Arrival of the Suez Mail, at Adelaide. Earl Mayo Murdered at the Andamans. Complete Recovery of the Prince of Wales. an Opposition to Government Forming. Bright Against Home Rule. Destructive Gales. Rev. Watson Respited As Insane. English Channel Tunnel Begun. Catholic Bishops Agitating Against National Education. Trades Union Congress Held Brand Elected Speaker. Disageeement on Terms of Alabama Arbitration. Queen's Speech Disowns Indirect Claims. Amicable Solution Expected. Czar and Pope Reconciled. Ecclesiastical Schism in Paris. Ballot Bill Passed Second Reading. Wool Sales—advance of 2D. Scoured, 3D. Tallow Easier. New Governor Leaves in June. Cowper and Verdon Knighted. Reduction of a Million on Army Estimates. Tea and Coffee Duties Abolished in America. Mercury Office, Maitland, Wednesday afternoon
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 March 1872 · page 2
We have just received the following important telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Nubia left Galle for Sydney 22nd February…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 March 1872 · page 5
The London wool sales commenced on the 8th February. 113,000 bales were catalogued; 2d to 3d advance was established in price with spirited competition…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 March 1872 · page 2
Messrs. Willans, Overbury, and Co.'s wool circular of January 26 is as follows:— Since the beginning of the year there has been a brisk inquiry in our market for all descriptions, and but for the indisposition…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1872 · page 2
Under date of January 24, Mr. Helmuth Schwartz has favoured us with the following interesting remarks and particulars relative to the Australian wool trade in London:—A…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 March 1872 · page 2
The near approach of the first auctions of the year to commence the 8th proximo, are looked forward to with great anxiety, as it is almost impossible to predict the advance at which they may open. The very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English Annual Wool Reports. (From the S.M. Herald.) [Willans, Overbury, and Co.]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 23 March 1872 · page 5
The most significant feature in the history of the colonial wool trade for the past year is the fact that, with continuously rising markets, about 750,000 bales have passed into consumption, while only 692,154…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mort and Co 'S Monthly Wool and Produce Circular. Sydney, 25th March, 1872
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 March 1872 · page 4
The London telegram published here on the 13th instant conveyed to us the welcome, but not altogether unexpected, intelligence of a further very considerable rise in the value of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of This Suez Mail, Per Bangalore. Telegraphic News to March 15. the American Alabama Trouble Not Over. England Repudiates the American Indirect Claims for Damages. American Government Say That England Dare Not Break Treaty of Washington. Earl Granville Gone to Washington. Education Disturbances in England. Thanksgiving Service a Grand Spectacle. the Tichborne Claimant Lost the Trial. a Pistol Presented at the Queen; the Man Committed for Trial. Some Australian Preserved Meat Unfit for Food. Great Activity at the Arsenals. Œcumenical Council to Meet at Malta. French Affairs Unsettled. Wool Sales Lower. Securities Firm. Mercury Office, Maitland, Monday morning, April 9,1872
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 April 1872 · page 2
The following mail telegram was received by us after, eleven o'clock on Saturday evening. We could not then have collected our " force," and put it in type, and printed off Extras, till…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Wool Circular. [Messrs. W. Mort and Co.] Colonial House, 155, Fenchurch-street, London, E. C., February 22nd, 1872
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1872 · page 3
The post wool season of 1871 has fairly been characterised as the most sensational on record, but its most pleasant surprises have been outdone by the opening of the first series of 1872. A good deal was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. Wool Circulars. [Windeler and Bowes.] 23rd February, 1872
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 13 April 1872 · page 5
The consumption of wool continues on a very large scale; in all the manufacturing centres, both, home and Continental, tha utmost activity prevails. In the fine clothing districts the excitement is certainly…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 18 April 1872 · page 2
Judges:—Messrs. L. Armbr[?]ster M. Waddell, and J[?]. Fullford.) Three bushels of best sample Wheat, which must be a sample of the produce of not less than one…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 2
(Judges:— Messrs. S. Scholey, Thoe. Sullivan, P. Fleming, and D. Brown.) To the owner of the best Fat Durham Ox, One Pound.—H. C. White, prize; "Champion," roan…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 2
(Judges:—Messrs. R. Lindsay, T. Burness, M. S., Christian, and Jonathan Young.) To the owner of the best Leicester Ram, showing most symmetry and weight, Two Pounds.—No…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 20 April 1872 · page 2
(Judges:—Messrs. A. Bruce, P. Comerford, J. Cli[?] and H.S. Badgery.) To the owner of the best Buil, three years and over, Two Pounds.—No competition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Markets. Messrs. Mort & Co.'s Monthly Wool Cibcular. Sydney, April 20, 1872
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 April 1872 · page 2
London telegraphic advices received here on the 6th instant report that the advance obtained on wool during the course of the sales had been lost to the extent of a penuy per pound…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 April 1872 · page 5
G. R. Hirst, in his monthly report on produce, in the Herald's last mail summary, says:— By several successive mails we hare received grievous complaints of the adulteration of tallow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wool Awards. (From the S. M. Herald of Saturday.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 April 1872 · page 4
The following are the awards made by the judges in the Wool section of the forthcoming Exhibition. The judging occupied two days, and was completed on Wednesday evening. The judges were—Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and Produce. Messrs. W. Mort and Co.'s Report. 135, Fenchurch-street, London, E.C., March 21
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1872 · page 3
The February series of wool sales, which was in progress when we last wrote, was brought to a termunition on the 1st instant, about 115,000 bales having changed hands since the commencement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial. Messrs W. Mort and Co.'s Wool Circular Colonial House, 155, Fenchurch-street. London, E.C. April 18th. 1872
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1872 · page 2
The second series of wool sales commenced on 11th inst., the arrivals in time for sale amounting, as we anticipated, to something short of 180,000 bales, about 11,000 of which have been forwarded direct to…
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The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 8 June 1872 · page 2
The report of the Chief Inspector of sheep for the year 1871 has been published. It shows that at the close of the year there were 7,121,690 sheep in Queensland, being a decrease of over hatf a million…
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