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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 20

Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is now estimated, at about 1.672,000 quarters; the quantity afloat' for the Continent now…

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Commercial. English Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 July 1889 · page 4

MESSRS. GOLDSHROUGH, MORT, AND CO. report in their Melbourne circular of June 27, regarding the English wool market, as follows:—"The prospects for the future are decidedly more favourable than…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In the wool market fine crossbreds and good merinos, especially New Zealand scoured sorts, are selling well. Middle merinos are irregular…

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Australian News. New South Wales. the Wool Clip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1889 · page 2

THE number of sheep in the colony at the end of last year was estimated at 46,503,469. This is a decrease of 461,683 on the previous year, and is attributable by the Inspector of…

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Annual Stud Sheep Fair

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 4

The fifteenth annual stud sheep fair, which opens to-morrow in Sydney, will be the largest that has ever been held in the colony. The number of stud sheep catalogned is 3423, being 811 more than was…

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Wool, Hides, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., report under date July 6 as follows:— Wool.—News by cable from London during the week has been of a satisfactory nature, and there…

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Wool Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1889 · page 5

The competition at the wool sales to-day has been spirited, but prices remain unchanged…

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Annual Stud Sheep Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1889 · page 5

THE annual stud sheep sales commenced at Sydney on Tuesday. The attendance was very large, but the bidding did not appear to be very lively. 105 stud rams were disposed…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday—In the wool market to-day good marinos and crossbreds were very firm; but middling faulty merinos and coarse crossbreds incline in buyer's favour…

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London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1889 · page 4

The Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia, Limited, are in receipt of a cable from their London house, dated 10th inst., reading as follows, viz., "There is no change in the market,…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The June-July series of colonial wool sales closed to-day. The market was firm and the demand animated Prices show advances from a halfpenny to a…

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Sydney Wool and Tallow Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson and Co's weekly market report, dated 13th instant, is as follows:— Wool: This market continues very firm, and there is extensive private inquiry, many orders…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1889 · page 8

IT is well worthy of note, from an Australian farmer's view-point, that whereas at the corresponding period last year the wheat on passage to the United Kingdom totalled up…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The wool sales closed with an advance of a half penny to a penny for coarse grades. Weak prices were the rule, at the close hardly equal to previous…

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The Californian Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1889 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Mecrcantile Agency Company have received the following cable dated London, July 15:—"The Californian wheat crop is bad."…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 July 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co, are in receipt of the following telegram from their London office:— "Total estimated for the fourth series probably available, including old stock, will be 230,000 bales…

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Amusing Pastoral Statistics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 10

THIS is how Mr. Robert J. Burdette, the American humourist and a Baptist deacon, writes of "Pastoral Statistics":—"Last Sunday the Rev. Hippolytus…

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Commercial. the Approaching Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1889 · page 4

THE Hon. P. G. King, general manager of the Peel River Land and Mineral Company, advises his agents (Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, Newcastle) that 500 bales of the Currawillghi clip are…

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WOOL, &c., MARKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 July 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.'s weekly market report, dated July 20th, is as follows:— Wool.—The local market for wool has been quiet during the week, no auction sales having been held,…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 July 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The cargo of Australian wheat, by the Creswick, has been sold at 35s per quarter…

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