Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1880 · page 2
COOLAH STOCK REPORT.—The following are the recent Coolah passings:—September 28th—1918 fat wethers (Simpson's), for Sydney, Rogers in charge; 29th—200 fat wethers (McMaster's), for Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Cattle Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1880 · page 5
Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery report:—The cattle market was fully supplied to-day, over one thousand head were yarded. We sold over seven hundred and fifty. Mr. Cooper's averaged £6 14s per head; the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers' Mutual Association in South Australia[?]
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1880 · page 7
In South Australia has been started, as we (Australasian) mentioned a fortnight ago, a "Farmers' Mutual Association"—an organisation having much of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral News, Stock Movements, and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1880 · page 2
BREWARRINA STOCK REPORT.—We have no change in the weather during the past week to report, bright days and clear, somewhat cold nights being the order. We are informed that the late rain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1880 · page 5
Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report: We held our second wool sale, to-day, and had a crowded attendance of buyers. Prices ruled ten to twelve per cent, over last season's opening rates. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Protection for Farmers
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1880 · page 6
For the information of our friends among the Hunter farmers who are inclined to ask for "protection" by taxes, we extract the following, from the Melbourne Australasian of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 4
The Australian Mortgage and Agency Co., report: Our first wool gale this season was held to-day. It exhibited great animation, prices were full and realised valuations, with a strong market for both…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Markets. Mort and Co.'s Annual Wool and Produce Circular
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 7
Wool.—The past season has been an exceptional one in many respects. Commencing upon the basis of values previously established in [?]ondon, and when the discouraging nature of English account…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Pound the Police and the Straying Cattle. (To the Editor of the Singleton, Argus.)
Singleton Argus · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 2
SIR,-In your issue of the 13th appeals a letter in which my name figures prominently a connection with a recent Police Court case. I am much obliged to "An on looker"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Teaching Farmers to Farm
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 16 October 1880 · page 2
We extract below an article to this effect from the Melbourne Australasian of Oct. 9. It can do farmers no harm, and may perhaps do good, to read it. But our own impression, at the close of a long life, is,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pastoral News, Stock Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1880 · page 2
NARRABRI STOCK REPORT.—Octobsr 14, 1880 Buring the past week on several occasions rain threatened, and in some places it has fallen heavily. At M[?]ules' Creek, on Wednesday last, we hear a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Received Monday 7.5 p.m
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1880 · page 5
Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin report:—Our opening wool sales to-day attracted a large attendance. Prices are one penny to one penny halfpenny per lb, better than the early sales of last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, October 19, 1880. the New South Wales Wool Trade
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1880 · page 4
THERE is ample evidence that this year an unusual share of the wool grown in New South Wales will find its way to Sydney. One swallow does not indeed make a summer,…
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Singleton Argus · Wednesday 20 October 1880 · page 3
The opening wool sales of this season took place yesterday. There was a good attendance. Greasy wools brought about one penny…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Pastoral News, Sto[?]k Movements and Markets
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 2
BREWARRINA STOCK REPORT.—Up to yesterday the weather has been bright and fine, the thermometor going up as high as 94, To-day however the sky is over cast, but up to the time of our going…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The London Wool Exhibition
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 4
The Melbourne Argus has the following article on this subject:- The attention of the Government of New South Wales has been prominently directed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Market. Messrs. Brunker & Wolfe's Opening Sale of Wool. [By Electric Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday evening
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 5
Messrs. Brunker and Wolfe report:—The wool sales to-day were fairly attended. We sold the ATJ over Turee clip, 135 bales in grease, at 10¼d; sheepskins, full-woolled, sold up to 7½d…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Wool Market. [By Electric Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday evening
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 5
Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report:—We catalogued four thousand bales of wool to-day. Biddings were very spirited at firm prices. Greasy realised 8d to 13?d,—the latter price for Gobbagumbalin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Markets. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin's Wool Sale Report
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 2
First sale of the season at the new wool warehouse, Sydney, of Messrs. Harrison, Jones and Devlin, on Monday, October 18:—Scoured, NEW, 18 at 15½d; super fleece, NSL over Mudgee, 21 at 26d;…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Insect Destroyer of Crops. (Melbourne Australasian.)
The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1880 · page 8
We have received from Mr. Creed, of North Shepparton, specimens of an insect that is inflicting serious damage on the crops of the locality. Close alongside Mr. Byrn's Hotel…
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