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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1885

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

The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 December 1885 · page 3

At the wool sales to-day about 10,600 bales were offered. The market is firm…

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The Wool Sales

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

The colonial wool auction close to-morrow. The total sales amount to 130,000 bales, [?]5,000 bales being held over for next series. The sales close with good competition, at…

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Death of 300 Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1885 · page 2

Three hundred sheep, travelling from Dubbo to Albury, died at the Government dam at Wallacetown, from eating a poisonous weed…

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Duty on Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1885 · page 2

France proposes an import duty of nine francs sixty cents, on wheat other than that grown in Europe…

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Sheep Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1885 · page 5

Henry Kerr, who was convicted for sheep stealing in Melbourne, has been sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment, the first four days in each month to be solitary confinement…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1885 · page 3

The next wool sales will begin on January 10. The arrivals to date for the next series are about 40,000 bales. The total probable quantity, including that…

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Victorian Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 December 1885 · page 5

IT is estimated that 1,058,200 acres are under wheat for the present season, giving an average of 946 bushels to the acre, or a total crop of 10,015,000 bushels. Compared…

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Cablegrams. London, Tuesday. Another Wool Failure

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 December 1885 · page 8

It is reported, the Mr. Lupton, wool merchant, of Bradford, has suspended payment. H.T liabilities are said to amount to £60,000…

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Baby-farming Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 December 1885 · page 2

THE other day the enquiry by the City Coroner of Port Adelaide (S.A.) into the circumstances concerning the death of the infant of Mrs. Peters, alias…

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