The Wool Sales
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1868 · page 2
Messrs. Windeller and Bowles, writing on February 29tb, respecting the London wool sales, state:— " The catalogues of yesterday and to-day have brought forward 10,243 bales, viz.: Sydney, 1210; Port Phillip,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Wool Sales. February 28
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1868 · page 2
Press to-day are turner, with very buoyant and animated demand. The home trade bid with great spirit, and exporters act with freedom. The room was very fully attended, and every description finds ready…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rust in Wheat
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1868 · page 3
The Adelaide Observer has published in full the lengthy report of the Commission of Inquiry on Diseases in Wheat, and has also thus summarised its conolusions:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soap From Sheep-washing
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1868 · page 4
The following letter has been addressed to the Editor of the S. M. Herald:— SIR—I forward to you the following description of a plan for utilising a substance (at present wasted) which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wool Market
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 May 1868 · page 2
Southey and Sons, at the termination of the colonial wool sales, write, under date 26th:— The first series of colonial wool sales this year oommenced on the 27th ultimo, and comprised…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Helmuth Schwartze's Wool Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1868 · page 2
The first series of London colonial wool sales, which commenced on February 27, closed on March 27, the catalogues having comprised 16,983 bales Sydney, against 20,350 bales in 1867; 43,115 bales Port Phillip, against…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton. Formation of a Pastoral and Agricultural Association for the Upper Hunter
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1868 · page 3
The adjonrned meeting respecting the proposed spring show to be held at Singleton took plaoe at the Royal Hotel, on Saturday last. Present: Messrs. W. J. Dangar (chair), G. W. Dight, R. Blaxland, J. Lethbridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Seed Wheat
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1868 · page 2
The following letter has been handed to us for publication by Mr. R. Wisdom, M.L.A., being the refusal of the Government to advance any more loans of seed wheat to farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. "Fire on Board Wool Ships." To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 6 June 1868 · page 3
SIR,—In your issue of June 2nd I see some extracts upon the above subject. " W. J." has obtained his ideas in practice, and is pretty generally correct, no doubt. I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1868 · page 3
The second series of wool sales is to commence on May 14. The probable amount is two hundred thousand bales The market is firm since the close of last series. Cape wool is in steady demand. More business than usual has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London Wool Market
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 June 1868 · page 4
Since the close of the March series some business has been done in Cape wools, at firm prices. The market is steady, and as manufactures are known to be but scantily supplied, good competition is expected for the May sales,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Renting Farms in England
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 June 1868 · page 4
The 'Marlborough Times' says that very important changes are about to take place in the relative positions of landlord and tenant of the Marquis of Ailesbury's estate, consequent on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, June 27, 1868. the Cattle Market Question
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 June 1868 · page 4
THE proceedings of the Cattle Market Committee appointed some time ago by the West Maitland Borough Council are the subject of common conversation in town. It is understood…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and Produce Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 July 1868 · page 3
Messrs. Buxton and Hunter's wool circular of April 27th is as follows:— "We beg to inform you that the commencement of the next series of coloninl wool sales has this day been fixed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the the Suez Mail. News to June 11. Disraeli Ministry Again Defeated. Disraeli and Bright Complimentary. Dissolution After Supply Granted. Motion for Queen's Abdication Made and Rejected. Aboriginal Cricketers Beaten. Wool Higher. President Johnson's Trial Ended in Acquittal. Mercury Office, Maitland, 2.50 Monday afternoon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1868 · page 3
We have received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Rangatira arrived at Glenelg at five in the evening…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Market
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1868 · page 4
The colonial wool sales commenced on Thursday, March 14. The catalogue comprised 2380 bales Port Phillip, 918 bales Sydney, 500 bales Adelaide, 466 bales Cape, and 333 bales New Zealand, making a total of 4594…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Maitland Borough Council. the Report on the Cattle Yards
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1868 · page 2
The following is a copy of the report brought up and read at the Council meeting on Friday last, July 17:— Report of committee appointed by the Borough Council of West Maitland, on the 29th day of May last, upon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1868 · page 2
From the circular of Mr. Schwartze we take the following:— Up to and inclusive of the catalogue for May 30, the following quantities have been submitted, viz.:—Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Californian Flour and Wheat Prospects. (From extracts in the Panama Star, June 28.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1868 · page 3
The crops throughout the State of California promise very favorably. The S. F Bulletin says:—The following estimates have been made of some of the leading crops now maturing:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The London Wool Market
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1868 · page 2
Since the 8th of June, the market has experienced a farther decline, altogether cancelling the advance on March rates, which the first week's sales had established. This is true for all descriptions, while for some special kinds, such as lambs, prices…
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