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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

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Summons Cases. Stray Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1891 · page 6

John Gibson, Edward Elliott, and William Taylor, were each fined 5s, with 2s 6d costs, for allowing cattle to stray in the Municipality of Hamilton…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.— The wool sales opened to-day. There was a good attendance, and the demand was fair. Prices were in favour of sellers. The total quantity is limited to…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 7

There has been a great falling-off in the arrivals of wool locally during the past week, when only 535 bales came forward. This quantity brings the total arrivals of this…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales, 39,800 bales have been offered. There is good competition, and prices are maintained…

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Loss of Cattle on the Atlantic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 7

MR. GRAY recently asked the president of the Board of Agriculture whether his attention had been drawn to the report that from one ship in crossing the Atlantic some 300…

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Australian News. New South Wales. Sale of Wheat in Bulk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1891 · page 2

IN accordance with a resolution arrived at by the members of the Hume Farmers' Union, to offer wheat in bulk to the highest purchasers on a date to be fixed, this proceeding…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The wool sales are progressing firmly for fine, scoured, and greasy wools of all descriptions. Crossbred wool is quoted ½d per lb higher…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1891 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., under date Melbourne, February 3, wire as follows :—At our wool sale to-day we submitted a fairly representative catalogue of 1100 bales, to a full attendance of…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The wool sales continue firm; 41,000 bales have been catalogued since Thursday, showing a total of 80,800 for the series…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,050,000 quarters, and for the Continent 790,000 quarters…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1891 · page 4

Messrs, Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., Limited, Sydney have received the following cablegramdated, London, February 3:—"There is no change in this market to report since our last cable."…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 6

The recent heavy rains, and consequent bad roads, have very considerably retarded the transit of wool, which accounts for the slackening off of the arrivals lately. During…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales 40,200 bales have been offered since Monday. There is a firm and active demand. The withdrawals number 4600 bales…

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United States Wool Duty

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1891 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.—A bulletin issued to-day by the Wool Consumers' Union of Boston affirms that the free importation of wool into the United States is certain…

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Commercial. London Wool and Wheat Markets

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1891 · page 4

THE New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report the receipt of the following cablegram, dated the 10th inst.,from its London house:—"Wool: Since the opening of the…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,090,000 quarters, and for the Continent, 790,000 quarters…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 6

THE arrival of wool this week show an increase on that of last week, some 909 bales having reached the local sheds for shipment. This brings the total arrivals of this season's…

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The Next Wool Ship

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 4

The barque Cooleen, Brown's direct line, now on the passage from London to Newcastle direct, has been fixed by Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. to load wool here for London. This vessel is now…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales 43,500 bales have been offered since Monday. There was good competition, and the withdrawals amounted to 7800 bales…

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Colonial Wool in Great Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 February 1891 · page 6

The total decrease from all ports in 1890 of the importation of colonial wool with Great Britain, as compared with 1889, exclusive of 6138 bales, lost at sea, amounted…

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