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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1883

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1883 · page 2

Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, Limited sold at Sydney, on Tuesday, under the hammer and privately, 2234 bales of wool. 3061 were catalogued. Amongst the many lots submitted were…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 November 1883 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The wool market is firm, and there is a better demand for most descriptions. Australian wools are in good request…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Wednesday.—Wool is from a half-penny to a penny dearer. The new clip is eliciting considerable competition…

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Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1883 · page 2

A DAY or two ago we visited the woolshed of the above company, and were pleasantly surprised to note the activity of the new industry. Mr. Sharp kindly showed us…

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Direct Shipment of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

IN the wool stores during the past week (says Saturday Sydney Daily Telegraph), there has been great activity, the result being that an immense amount of wool has…

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CABLEGRAMS [Cable communication was restored on Saturday afternoon.] The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 December 1883 · page 2

LONDON, Friday.—The wool market bas a hardening tendency. Good greasy combing is a halfpenny to a penny higher than at last sales. Washed fleece is firm…

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Direct Shipments of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

AN extract from a metropolitan paper published by us yesterday indicates that even in Sydney the advantage to the northern wool-growers and their…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1883 · page 2

THE Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company (limited) report as follows for the week ended let December:—Wool.—Advices telegraphed from London state that the tone…

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Commercial. the London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1883 · page 2

MESSRS. Dalgetty Blacklwood and Co., the G. N, Wool Dumping and Shipping Co., received the following cable from their London House, Messrs. Dalgety, Dubroy and Co…

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CABLEGRAMS The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 December 1883 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The wool sales market continues firm…

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Commercial. the Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 December 1883 · page 2

At their wool sale at Sydney on Monday, Messrs. Harrison, Jones, and Devlin (limited) catalogued 5020 bales, and sold publicly and privately 2100. The prices realised were as follows:—Greasy, fair…

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Commercial. the Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 December 1883 · page 2

Relaxation (says the "S. D. Telegraph") seems to be unknown in shipping circles at the present time, notwithstanding the Intense heat of the weather, and brisker times have never been…

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The Progress of Our Direct Wool Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 December 1883 · page 8

THE Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company completed the loading of the fine clipper ship Cutty Sark on Thursday, and she hauled into the stream preparatory to sailing direct for London. She…

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Wool Dumpers' Picnic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 December 1883 · page 2

The following are the handicaps for the principal event in connection with the wool dumpers' picnic:— yds…

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The Wool Ships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1883 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The steamer Aberdeen has cleared from Melbourne with 13,000 bales of wool. The ship Dharwar has cleared for London…

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