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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1887

206 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11

The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 October 1887 · page 5

The colonial wool auctions closed to-day, 240,000 bales having been sold during the series, including the quantity forwarded direct to…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 5

For off-coast wheat, 31s 9d is asked, and for wheat to be delivered in December and January 32s is offered…

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The Northern Wool-scouring Mills. Hamilton and East Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 October 1887 · page 6

ONE of the most convincing proofs of the rapid strides made by Newcastle of late years, in the permanent development of industries indigenous to…

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Commercial. the London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1887 · page 4

THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. W. B. Sharp, manager in Newcastle for Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, we publish the following cablegram received from London by that firm…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 8

The next series of wool sales open on November 22. Arrivals to date, 30,000 bales. The total probable quantity available, including that…

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Wool and Sheepskins Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 October 1887 · page 3

FROM advertisement it will be seen that the Great Northern Wool Dumping and Shipping Company will hold their first sale of wool and sheepskrins,…

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The First Wool Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1887 · page 4

THE first wool sale of the season in Newcastle will be held by the Great Northern Wool, Dumping and Shipping Company at their stores, Queen's Wharf, to-day, at noon, when…

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Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 October 1887 · page 5

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for Great Britain is 1,490,000 quarters, and for the Continent 164,000 quarters…

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Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1887 · page 5

Off-coast wheat is quoted at 31s…

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The Centennial Cattle Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1887 · page 4

THE intended grant by the Government of £6000 to the Agricultural Society of New South Wales for their Centennial show is quite in keeping…

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Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1887 · page 5

For off-coast December-January; wheat 32s 9d is asked. American wheat shipped to Liverpool quoted at higher value. The Indian crop is…

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Cablegrams. London, Wednesday. Wool Depression

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 4 November 1887 · page 5

THE wool trade is depressed to-day, owing to extensive failures in Yorkshire…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1887 · page 5

The wool market is quiet but steady New arrivals for next sales, 50,000 bales…

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The Antwerp Wool Sales. Antwerp

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1887 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day a good business was effected in Australian wools, which were from 10 to 15 per centum lower than the close last sales…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 November 1887 · page 5

At the Antwerp wool sales yesterday 2200 bales were sold at rates equal to those ruling at the closing of the London sales…

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American Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1887 · page 5

The American Department of Agriculture reports that the yield of wheat for the year amounts to 1,453,000,000 bushels…

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Wool Storage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 November 1887 · page 5

Messrs. Cousens, Merry, and Co., wool warehousemen, of Millwall, East London, announce that after the 22nd instant their rates for receiving and…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 November 1887 · page 4

Matters in connection with the shipment of wool from Newcastle are now in a state of almost unprecedented activity, and large numbers of men are busily employed dumping the produce and…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1887 · page 4

Messrs. R. Goldsbrough and Co. report, regarding their Melbourne sales :—" We have sold 6000 bales this week at prices fully equal to late quotations, superior greasy merino…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 November 1887 · page 5

It is announced that the wool auction, which opens on the 22nd instant, will be closed on the 12½h December…

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