London Wool Market
By British cable news, we learn that 1700 bales of Australian wool have been sold in London at an advance of ½d per 1b over the closing prices at the last series of sales. The Antwerp wool sales…
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Farming & the land, 1889
381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 20
Commercial. Wheat Statistics
THE Melbourne Ago publishes some statistics which show the requirements of and the available supply of wheat in the Australasian colonies. In addition to the quantities locally produced, the…
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LONDON, Thursday.—It is fully expected that the wool market will for some time be characterised by great firmness. Messrs. Charles Balme and Co., woolbrokers of…
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The new American crap, according to latest reports, continues to promise well. Spring sewing is unusually forward, and although in some parts of the north-west severe storms have led to the…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The Antwerp wool sales have closed. The advance in prices obtained at the opening of the series was maintained. Thirteen thousand five hundred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stray Cattle. to the Editor
SIR,—Would you allow me space in your paper to call the attention of the inspector of nuisances to the shameful way cattle are allowed to stray about Islington, both day and…
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With reference to the value of Indian wheat as compared with Australian, the Mark Lane Express of April 15 gives the current quotation for Bombay No. 1 as 34s 6d to 35s 6d per quarter, and for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Commercial. the "Frisco" Wheat Market
THE latest telegraphic advices from San Francisco show a decline in wheat quotations of over 6 cents per cental for the month, equal to about 2d per bushel of 60lb. Since December last the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Wednesday Night. a Farmer Killed
A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Bathurst on Tuesday night. Mr. John Godfrey, a large and well-known farmer, was driving home to his farm at Raglan in a cart, when…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The wheat market is firmer, owing to heavy rain in the English wheat districts. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Unfavourable Reports of American Wheat Crop
NEW YORK, Saturday.—Reports from the agricultural districts show that an immense amount of damage has been done by the recent cold unseasonable weather, and that…
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ST. PETERSBURG, Saturday.—A heavy deficiency is expected in Russian wheat, the growing centres being generally unfavourable…
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The Melbourne Argus, with reference to allowing for samples, to purchasers of lots, gives the following particulars:—Hitherto the auctioneers lave deducted the sample and the buyers haven had to take…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is now estimated at about 1,468,000 quarters. The quantity of wheat and flour now afloat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Kentucky Tobacco Crop
The Kentucky tobacco crop in 1888, as officially reported, was over double the size of that of the preceding year. It amounted to 282,331,421lb, against 117,282,8761b in 1887, a gain of over…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—Four hundred thousand bales of wool have arrived for the next series of wool sales, the lists for which have now closed. It is expected that…
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Wheat continuos in over-supply for the moment. The arrival of the cargo of Indian wheat, together with shipments from New Zealand and California, has given considerable advantage to buyers. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legislative Assembly. Cavalry and Mounted Infantry. Nyngan-Cobar Railway. The Murdered Constable. Seed Wheat. Chinese Furniture. Queensland Immigrants. Formal Motion. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CAVALRY AND MOUNTED INFANTRY. Mr. M'COURT asked the Colonial Secretary whether the cavalry corps at the late encampment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool and Sheepskins
Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, and Co.'s weekly report is as follows:— Wool: Inquiry continues very strong in this market, but the quantities arriving are very…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hop Crops
A serious blight has broken out in the English hop gardens…
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