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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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Warwick Farm Races

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1895 · page 3

The above meeting was brought off in a satisfactory manner on Saturday, the course being in splendid order, and the attendance good. Following are the results:—…

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Maitland District. More Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1895 · page 8

Two more heavily-laden wool teams passed through West Maitland on route for Morpeth yesterday forenoon. The foremost consisted of 13 horses and carried 9½ tons. They came…

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Seed for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1895 · page 8

Alderman Crothers, Mayor of West Maitland, has received a wire from Mr. J. N. Brunker, Colonial Secretary, stating that Mr. Campbell, of the Department of Mines and…

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The Butter Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The butter market is active, large quantities of old stored butter selling at low prices for the Easter trade…

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Wool From the North. Four Teams from Narrabri

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 8

YESTERDAY morning four more teams, including one bullock team, passed through the city with full loads of wool for Messrs. Gibbs. Bright, and Co.'s sheds. They…

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Seed for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 8

Mr. W. S. Campbell, of the Department of Mines and Agriculture, Sydney, was received at the Town Hall, West Maitland, at 9 o'clock yesterday morning, by Mr. J…

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Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

No alterations have taken place in butter quotations, and the export trade to the English markets is at a standstill, owing to the want of cold storage room on the steamers…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1895 · page 2

The arrivals of wool at the two local sheds to date amount to 69,869 bales. The figures for the corresponding period of last year were 68,389 bales, which shows an increase…

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Wool Cargoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Economist refers to the admissions made by New South Wales experts as to some shipments of wool being dangerous and…

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The Butter Industry. a Different System Required. Departure of a Delegation for the South

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1895 · page 8

IT is not so long ago since this district was almost entirely dependent on the South Coast for its butter supply, but during the past three years things have greatly altered,…

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Bothwell Castle.—cattle Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1895 · page 4

During the voyage of the Both well Castle from Adelaide to Fremantle no less than 110 bullocks died out of 241, shipped by Kidman Brothers. Nothing was wrong with the fittings of the vessel. The…

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Canadian Butter. Trade to Be Pushed in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

OTTAWA, Thursday.—The Canadian Government is making arrangements for shipments of winter butter to Liverpool, Glasgow, and Bristol. It…

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The Live Cattle Trade. a Shipment by the Maori King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—An appeal made by Messrs. Pritchard and Moore to allow the cattle shipped by the steamer Maori King to be landed alive in…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 7

The Norwegian barque Gratia has been fixed to load part cargo of wool here for London. This vessel is coming from Now York via Sydney with part general cargo, on…

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The Wool Market. Supplies Short. Expected Rise in Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The market for Bradford tops is firm, with an upward tendency. A number of sailing ships, bringing…

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The Butter Industry. Shipment by the Ormuz

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday. — Mr. Duncan Gillies has been informed that a portion of the butter stored in the upper hold of the R.M.S. Ormuz became…

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The Live Cattle Trade. Shipment by the Maori King. Only Two Animals Lost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1895 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The captain of the steamer Maori King which left Sydney on December 22 with 30 head of shorthorn bullocks from the Bourke…

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The Live Cattle Trade. Shipment by the Maori King

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The opinion of experts is that the shipment of live cattle brought by the s.s. Maori King from Sydney is fully equal to any that…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 2

The arrivals of wool at the local sheds for dumping and shipment so far this season amount to 71,397 bales. The figures for the same period of last season were 68,990 bales,…

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The Hunter River Floods. Assistance to Distressed Farmers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 March 1895 · page 5

A DEPUTATION was to-day introduced to the Chief Secretary (Mr. Brunker) by Mr. H. H. Brown, M.P. for Durham, to request that the Government should grant assistance to…

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