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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1893

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 8

MESSRS. Dalgety and Co., Limited, received the following cable from their London office yesterday :—" April sales opened; large number of buyers; competition animated;…

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Seed Wheat for Hunter River Farmers. Deputation to the Premier. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 April 1893 · page 5

A deputation consisting of Messrs. Bowes, Gillies, and Hart, Ms.P., waited on the Premier to ask that the Government should grant assistance to the farmers on the Lower…

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The London Wool Sales. the Advance Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool auctions brisk competition was continued, and the advance is fully maintained…

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The Butter Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. D. Wilson, the dairy expert sent to London by the Victorian Government in order to study the conditions of the butter and…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

MESSRS. Dalgety and Co. yesterday received the following cable from their London office :—“Wool sales continue firm and without further change. The demand is chiefly for…

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Victorian Butter Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—Mr. Wilson, the Victorian Government agent now in London, has expressed the opinion that the potted potted from Great…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co. report under date April 14 :—65,484 bales of wool have arrived to date, being an increase on that for the corresponding period of last year…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1893 · page 7

There is keen competition at the London, wool sales for medium and lower class wools, but prices are barely maintained for superior fleece, owing to lack of the American…

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The Wool Ship Genista. Medical Visitor at Sea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 April 1893 · page 4

DURING the homeward voyage of the ship Genista from this port one of the seamen met with a serious accident through falling from aloft, breaking both bones of one of his legs…

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American Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 3

The visible supply of American wheat, according to Bradstreet's Circular, is about 99,400,000 bushels…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1893 · page 3

Prices in the wool market at London on the 19th instant were firm; and there was strong competition for good Tasmanian clips. Truefasis has been sold at 16d, and Bellevue…

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New South Wales Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—In pursuance of instructions from Sir Saul Samuel, Agent-General for New South Wales, Mr. Valentine, a London dairy…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 24 April 1893 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—The colonial wool auctions are being hold daily. A fit tone is being maintained, and prices generally are unchanged…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The English wheat markets are steady; Continental wheat markets tending upwards; American market unchanged. Seven…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1893 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The total quantity of wool catalogued to date is 236,000 bales. Total quantity sold, 217,800 bales. The wool market is…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 April 1893 · page 4

The following cables have been received with reference to the April-May series of wool sales, dated London, Saturday:—By the Australian Mortgage and Agency…

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Commercial. London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 4

AT Melbourne on Tuesday there was a moderate inquiry for wheat at 3s 0½d. Flour quitted at late rates. Algerian oats, 1s 9d; Danish, 1s 9½d; and stout, to 1s 11½d. Malting; barley firm at 4s 9d for prime,…

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The Dairying Industry. Deputation to the Premier. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 April 1893 · page 5

A DEPUTATION representing a number of dairy farmers, principally of the southern districts, was introduced to the Premier to-day. It was explained that the dairy farmers had…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1893 · page 3

The following cable has been received with reference to the April-May series of sales, dated London, Wednesday :—The Australian Mortgage, Land, and Finance Company,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 7

At the Melbourne wool sales on Thursday 640 bales were offered, of which 606 were sold. In greasy wools Tasmania predominated, selling up to 8½d for merino and also…

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