Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon. Cheaper Butter
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 5
This morning it was decided by the leading agents in Sydney to lower the wholesale price of butter by £40 per ton, which means that the wholesale price for superfine…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 5
The "Times" estimates the condition of the British wheat crop at 91.1 per cent…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 4
The quantity of butter manufactured by the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter Factory for the month of July has been 48 tons 17 cwt, 1 qr. 9 Ibs. The prices paid to suppliers was 1s 2½d to 1s 4[?]d…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 3
Schute, Bell and Co report:—Wool sales reopen in Sydney on Tuesday, and continue during Wednesday and Thursday next. It is anticipated that 8000 bales will be offered during the series, and as…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 4
The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company report:—Wool: At our sale yesterday we found market for greasles unchanged, but rates for scoureds were barely…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3
There was another drop in the price of butter to-day to the extent of 20/ per cwt. Wholesale quotations now are—superfine 140/, choice 132/ to 136/, medium 126/ to 131/, pastry lots from 114/…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3
The London "Times" estimates the condition of the British wheat crop as likely to yield 91.1 per cent…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 August 1908 · page 3
In Melbourne on Friday last it was estimated that the consumption of butter in Victoria had decreased fully 60 per cent, since the retail prices advanced…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 8
Winchcombe, Carson and Co, Ltd, report:—There was an excellent attendance at our Tuesday's sale and competition was brisk for…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1908 · page 7
A recent bulletin from the South Dakota Experiment Station, giving the results of an experiment in feeding ground millet seeds to pigs in comparison with wheat…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 2
WINCHCOMBE, CARSON & CO. REPORT: There was an excellent, attendance at our Tuesday's sale, and competition was brisk for all descriptions. Values ruled very firm…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 6
Schute, Bell and Co. report:—Wool sales in Sydney on Tuesday, and continue during Wednesday and Thursday next. It is anticipated that 8000 bales will be offered during the series, and as…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 3
The third annual meeting of shareholders of the above company was held in the Victoria Hall, Dungog, on Saturday, August 8. Mr. R. W. Alison, chairman of directors,…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 August 1908 · page 12
It is proposed to form an association to formulate a scheme for testing the South Coast dairy herds. At the sheep sales in Melbourne the Transvaal…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2
Butter, wholesale, which was 200/- per cwt last Monday, equal to 1/10 Per lb for specially flavored brands, was quoted yesterday at 120/- per cwt—the equivalent…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 August 1908 · page 2
Sales were held in this market on Tuesday last, and continued throughout 'Wednesday and Thursday, the total offerings for the period by all brokers…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 6
Schute, Bell, and Co. report:—Transactions in wool have been of only moderate extent since the last auction sales were held. Buyers are anxious to secure passed-in lets…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1908 · page 8
The biggest farm—if "farm" it can be called—is that owned by Don Luis Terrazas, in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, which measures from north to south 150 miles…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 3
The lessons that [?] butter-test trials were two, said Mr. Ernest Mathews in the course of an address at the Cornwall Dairy Show; first the practical [?]…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 August 1908 · page 4
In view of the advance made in the dairying industry in the district of recent years, it is interesting to note the number of cattle there are on premises in the Maitland district, as disclosed by a…
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