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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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Butter for England. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1893 · page 5

BY the R.M.S. Ballaarat, which left Melbourne on Saturday for London, a consignment of 550 tons of Victorian butter was conveyed to England. This is the largest…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Wool Duty in the United States. Opposition to Free Importation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1893 · page 5

NEW YORK, Friday.—The National Association of Woolgrowers and the Chamber of Manufacturers of New York have unitedly forwarded…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 4

A quantity of Australian butter which arrived at London in the steamer Oroya is being sold at under 112s per ewt, in order to make room for the shipment to arrive in the steamer Oceana…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 4

The price of wheat at London shows an advance of 6d per quarter. A small Australian cargo of wheat, of the January-February shipment, has been sold at 32s. Two parcels also of Australian wheat are…

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The Dairy Products of Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Times says that the great increase which has taken place in the export of dairy produce is the silver lining in Australia's financial cloud…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 7

Complaints have been made in London the effect that a portion of the consignment of Australian butter by the steamer Oceana was heated…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 7

The visible supply of American wheat, according to Bradstreet's Circular, is now about 106,100,000 bushels…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 7

Up to date of the present season 60,571 bales of Wool have reached the local sheds for dumping and shipment. Of this number 1391 bales came forward this week. The…

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Export of Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 7

During the week 25O packages of local butter have been forwarded to Sydney, for shipment to London…

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The Wool Market. Prices Low at Bradford

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Bradford wool market is quiet. Prices have a downward tendency, in anticipation of the opening of the London sales…

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Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 4

On the 19th inst. at London Adelaide wheat, ex warehouse, 34s, firmer; Victorian, 33s 6d, firm; New Zealand, long-berried, 32s 6d, weaker. A cargo of about 6000 quarters of Australian wheat,…

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Bradford Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 4

The wool market at Bradford, in Yorkshire, is quiet, with a downward tendency, in anticipation of the approaching opening of the London wool sales…

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New Zealand Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 January 1893 · page 4

At the Christchurch wool sales on Friday 7000 bales were catalogued, nearly all being disposed of. Fine half-breds sold from 7½d to 9d; dingy sorts, 6½d to 7¼d; crossbreds, 6d to 8½d. Some extra fine light…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

The market for Australian butter at London on Friday was demoralised, although the weather was propitious for its sale and Continental supplies short. Best factory butter down 5s, second quality 10s per…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

Two cargoes of Australian wheat, January-February shipment, have been sold at London at 32s 6d and 32s 9d per quarter respectively. Two parcels have been quitted at 31s 3d and 31s 4½d…

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The Wool Market. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1893 · page 4

MESSRS. DALGETY AND CO. report :—" We resumed our wool sales to-day in the presence of a very large muster of buyers, and have to report a very firm market at rates fully equal…

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The Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 4

The work of loading the steamship Aberdeen is progressing rapidly. Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have succeeded in getting 3500 bales on board since Monday morning, and it is expected that another 3000…

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London Wool Sales. Prices for Good Sorts Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The first series of colonial wool auctions for the present year opened to-day. There was a good attendance of Home and…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 4

Portions of the factory-made butter sent to London in the steamers Rangatira and Orient hove been sold at 108s to 112s per cwt…

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Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 January 1893 · page 4

The quantity of wheat and floor afloat to the United Kingdom is now estimated at 2,840,000 quarters. The quantity afloat to the Continent amounts to 450,000 quarters…

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