Australian Sheep
LONDON, Saturday.—A controversy has arisen as to the merits of Australian sheep, and the future prospects of the frozen meat trade. Mr. Walter Magor, a Cape squatter,…
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Farming & the land, 1889
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 20
German Duty on Wool
LONDON, Saturday.—It is expected that Germany will shortly impose a heavy duty on imported wool…
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NEW YORK, Monday. — The American Agricultural Bureau, in its monthly report, estimates the wheat crop at 415,000,000 bushels…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death of Cricketer Cropper
LONDON, Monday.—Cropper, who was at one time a crack bowler, and also an excellent bat, belonging as professional player to the Derbyshire Eleven, whilst playing in a…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—At the opening of the Antwerp wool sales there was a large attendance and biddings were brisk. River Plate wools showed a decline of five centimes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queensland. Proposed Wool Sales
A preliminary meeting of wool producers and agents was held at Morehead's Warehouse, Brisbane, on Tuesday, to take into consideration a proposal to establish wool…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →[Reuter's Telegrams.] Antwerp Wool Sales
ANTWERP, Tuesday.—The wool sales opened to-day, when there was fairly animated competition for most descriptions of wool. The prices were almost at par with…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—A scene took place in French Chamber of Deputies. M. Laur, one of the deputies, made a violent attack upon M. Floquet, the President…
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LONDON, Wednesday Night.—The Antiwerp wool sales opened on Tuesday. Of the 2600 bales of Australian wool offered, two-thirds were sold, firm prices being…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Antwerp wool sales closed very firm. Two thousand bales of Australian and 400 bales of River Plate wool were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wandering Sheep of Spain
THE merino of which dress materials are made is (says Little Folks) woven from the wool of a sheep that once belonged the Spain, but is now found in other countries of Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Distress Among South Australian Farmers. Appeal to the Government
ADELAIDE, Friday.— A large deputation waited upon the Commissioner of Crown Lands to-day, and asked him to take steps for the Government to supply, as a loan…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The Economist, referring to the coming wool sales which open on the 29th inst., states that fully one-third of the whole quantity offered will go direct…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Crop of 1889 in the United Kingdom
The estimate of the wheat crop for 1888, given in the preliminary summary of the agricultural produce statistics of the United Kingdom, places the quantity for Great Britain at 71,939,647 bushels,…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Messrs. Balme and Jacomb report that they catalogued, 9400 bales at the opening of the wool sales. Cape wool formed three-sevenths of the quantity…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The wool auctions opened to-day. There was a large attendance of Home and foreign buyers. There was good competition at par closing rates of last…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Distress Among Farmers
At a meeting of distressed farmers, held at Terowie, on Monday, it was stated that actual distress and starvation were imminent, and the meeting urged that seed wheat for…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The cargo of wheat, by the Oronsay, has been sold for 37s. 6d. a quarter…
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LONDON, Thursday.— The wool sales prices remain firm at the opening rates. Buyers are keen…
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LONDON, Thursday.—The cargo of wheat by the Oronsay has been sold for 37s 6d a quarter…
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