865
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 17 August 1865 · page 4
The sales have progressed with remarkable uniformity throughout the whole series, which, considering the unprecedented quantity offered, is a satisfactory proof of the healthiness of our market. No doubt the quantity…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rust in Wheat. (From the S. M. Herald, August 29.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 31 August 1865 · page 2
At the monthly meeting of the Acclimatisation Society in Sydney, on Monday, the following important communication was read by the Secretary:— Bodalla, July 12th, 1865…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Sheep
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1865 · page 3
The following letter has been sent to the editor of the Herald:— SIR—My attention was drawn to the Chinese Sheep by two articles which appeared in the Melbourne Argus and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Supreme Court.—tuesday. (From the S. M. Herald.) (Before the (Chief Justice.) the Queensland Sheep Investment Company V Nickey
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 9 September 1865 · page 5
Mr. Martin, Q. C., moved, on behalf of the defendant, that he might be at liberty to take all such proceed ings as might be necessary to carry into efect the award which had been made by the arbitrators appointed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Talk About Crops and Prices From the Interior Press of California. (From the S. M. Herald.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1865 · page 2
The Auburn (Placer county) Stars and Stripes of June 21st, speaking of the manœuvres of grain speculators to raise or depress the market as it happens to suit their purpose, remarks: —"In accordance with this system, we just now fed to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Market
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 September 1865 · page 4
We subjoin the latest London wool report:— Since the close of the last sales there have been but few inquiries in our markets, and the profit paid exceedingly small on the few contracts made. For immediate consumption a few…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1865 · page 2
Professor Gamgee has made some startling statements at the Marylebone Institute. A meeting of London cow-keepers was there held, and the professor addressed them with respect to a disease which has broken out in the cow-houses of London. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool REPORTS—August 24, 1865
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 October 1865 · page 2
The sales opened on the 17th of August; the arrivals in the for this series consisting of—Sydney, 35,897 bales; Port Phillip, 15,848 bales; Van Diemen's Land, 10,477 bales; New Zealand, 34,753 bales; Adelaide, 6318 bales; Swan River, 501 bales;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cattle Disease
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 October 1865 · page 2
The same authority informs us that a controversy is raging as to the origin of the cattle murrain. It was at first generally believed that the plague bad been introduced by means of the foreign cattle daily imported into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →West Maitland Municipality By-laws. (From the Government Gazette, Oct. 19) Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 18th October, 1865. Municipality of West Maitland. By-laws.—To regulate the proceedings of the Municipal Council—for the regulation and licensing of Public Carriers, Carters, and Public Vehicles—for Regulating the Killing of Cattle and the Establishment of Slaughter-houses—and for determining the validity of Disputed Elections
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 28 October 1865 · page 3
Whereas by the Municipalities Act of 1858, section 72, it is amongst other things enacted, that the Council of any Municipality may make By-laws for the regulation of their own…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Crops in South Australia. (From the S. A. Register, October 16.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1865 · page 2
Until within the last week or two we believe the general impression of those capable of forming an opinion was that the harvest, though a late one, would show an average yield, or something approaching the average…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Yanko Wool Shed
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1865 · page 2
We (Pastoral Times) are indebted to a correspondent for the following:— I have often heard of the Yanko Wool Shed, and being lately in the neighbourhood I could not resist the temptation or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Upper Darling. (From a correspondent of the Pastoral Times, (Deniliauin) 4th November.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 November 1865 · page 3
In the absence of anything more important to communicate, I must have recourse to that never-falling topic, the weather. I am sorry to say that the season here continues exceedingly dry. We certainly had a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Weather and the Crops
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 16 November 1865 · page 2
KIAMA.—On Friday the rain came down in gentle showers all day, and through the previous night there were at intervals slight showers, when it cleared away, and Saturday and Sabbath were warm days, but on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Australia As a Wheat Growing Country
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1865 · page 2
The Register, of 7th Nov, states that the following is a slightly condensed report of Mr. P. Rowland's opportune and useful paper read before the Smithfield Farmers' Club, on the 3rd:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buck Wheat. (From the Armidale Express, Nov. 18.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1865 · page 3
Mr. Jackes has obtained a quantity of this product, so useful in America, and has distributed samples of it among various farmers near Armidale. He also favoured us with a parcel, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Chemistry of Wool. From the Australasian (Melbourne)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1865 · page 3
Less attention has been hitherto paid to the chemistry of wool than the importation of this product would seem to require. The manufacturer is satisfied to know how to prepare it for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →J. T. Simes & Co.'s Wool Circular.—sept. 23
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1865 · page 4
At the colonial wool sales, commenced on 17th August, and concluded this evening (being the third series for the year), the following quantities were comprised in the catalogues:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rinderpest, or Cattle Plague. (From the London Daily Telegraph, August 9.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 25 November 1865 · page 6
Curiously enough the plague is never enzootic; its home is upon the steppes of Asia, and nowhere else, and thence it passes as an epizootic from pasturage to pasturage, till it overruns Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Ellora's Mail. (Continued from our last.) the Cattle Plague
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 November 1865 · page 2
The cattle plague is increasing in the neighbourhood of London, and breaking out in places where it had not appeared before. The following letter from Lord Granville to the editor of the Times will be read with interest…
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