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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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London Wool Sales. Bidding Spirited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 July 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the colonial wool sales to-day bidding was again very spirited, but prices showed no change…

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Disease in Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 8

Mr. John Po[?]e, the well known veterinary surgeon, writing recently to the Sydney Stock and Station Journal, says:—When the present Act, under which sheep and cattle…

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London Wool Sales. Improvement Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The colonial wool sales were extremely brisk to-day, American and home buyers competing keenly. Best combing merinos…

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The Coming Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 August 1895 · page 2

Consignments of wool are again beginning to come forward in small parcels, and already a fair quantity has reached the local sheds for dumping and shipment. The steamer…

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Farmers' Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 August 1895 · page 5

THE annual conference of the Farmers and Selectors' Association will be commenced at Cootamundra to-morrow. Of 17 resolutions carried at the 1894 conference the principals…

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Floods in Japan. Damage to the Rice Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Terrible floods have occurred in Japan, the damage being enormous. Fears are entertained that the rice crops will be…

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The Live Cattle Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—Messrs. Bergyl and Company report that the Australian cattle by the steamer Gulf of Siam realised an average of £20 per…

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The Coming Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 2

The local stores are in full preparation for the new season's clip, and it is anticipated that the shipments from Newcastle this year will far exceed those of any previous season…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. the Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1895 · page 5

The Agricultural Department has made arrangements for handling and shipping butter at 3d per box instead of 9d, the price last season. Space has been engaged on the…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

The arrivals of wool locally amount to 1806 bales, against 1731 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The s.s. Aberdeen and Sikh will be here about the…

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Fiado, for Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 4

The French steamer Fiado, after a brief interval in the New Caledonia coastal trade, has resumed running in the live stock trade between this port and Noumea. Captain Bauret is still in command, and…

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Victorian Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 2

A Victorian authority on the wheat market writes:—"As regards the present position authorities differ, some holding that the wheat in the colony is insufficient to carry…

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Cattle Export. Shipment by Southern Cross

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The cattle which died on board the steamer Southern Cross, which has arrived at Monte Video from Sydney, died from bruises…

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Frozen Butter, &c

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 August 1895 · page 4

The export of frozen butter to foreign places will start about next month. A report dated London, 5th July says:—Butter: The Victoria arrived on Friday, 28th ult., with 3100…

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The Butter Industry. Meeting of Dairy Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1895 · page 5

A MEETING of the dairy farmers of the Northern district was held in the Chamber of Commerce, Scott-street, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of considering the…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 3

The first of the fine fleet of steamers engaged for the Newcastle wool berth for the current season arrived yesterday in the shape of the favourite s.s. Aberdeen for some…

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Bradford Wool Market. Trade Brisker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Bradford wool market shows a general advance in colonial and English wools. The trade generally is much brisker…

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The S.s. Aberdeen for Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 August 1895 · page 4

The steamer Aberdeen, of the Aberdeen White Star line, arrived in port yesterday from Sydney in her usual spotless order. Captain Wills is in command, and the vessel has come round to open the…

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Bread and Butter Dance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 8

A successful and enjoyable dance was given by Miss Wright's pupils in the old Masonic Hall, High-street, West Maitland, last Friday evening. The attendance numbered…

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Importation of Store Cattle into Britain. Permanent Embargo Advocated

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 August 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Times this morning strongly advocates that a permanent embargo be placed on all imported store cattle, in order to…

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