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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1884

138 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 7

First Shipment of Wool this Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 September 1884 · page 2

THE S.S. Australasian, Captain Simpson, took the whole of her wool on board, amounting to about 1000 bales, between 8 and 9 o'clock last evening. Attempts were made by a…

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The Cattle Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At Homebush yesterday the markets were a shade fi[?] Best bullocks averaged £14. Sheep were 2s a head lower…

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Farmingham V. Vanguard

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 September 1884 · page 2

The Chief Justice of South Australia gave judgment in the Vice-Admiralty suit that was brought by the owners of the barque Farningham against those of the barque Vanguard, arising out of the…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the wool sales to-day 6900 bales were offered. The market is firm. LONDON, Wednesday.—The wool sales…

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The London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1884 · page 2

Dalgety and Co.'s (Limited) wool circular, dated London, 15th August, 1881, says:—The third series of colonial wool sales opened on the 12th inst. The available quantities, deducting 37,000 bales…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The first series of wool sales will commence in Sydney to-morrow…

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Commercial. Store Cattle Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1884 · page 2

MESSRS. Sparke and Clift report having sold, at Muswellbrook, on Saturday last, for various owners. 1574 store cattle, comprising heifers, cows, steers, and bullocks, at an average of £3 5s 8d…

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TELEGRAMS. The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mort's wool sales commenced yesterday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and the prices of last season were fully maintained…

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A Sheep Inspector in Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—Joseph West, sheep inspector at Carcoar, has been committed for trial for embezzlement…

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Wool Shipments From Newcastle to London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 October 1884 · page 4

The resources of the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping. Company have been seriously taxed to get the title clipper ship Patriarch away from this port to her advertised date, in order to…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1884 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At the wool sales now being held by Harrison, Jones, and Devlin, there has been the largest attendance of buyers yet seen in the colonies…

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CABLEGRAMS The Hop Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—The hop crop returns this year are satisfactory. The total yield is 414,000 cwt…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1884 · page 2

The first wool sales of the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company will take place on Saturday, 1st November, when a large and varied catalogue will be offered. The foreign…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The total arrivals of wool to date amount to 70,000 bales. The total probable quantity to be offered, including that held over from last sales, amounts to 140,000 bales…

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The Wool Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1884 · page 4

The steamship Duke of Devonshire, leaves today, for London, via Melbourne, with 3500 cakes copper, and 1500 bales wool, loaded by the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Co…

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Australasian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1884 · page 2

LONDON, Saturday.—The quotations for Australasian wheat remain unchanged…

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London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 October 1884 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.'s (Limited) wool circular, dated London, 18th September. says;—The third series of Colonial wool sales, which opened on the 12th August,…

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The Cattle Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—At Homebush, cattle were 20s per head cheaper. Sheep were 1s per head cheaper…

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Wool Sales in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1884 · page 4

TO-DAY, the 1st of November, will begin a new era in the commercial history of Newcastle. The project, which in the old days, was dear to the heart of every well-wisher…

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Wool Sales in Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1884 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon one of the most important events in the commercial history of Newcastle—the first sale of wool—took place at the sheds of the…

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