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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1892

414 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 17 of 21

Queensland. Cattle Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 3

Four hundred and eighty head of cattle were shipped at Gladstone by the steamer Federal for Melbourne. SEAMAN DROWNED…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 October 1892 · page 2

Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, yesterday morning received the following cable from their London office:—"Public sales closed firmer without further change…

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The Local Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 October 1892 · page 5

A PUBLIC meeting was recently held in the Union Hall, Williamtown, the object of which was to organise a movement in favour of establishing creameries in the district…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1892 · page 5

MESSRS. Dalgety and Co. report as follows:— We held our opening wool sales to-day, submitting a catalogue of 4150 bales, which comprised, an excellent selection of wool,…

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The Wool Ship Pericles

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 October 1892 · page 4

The pretty clipper ship Pericles completed stowing away the last of her large and valuable cargo of wool yesterday, and will take her departure to-day. The vessel is now in excellent trim, and should make an…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 6

As compared with the arrivals of wool for last season, the arrivals to date locally show an increase so far this season of 7048 bales, valued at £112,768. During the week…

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Federal in the Cattle Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 October 1892 · page 4

The steamer Federal arrived at Melbourne on Wednesday with her second cargo of cattle from Queensland, and was more fortunate, with them than on the last occasion, when the greater number died…

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British Wheat Requirements

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—Sir J. B. Lawes, the eminent authority on agriculture, estimates that England will require to import from 22,000,000 to 23,000,000 quarters (176,000,000…

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Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1892 · page 5

MESSRS. Dalgety and Co. report:—At the wool sale to-day we submitted a good representative catalogue of 2000 bales, principally Riverina clips. There was a very full…

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The Railway Wool Traffic

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 5

OWING to a change in the system of working the wool traffic in Sydney, the Railway Commissioners have dispensed with the services of a great many men who in former years…

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Commercial Items. the English Wheat Market Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 October 1892 · page 4

LONDON. Tuesday.—The estimated yield of beetroot amounts to 3,400,000 tons. The wheat market is steady. Prices…

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The Breadstuffs Market. Wheat and Flour Afloat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 October 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The total quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom amounts to 22,800,000, quarters. The quantity…

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The Manufacture of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 October 1892 · page 4

AT a time like the present, when the conditions of industry and commerce throughout Australia are rapidly changing, and enterprises, which once…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 3

The Aberdeen White Star liner Damascus is now on the London berth, loading wool. She is expected to got away about Tuesday. The Damascus will be followed by the…

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The Farmer Consults the Lawyer's Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 October 1892 · page 11

A FARMER called at the house of a lawyer to, consult him professionally. 'Ist' squeer at home?' he inquired of the lawyer's lady, who opened the door…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1892 · page 4

MESSRS. DALGETY AND COMPANY report:—The wool sales to-day comprised 2600 bales of chiefly medium to good Riverina clips, with some from the Darling district, and a number…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1892 · page 7

Wool is coming forward to the local sheds in very satisfactory quantities. The season is now at its height, and the arrivals compare very favourably with that of the…

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Coal, Wool, and Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 5 November 1892 · page 7

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Limited, under date 1st instant report:—Coal: Continued depression exists in the coal trade, and, with one or two exceptions, all the pits are…

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The Thermopyle Coming for Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 November 1892 · page 4

Messrs. George Thompson's now steamship Theremopylie., from London, arrived at Melbourne on Friday, en route to Newcastle and Sydney. She is via the Cape of Good Hope, and left London on 22nd…

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The Wool Market. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1892 · page 5

MESSRS. Dalgety and Company. report:— "Owing to arrivals of wool being delayed through the wet weather, we offered a moderate catalogue of 1800 bales at our sale…

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