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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 21
THE Commissioner for Crown Lands in moving the second reading of the Pastoral Crown Lands Bill, stated that £285,000 had been expended on vermin destruction or one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—The total quantity of wool received for the next sales is 306,000 bales…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →During the week past some 300 bales, being the first of the new season's clip of wool, arrived at the local sheds, which was being dumped and made ready for shipment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Wednesday.—The Antwerp wool sales opened yesterday. Prices were on a par with last sale's closing rate…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Considerable attention is now being given to poultry farming in various portions of the country. CHARITY…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The present wool season has made a good start as regards the local prospects. Up to yesterday the quantity of wool forward at the local sheds of the two exporting firms—Messrs Dalgety and Co…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Union Mortgage and Agency Company of Australia have received the following cable from their London office:—"Antwerp sales about equal to closing rates of last London sales."…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →ST. PETERSBURG, Friday.—It is officially stated that the crops are bad in no less than 16 provinces, and it is feared that a famine will shortly be raging before many months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Saturday.—The Antwerp wool sales are weak, with prices 5 centimes under the opening day's rates. Half the quantities offered have been withdrawn…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Friday.—Excessive heat is being experienced throughout Europe. In Germany the heat has been so intense that large areas of crops have been destroyed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE men employed in the business number 750,000 and the horses are over 1,000,000. There are over 12,000,000 cows all told. The cows…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The wheat market is steadier…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Tuesday.—263,000 bales have been received for the next wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the Legislative Assembly Mr. Cott called attention to-day to the continued exodus of farmers' sons to Victoria, and attributed it to the unwillingness of the land boards to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. SUTTOR, in reply to Mr. MOLESWORTH, said the total cost of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the charges made by Mr. Schey, M.P., against the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The arrivals of wool to date locally amount to 3410 bales, being an increase of the corresponding period of last season of 1879 bales. The consignments in transit are very large, and the season…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Friday.—The price of wheat in New York has fallen to the lowest point touched for the post five years. A panic has occurred on the Exchange…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, under date, 1st September, report:—Although the prices at present obtained for Newcastle coal in the foreign markets continue very low, accounted for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Wednesday.—News from Canada reports that the Manitoba wheat harvest is estimated to yield an average of 22 bushels to the acre…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the week consignments of wool have come forward in a very satisfactory way. Large quantities are advised in transit, and should pour into the local sheds…
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