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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1886

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

A Thousand Sheep Poisoned

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1886 · page 6

THE mail from South Africa brings tidings of another of those wholesale poisonings of sheep that have happened from time to time, filling the minds of…

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The Wool Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 November 1886 · page 5

Up to the present 88,000 bales are to hand for November-December wool auctions. Wool generally is slow of sale…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1886 · page 5

The December series of colonial wool auctions opened to-day with a large attendance of home and foreign buyers, when 10,000 bales were offered…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 12,500 bales were offered. The market shows a slightly improved tendency…

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Wool-scouring Mills

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1886 · page 3

A NEW industry is always welcome, but more especially so when its beneficial effect is directly felt by the pastoralists of the North, the commercial centres of Newcastle…

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He Australian Sheep-shearing Machine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1886 · page 8

IN a recent issue it was stated that on Saturday, the 27th ult., an exhibition of Mr. Wolseley's Australian Sheep Shearing Machine was given at Euroka…

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WASHINGTON, Tuesday. The Wool Duties in the United States

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1886 · page 5

The report of Mr. Manning, Secretary to the Treasury, presented to Congress, recommends the removal of duties on raw wool, and reduction of…

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Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 December 1886 · page 5

The wool arrivals are 7800. The market is weak…

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European Wheat Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1886 · page 6

THE latest cables from Europe indicate that the strained relations actually existing or anticipated between two or three of the Great Powers have already had a…

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The Wool Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1886 · page 5

Wool arrivals, 9700. The market is dull…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1886 · page 5

Australian wheat, for delivery in February and March, 36s 6d…

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The London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 December 1886 · page 5

The November and December series of wool auctions closed to-day. The total quantity sold was 100,000 bales; 32,000 have been held over for next…

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Wheat and Corn

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 December 1886 · page 5

The price of wheat remains firm, English and foreign qualities being quoted at 6d a bushel advance on former prices. Australian, Indian, and Russian…

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