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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1891

372 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 19

The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales 38,500 bales have been offered since Monday. The market is very firm, and withdrawals have only numbered 5600…

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European Wheat Crop Failed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—In consequence of the unfavourable prospects of the wheat harvest on the continent, particularly in France and Germany, there is an excited demand…

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CABLEGRAMS. Berlin Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 April 1891 · page 5

BERLIN, Friday—The Berlin wool auctions opened to-day, when 1400 bales wore offered, at prices slightly higher than closing January rates…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the April wool sales to-day, 43,300 bales have been offered. Prices are firm…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,820,000 quarters, and for the Continent 1,870,000 quarters…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 6

The local arrivals of wool this season to date dhow a falling off of 3932 bales as compared with the corresponding period of last season. The totals being—1839 90 season,…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The wheat market is much easier, and the excited demand has almost ceased with the advent of finer weather…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales 40,200 bales have been offered. The market remains firm. The withdrawals amounted to 11,200 bales…

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Coming Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The third series of wool sales will open in London on the 9th June, the catalogue being limited to 400,000 bales. The fourth series will open on…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday— The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,840,000 quarters, and for the Continent 950,000 quarters…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The wool sales closed to-day, with a strong demand and better prices. Greasy merinos show an advance from 5 to 7½ per cent on opening rates, and…

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Sporting. the Turf. Warwick Farm races take place to-morrow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1891 · page 3

The Denman Race Club hold their races to-day. The Broken Hill Jockey Club Handicap, run on Wednesday, was won by Maelstrom,…

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Wool

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

The steamship Port Victor arrived on Thursday, add is loading wool for London. The wet weather of yesterday considerably retarded progress. This shipment will…

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Cattle Straying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1891 · page 6

George Adamson, Joseph Lawrence, John Brian, Mamad Hamad, Joseph Brewster, John Burrago, Samuel M'Connell, Mary Mulhearn, James. Cream, William…

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CABLEGRAMS. Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A cargo of Victorian wheat by the barque Doon sold at 43s, to arrive…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 7

At one of the fortnightly sales of wool held at Sydney, on Thursday, there was a good attendance of buyers Some 130 bales, consisting chiefly of country scoured, and…

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Wheat Duty in France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1891 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Customs Committee in France has decided to reduce the tax on corn to 3f, and the tax on flour to 6f. for the present year…

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The Northern Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 4

THE prospect that within less than two years there will be railway communication to the North Shore of Sydney, at Milson's Point, has naturally roused the inhabitants thereat,…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1891 · page 7

THE arrival of wool locally to date of this season amounts to. 57,745 bales, valued at £1,212,645, while that of the corresponding period of last season was 60,765 bales, valued…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 6

Some few hundred bales of wool are still coming forward, which will be taken by the steamer Port Darwin, duo at the end of the month. About 430 bales were stored at the…

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