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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1889

381 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 20

Commercial. Sydney Flour and Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 June 1889 · page 4

BUSINESS is quiet, and very few transactions of any importance are noticeable. Flour is rather dull of sale, quotations for bakers' lines being as follow:— Australian roller, £12 10s to £13 5s; stone, £11 10s…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 June 1889 · page 4

English cable news shows the quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the United Kingdom as 1,528,000 quarters, and for the Continent 348,000 quarters, decreases on the week of 41,000 quarters…

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The Russian Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1889 · page 5

ST. PETERSBURG, Sunday.—The official reports of the wheat crops show that crops on the Volga are improved by the recent rains. In other districts of Russia, however,…

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The Hungarian Wheat Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1889 · page 5

BUDA-PESTH, Sunday.—It is expected that the Hungarian wheat crops will be smaller than usual this year, owing to the effects of the recent drought…

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Sydney Wool, &c. MARKET

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 June 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Winchcombe, Carson, & Co., in their weekly market report of the 15th inst., state:— Wool.—Our sale this week was marked by the greatest activity, and prices paid fully reflected…

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The New Railway Rates. Advantageous to Newcastle. An Increased Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1889 · page 2

THE new railway rates for the carriage of goods on the Northern lines beyond Guyra are not being received with unbounded satisfaction, although they are looked upon as…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of the American Visible supply of wheat and flour is now estimated at 17,625,000 bushels. The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—As the opening of the wool sales 12,000 bales were catalogued, of which two-thirds were from New South Wales. There was a full attendance of…

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[Reuter's Telegrams.] English Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The June and July series of colonial wool auctions opened to-day when there was a good attendance of Home and Foreign buyer. A good demand…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—At wool auctions, to-day, there was good competition. Good merinos were a half-penny higher crossbreds, fine, and finest qualities, show a similar…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON Wednesday.—Wool is very firm at the London sales, and the advance in prices is fully maintained. Fourteen thou-and bales were offered for sale to-day…

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Butter-making in Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 5

PROFESSOR WILLIAM BORWN, director of the Longerenong Experimental Farm at Dooen, Victoria, has just published a most interesting and useful handbook for…

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Maitland. Lochend Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 6

A meeting of the farmers of Lochend and Louth Park was held at the Governor Gipps Hotel a few evenings ago. Mr. John Atkinson was voted to the chair. The minutes of…

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The Distressed But Honest Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 June 1889 · page 4

IT is difficult to see at first what connection there can be between the Minister for Mines and seed wheat. But the explanation is that all the odd jobs which other departments of…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 June 1889 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsborough, Mort, and Co. have received the following cablegram dated London, Friday:—"Wool sales continue, with attendance as previously reported. Prices show an advance of…

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English Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1889 · page 4

Last advices report that a cheerful and buoyant tone prevailed in the wool market generally, and, so for as the provinces were concerned, a good average business was being transacted at the…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The English wheat market is showing a general advance 6d per quarter. The Continental markets are changing a little for the better. The…

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London Wool Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Wool; 98,100 bales were offered since the commencement of the series. Good competition continues to prevail, and to-day's rates are rather firmer…

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The Russian Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Rains have greatly improved the wheat crops in Russia, and fears of a failure have been dispelled…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1889 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales to day, 11,700 bales were offered. The market was firm, and there was an active demand. The withdrawals to date amount to 4600…

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