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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1874

9 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers

Fine Cattle

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Saturday 28 March 1874 · page 3

Since the destruction of the Ironbark bridge by the late flood, cattle intended for Newcastle and mining townships, have had to pass through Wallsend, and during the past week…

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Friday, April 24, 1874. Cattle Stealing

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 30 April 1874 · page 4

Thomas Phillips, on bail, was indicted for having, on the 10th March, at Bective, stolen ten head of cattle, the property of Robert Pringle. A second count charged him with…

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Driving Cattle Through the Town

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 13 May 1874 · page 3

Now that our town is incorporated we trust the practice of driving wild cattle recklessly through the town on their way to market will soon be put a stop to. This is now a daily custom, and sometimes…

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An Artist in Butter

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 18 June 1874 · page 4

The Cincinnati Commercial says:—"There is now in this city an unique work of art—the Dreaming Iolanthe—a study in butter, by Mrs. Caroline S. Brooks, a daughter of the…

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Late Telegrams. Wool. London, June 27

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 2 July 1874 · page 3

The wool market is quiet, but prices continue firm. SPAIN. Singapore, June 29. A battle is now progressing at Estella…

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Our Inducements for Farmers

Miners' Advocate and Northumberland Recorder · Wednesday 8 July 1874 · page 2

COULD our dairymen and farmers of the Southern counties realise the prices current in Wallsend for their produce, their exultation would know no bounds. Wingecarribee…

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Late Telegrams. the Wool Sales

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 3 September 1874 · page 3

London, August 29.—The wool sales show extreme firmness in the rates ruling. Foreign buyers are operating vigorously, and home mannfacturers are busy. 20,000 bales have…

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Mr. Parkes and His Pastoral Reminiscences

The Newcastle Chronicle · Thursday 17 September 1874 · page 3

After dinner at the Agricultural Show recently held at Singleton, the Premier gave his pastoral friends a history of his personal experience in street-washing, and how he had ventured to…

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Latest Telegrams. the Wool Sales

The Newcastle Chronicle · Tuesday 15 December 1874 · page 4

London, 8th December.—The wool sales closed with increasing weakness. Quotations show a decide as compared with the September rates of 1[?]. to 3d. Faulty wools showed the heaviest…

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