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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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Newcastle Wool Shi[?]ments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1890 · page 4

Messrs, Gibbs, Bright, and Co. report :—The arrivals of wool during the season have been delayed on account of the shearers' trouble and wet weather, but now that both are more settled, wool…

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Meeting of Farmers. Important Resolutions. MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 October 1890 · page 5

A MEETING of the Farmers' Association was held to-night, for the purpose of opposing the duty on sheepskins and similar produce. The following resolutions were also passed:…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. The tone of the market was inanimate. LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Balfour, Chief…

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Loading the Wool Ships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 October 1890 · page 5

The Dutch steamer Celebes, on the wool berth for London, is getting deeper into the water every day as the large consignments of wool are stowed away in the specious hold…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 November 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The wool market is quiet. Arrivals for next sales number 60,000 bales…

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Wool and Grain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 November 1890 · page 4

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company, report under date, Sydney, 29th October:—Wool: Deliveries for the week have been on a more liberal scale, 19,583 boles having come to hand. No sales…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1890 · page 4

Messrs. [?]algety and Company, Limited, under date Melbourne, November 3, wire as follows:— At our [?]al weekly wool sales to-day, we offered a catalo[?]e of 1500 bales to a full attendance of the…

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SYDNEY. Unsatisfactory State of Affairs. Arrivals of Wool. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 November 1890 · page 5

The most exciting talk among the men on strike this morning was the news that has come from Brisbane, to the effect that the Queensland Labour Federation has given…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 1,790,000 quarters, and for the continent 650,000 quarters…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 November 1890 · page 5

Operations in connection with the arrival and loading of wool for the London sales are progressing briskly. Nearly 400 bales came down from various growers in the northern…

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Loading Wool Ships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 8

THE loading of the steamer Celebes was continued by Messrs. Dalgety and Co. yesterday, and the vessel is now becoming deeply laden. Three hundred bales were placed on board,…

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Railway Commissioners' Quarterly Report. Decrease in Mineral and Wool Traffic. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 November 1890 · page 4

THE report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended September 30 was laid on the table of the Assembly tonight. It shows there has been an increase of revenue…

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Wool and Grain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1890 · page 7

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort, and Company report under date Sydney, 5th instant:— Wool.—For our opening sale we are bringing forward a catalogue of 1900 bales,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1890 · page 4

Concerning their sales held on Friday, the Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company, Limited, wire as follows:—Sold 1015 bales to-day. Prices unaltered. Crossbreds had strong competition;…

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The Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 November 1890 · page 5

THE wool trade continues as briskly as ever, and the exports during the present month promise to be very large. On Saturday last 480 bales arrived from the northern districts,…

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Black Sheep in the Press

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1890 · page 8

SPEAKING at a dinner after an inspection of the new Hansard mill, in Devonshire, the Lord Mayor of London, in proposing the toast of the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1890 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, report as follows —Our weekly wool sales to-day comprised 1500 biles, consisting chiefly of medium qualities. The attendance of buyers was large, and…

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The Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 November 1890 · page 5

THE loading of the steamers Celebes and Port Pirie is being continued with as much despatch as possible. The former took 282 bales yesterday, and now has 4700 bales…

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Parliament. Tuesday, November 11Th, 1890. Legislative Assembly. Slaughter Cattle. The Drummond Contract for Lecomatives. Hooting the Non-unionists by Volunteers. Kech's Treatment of Consumption. Wagga Cattle Saleyards Bill. Early Closing. Broken Hill Water Supply Bill. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 November 1890 · page 5

THE SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. STOCK FOR SLAUGHTERING. Mr. M'MILLAN, in reply to Mr. PLAYFAIR, said the question of having proper…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 November 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,010,000 quarters, and for the continent 670,000 quarters…

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