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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

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The Wool Market

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

LONDON, Monday.—The wool market has a downward tendency. Since the opening of the sales 33,600 bales have been catalogued. Adelaide inferior merino is weak and…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

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

LONDON, Tuesday.—January and February shipments of wheat are selling at 35s per quarter. The quantity of wheat afloat for the…

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Shipment of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The consignment of frozen butter from Australian ports, which arrived by the R.M.S. Austral, has been found to be mostly damaged. Superior lots…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—At the wool sales to-day merino was ½d lower; wasty Adelaides and greasy, 1d lower; lambs (crossbreds) about on a par with closing rates of last series…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales 36,000 bales have been catalogued since Monday. The withdrawals number 13,000. Prices show no improvement…

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Wool

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

LONDON, Monday.—At the wool sales today day there was a fair demand. Since last Thursday 33,600 bales have been disposed of…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

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

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,130,000 quarters, and for the Continent, 400,000 quarters…

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Pastoral Lessees and the Government. Sydney, Thursday night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 5

MR. JOSPEH ABBOTT, M.L.A., introduced a deputation of pastoralists to the Minister for Lands this morning, with a view to discussing with the Minister the best method of…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Since Monday 38,800 bales of wool have been offered at the sales. The withdrawals numbered 24,000 bales. The market is slightly improved…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—Colonial wool sales close on the 25th inst…

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South Australia. Dairy Instructor

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

Mr. Henry Harding, from Bodalla, New South Wales, interviewed the Commissioner of Grown Lands, and will probably be offered 12 months' engagement as instructor in…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The February series of wool sales close on the 22nd inst. At the wool sales 36,600 bales have been offered since Thursday. There is no improvement…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 4

The Australian Mortgage. Land and Finance Company, Limited, has received the following cable from Messrs. Helmuth Schwartze and Co., dated London, 15th inst.:—"Since our last…

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The Government and Pastoral Lessees. Sydney, Tuesday Night

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 5

IN the Full Court this morning the decision of the Privy Council in the case of Alison v. Burns was made an order of the court. This case, it will be generally remembered, was…

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The Grant Farm Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 8

THE old Grant farm, near St. Louis, changed hands recently (says the News York Herald). A stipulation in the conveyance gives the grantor, Captain L. S. Conn, the privilege of…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,270,000 quarters, and for the Continent 470,000…

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Next Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The next series of colonial wool auction sales will commence on the 10th April, and will be limited to 400,000 bales…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The wool sales closed yesterday, the prices realised being from 7½ to 10 per cent. lower than those obtained at the closing of the December sales…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Since Monday 32,600 bales of wool have been catalogued. During the same time 31,500 bales were withdran. The market shows no improvement…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 February 1890 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The next series of London wool sales will commence on April 10. The [?] will reman open until 400,000 bales have arrived…

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