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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1894

434 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 22

Northern Territory. Port Darwin, Friday. Cattle Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 5

The cattle steamer Darwin sailed for Singapore via Batavia on July 15th, with a full shipment of Victoria River Dawns cattle. This completes the 25th voyage of the cattle…

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London Wool Sales. Market Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 July 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the colonial wool auction sales to-day the market for good wools was firm, but prices for inferior sorts were decidedly…

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The Sheep and Her Blind Lamb

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1894 · page 7

A WRITER in Nature Notes tells a pretty story of a mother with twin lambs, one of which seemed quite different from the other. He observed…

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CABLEGRAMS. London Wool Sales. Decline in Faulty Sorts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the colonial wool auction sales to-day there was fair competition for most descriptions, but inferior and faulty wools showed…

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Australian Cattle Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—With reference to the proposal to import live cattle from Queensland and West Australia, Messrs. Gillies and M'Eacharn have…

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CABLEGRAMS. London Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The colonial wool auction sales to-day were marked by fair competition for most descriptions of wool, but prices generally…

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The Wheat Market. South Australian Shipment Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The cargo of South Australian wheat, ex the ship Adolph Teidmann, which sailed from Adelaide on February 18, has been…

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Carriage of Cattle to Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 4

IT is stated that the representatives of a Melbourne shipping firm are making enquiries as to the feasibility of establishing a trade in cattle between this country and the United…

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London Wool Sales. Close of the July Series

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The July series of the colonial wool auction sales closed to-day with a steady tone. The prices for all shabby and inferior…

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CABLEGRAMS. The Wheat Market. Another South Australian Shipment Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 July 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—The cargo of South Australian wheat ex the ship Occident, which left Wallaroo on April 29, has been sold at 22s 3d per…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 3

Messrs. Dalgety and Co, Limited, have received the following cable from London:—"Wool sales closed firm without further change. Out of the net quality available for…

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Dairy Produce Exporters

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 July 1894 · page 3

The principal exporters of butter and other dairy produce having entered into a contract with the Peninsular and Oriental and Orient Steam Navigation Companies for…

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The Wheat Harvest. Estimated Yield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 30 July 1894 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Statist publishes an estimate of the result of the wheat harvest in Europe, the United States, Canada, and India. The paper…

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Wheat Consumers of the World

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 3

THE Swiss Society of Commerce and Industry has compiled a census of the wheat consumers of the world. Some of the figures are both interesting and…

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Our Wool Export. The Coming Season. Encouraging Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 August 1894 · page 5

TEN or eleven years ago when the first shipment of wool was made from Newcastle direct to England, it was with a feeling of uncertainty as to whether any success would attend…

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The Wheat Market. Sale of a South Australian Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 August 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The cargo of South Australian wheat ex the barque Regina, which left Port Augusta on April 17, has been sold at 21s 10½d…

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Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 2

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom shows a decrease of 50,000 quarters since last week, but the quantity afloat for the Continent shows an…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 2

The arrivals of wool to date locally amount to 854 bales. The Port Pirie, duo early this month, will take away some 200 or 300 bales, besides tallow, pelts, and other cargo. A…

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Live Cattle and Hay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 August 1894 · page 2

A trial shipment of lives cattle to England will be made per the s.s. Port Pirie early this month. The local agents, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., are using every possible…

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The Wheat Market. a South Australian Consignment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 August 1894 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.—The cargo of South Australian wheat ex the ship Calcutta, which loft Port Pirie on March 23rd, hay been sold at 22s 6d,…

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