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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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London Wool Sales. Competition Keen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the colonial wool auction sales to-day keen bidding took place, prices remaining unchanged…

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London Wheat Market. Victorian Shipment Sold

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The cargo of Victorian wheat ex the ship Oakworth has been sold at 24s 3d per quarter…

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London Wool Sales. Bidding Spirited

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the colonial wool auction sales to-day a medium selection was offered. Bidding for most descriptions was spirited, but…

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The Flado for Cattle

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

The French steamer Fiado, which, it is understood has been permanently placed in the cattle trade between this port and New Caledonia, was to leave Noumea yesterday for Sydney. From there she…

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London Wool Sales. Continued Improvement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the colonial wool auction sales to-day a splendid selection of wools was offered. Prices were firmly maintained, and all…

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The English Butter Trade. Alleged Corruption Among Inspectors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Messrs. Hudson Brothers, the prominent London provision merchants, in giving evidence before the food products adulteration…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Very Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. — At the colonial wool sales to-day, a good selection, consisting chiefly of South Australian wools, was submitted…

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Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 2

The butler market during the past week has exhibited satisfactory signs of a recovery, and although prices have not actually changed, interior grades are disappearing as…

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Job's Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 12

AN old Scottish squatter in New South Wales, a widower, with an only daughter living with him, was taken sick, and the doctor told his…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 2

The steamer Port Victor is expected to arrive here to-day to load about 1100 bales of wool for London. In all probability this will be the last direct shipment of the season…

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London Wool Sales. End of the March Series

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the colonial wool auction sales to-day spirited bidding took place, prices remaining unchanged. The present series closes on…

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The Butter Market. Shipment by the Oruba

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The shipment of butter ex the Orient Company's Oruba which left Melbourne on the 16th February, has arrived in good…

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Fiado, for Cattle

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

The French steamer Fiado is expected here to-day from Sydney, to load 140 head of cattle and some sheep for Noumea. The vessel comes to the agency of Mr. R. B. Wallace. This will make her second trip…

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[From Metropolitan Papers.] The Live Cattle Trade

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

LONDON, Tuesday.—The French Government will admit live cattle from Australia into France provided veterinary certificates of health,…

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Accident to the Melbourne Express. Collision With a Mob of Cattle. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 April 1895 · page 5

THE Sydney-Melbourne express train, when about four miles from Wagga and about one mile from Bomen, this morning dashed into a mob of cattle which had strayed on to the line…

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Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 6

There was an advance of 1d per 1b all round in butter during the week. The steamer Woolloomooloo takes away 2000 boxes for the English markets, and the…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 6

The arrivals of wool to date at the two local sheds amount to 72,412 bales. The figures for the corresponding period of 1894 were 6[?],605 bales, thus showing an increase…

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Australian Cheese and Butter. the London Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The market for colonial cheese is dull. The latest quotations are: For Victoria, 45s; for New Zealand, 45s to 47s per cwt…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. the Butter Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 April 1895 · page 5

The annual report of Mr. David Wilson, the Government dairy expert, shows that the value realised for butter exported during the past season was £1,081,000, and the…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 April 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the Antwerp wool sales, to commence on the 20th instant, 9000 bales will be offered, whereof only 120 bales are Australian…

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