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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 20

Sydney Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 4

On Tuesday there were large attendances at Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Hill, Clark, and Co., Winchcombe, Carson, and Co., and the Australian Mortgage and Agency Company's wool sales,…

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Commercial. the Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 November 1889 · page 4

ANOTHER steamer will go on the berth at Newcastle for London this week. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have chartered the s.s. Sanson, of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s line, to take a cargo from the…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,810,000 quarters, and for the Continent 440,000 quarters…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 November 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, report having offered on Wednesday one of the largest catalogues of wool ever submitted in the Sydney market—viz., 7385 bales. The magnitude…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 5

ANTWERP, Thursday.—The wool sales opened to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and the market was very animated. An advance of a 1½d was…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the series of wool sales now being held at Antwerp, River Plate wool is ½d per lb dearer than the closing prices of last series…

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Sydney Wool Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 4

The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Co. report— Wool.—The dispute which has recently existed between the wool buyers and sellers having been…

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A Big Plunder. A Steal in Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 10

AT the Melbourne General Sessions, before Judge Worthington and a jury of 12, Eli Shaw, Peter Quinane, and James Hamilton were charged with conspiring to defraud…

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The Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1889 · page 6

ALTHOUGH a number of crops about Quipolly, Currabubula, and Tamworth are (says the Murrurundi Times), more or less affected with rust, there are many excellent…

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Wheat Versus Coal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 November 1889 · page 4

IT is evident that a writer in the S.M, Herald Office is strongly of opinion that the growers of wheat and wool are the natural enemies of the…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 4

At the Adelaide wool sales on Monday 13,000 bales were quitted at good prices, the amount realised being about £150,000…

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Shipment of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1889 · page 4

The s.s. Santon, of Messrs. Huddart, Parker, and Co.'s line, finished taking in wool here yesterday afternoon. She has loaded 1050 bales and proceeds on to Sydney, Melbourne, and Adelaide to fill up,…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,800,000 quarters, and for the Continent 470,000…

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Commercial. Sydney Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 November 1889 · page 4

ADVICES to hand during the past week from the Antwerp sales indicate that the upward tendency of prices for the staple is not likely to be arrested for some time to come. Trade on the Continent…

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Singular Loss Among Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 November 1889 · page 2

ON Monday night last, while a flock of 3000 travelling sheep were camped near Temple Court, Murrurundi, from some cause unknown to the drover and the men they were…

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Commercial. This Season's Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 November 1889 · page 4

THE quantity of wool which arrived in Newcastle from the interior this season up to and including Saturday last for shipment to London amounts to 40,520 bales…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety, under date Melbourne, November 25th, report :—Our wool sales to-day attracted a large attendance, and the tone throughout was very lively. We offered 1800 bales, and sold…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The wool market is firm. New arrivals for next sales amount to 150,000 bales…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the London wool sales, held to-day, the biddings of British and foreign buyers were spirited. Merinoes and crossbreds ruled 7½ per cent, dearer…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 November 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The November and December series of wool sales were opened to-day. There was a large attendance of buyers, and a good demand was experienced…

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