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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1885

169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9

The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 October 1885 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day 4000 bales were offered, and nearly all were sold at prices exceeding the most sanguine expectations. A large number of clips in the greese sold…

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ANTWERP, Friday. Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1885 · page 3

About 4000 bales of Australian wool have been sold at an advance of ½d. per lb. The demand is very animated…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1885 · page 5

At Antwerp 8000 bales of Australian wool were submitted and sold, averaging ½d per Ib over London sales…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 November 1885 · page 4

We have received Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Co.'s wool circular for September last. It states—" The colonial wool sales, which began here on the 1st September, are in progress; more than three-fifths…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Wheat Horvest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1885 · page 3

Messrs. John Dunn and Co.' estimate the wheat harvest of the colony to average three bushels to the acre, and that the total available exports will be 100,000 tons…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1885 · page 5

The wool sales opened to-day, 10,000 bales catalogued. There was a good attendance of buyers; prices were firm. The steamer Austral missed the sales…

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LONDON, Tuesday. London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 November 1885 · page 5

The opening sale of the November and December series of wool auctions was held to-day. There was a large attendance of home and foreign buyers; 10,000…

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Mysterious Death at Wool Loomooloo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 November 1885 · page 2

A CASE of sudden death occurred on Tuesday morning at Woolloomooloo. The name of the deceased is Mrs. Annie Cox, a lady of independant means who resided in…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1885 · page 5

The ship Galloroy has left for London, with over 8000 bales of wool aboard…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1885 · page 4

We have been favoured with the following wool report by the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company:—London, 5th October, 1883…

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LONDON, Friday. The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1885 · page 3

At the wool sales to day about 7100 bales were offered. There is good competition. The withdrawals amount to about 3500 bales…

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LONDON, Saturday. The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1885 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 9400 bales were offered. There was a good demand…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 November 1885 · page 2

Since July 1st 136,000 bales of wool have arrived in Sydney…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 November 1885 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day, 10,900 bales were offered. The market is animated. Crossbreds and greasy wools are ½d higher than at last sales…

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Commercial. the Fall in the Price of Wool. Its Cause and Extent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 November 1885 · page 4

MESSRS. JAMES MORRISON and Co., of 3 Fenchurch-street, London under date 8th October, issued a circular to wool producers, in which the causes and extent of the recent…

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Australian Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 5

The sheep shipped to London by the Hon. Wm. Campbell, from Victoria, of the Old Camden strain, arrived safely. Pronounced by judges splendid animals…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 November 1885 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 7200 bales were offered for sale. The market is firm; the withdrawals amount to 6000 bales…

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LONDON, Saturday. Wool Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 December 1885 · page 4

Wool: 6200 bales were catalogued. Market firm…

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Cattle Disease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 2 December 1885 · page 3

Pleuro-pneumonia has been found amongst some cattle at Echuca. They were immediately destroyed and burnt…

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American Dairy Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 3 December 1885 · page 7

THE numerous deaths among dairy cows recently reported in America, from cramming during butter tests, have thrown some light on the extraordinary yields of butter…

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