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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1887

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ANTWERP., Wednesday. the Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 August 1887 · page 5

The wool sales opened hero to-day to quiet prices. The market is generally ruling 1d lower than at the close of last series…

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Heavy Mortality in Cattle Cargoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1887 · page 11

SOME steamers which have brought cattle across the Atlantic have arrived at Liverpool within the last few days, and reported somewhat heavy mortality…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 5

There was a large attendance at the opening of the Antwerp wool sales on Wednesday. Prides generally showed a decline upon those realised at the…

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The Hop Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1887 · page 5

The hop crop accounts are more satisfactory, the recent showers having a beneficial effect…

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ANTWERP, Monday. the Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 August 1887 · page 5

The sales of the Australian wool shipments commenced to-day, the market average ranging about same as last London sales…

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The English Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 August 1887 · page 5

Messrs. Kains and Jackson estimate that the average yield of the English wheat crop will be over 31 bushels to the acre. Other estimates place it…

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The Coming Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1887 · page 4

The wool season is now rapidly approaching, and in another week or ten days will be in full swing. During the past few months an almost unprecedented depression has had to be recorded in our…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 August 1887 · page 5

Three thousand seven hundred bales of Australian wool were sold at the Antwerp sales on Wednesday. The prices realised averaged that…

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The California Wheat Ring

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 September 1887 · page 5

The California wheat ring has collapsed…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. the Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 September 1887 · page 5

ADELAIDE wheat, 33s…

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LONDON, Tuesday. the London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 September 1887 · page 5

The wool sales opened to-day. There was a good attendance of Home and Foreign buyers, with fair competition. 8300 bales were sold, prices…

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[Reuter's Telegram.] London, Wednesday. the London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 5

Wool, offered, 11,700 bales. The market is quiet. Crossbreds are firm. Faulty scoured and lambs' wool…

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The Hop Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1887 · page 5

Heavy storms, which have prevailed in England this week, have seriously damaged the hop crops. It is estimated that the crop throughout…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 September 1887 · page 5

At the wool sales 11,200 bales were presented. The market showed very irregular features, all descriptions of inferior and faulty wools ruling about…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1887 · page 5

Wool offered, 12,600 bales. The market is irregular…

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The English Hop Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1887 · page 5

Hop-Picking will be finished this week. The recent heavy rains have discoloured the majority of the crops. The finest description of hops are…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday, 11,800 bales were offered. The demand was steady, but not active…

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The Hop Crop in California

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 September 1887 · page 5

The hop crops in California are suffering greatly from the prevailing wet and cold weather…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 3

THE wool season has now fairly set in, and produce continues to arrive every day from the Northern districts, notwithstanding that heavy weather interfered with its transit, the…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. the London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1887 · page 5

AT the wool sales to-day 11,000 bales were offered. The market in general shows a hardening tendency. Greasy and scoured combings remain about…

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