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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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London Wool Sales. Satisfactory Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 October 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the wool sales to-day prices were firmer all round, with a better sale. Later.—At the wool sales this…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 October 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Bradford "top " market is firmer, and common have risen ½d per lb. Common 60's are quoted at 17½d per lb, and super…

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The Wool Fleet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 October 1896 · page 4

The ships Cimba, Thessalus, and Argonaut, all noted wool clippers, left Sydney on Saturday bound to London with full cargoes of wool for the January sales. A good race should ensue between the three,…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have received a cable from their London office intimating that the September wool sales closed with good spirit, and prices gained further ground. It is expected that the…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 4

The Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association reports that Dalgety and Co., Limited, held their opening wool sales for the present season to-day. The catalogue comprised 2400 hales, chiefly from the Riverina,…

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London Wool Sales. Fall in Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 October 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The London wool sales closed this evening, the market being firm. Prices show an average decline of 5 per cent. as…

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For Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1896 · page 4

The Austrian steamer Burma arrived here yesterday from Sydney and berthed at the Queen's Wharf. The Burma comes to the agency of Messrs. Dalgety and Co and will load 4000 bales of wool, proceeding…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1896 · page 8

THE Austrian steamer Burma, now berthed at the Queen's wharf, will open up a new departure in wool shipment. At this port the Burma loads about 4000 bales of wool,…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. the Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1896 · page 5

The wheat market continues excited. Bales, 5s 1½d, and at the close of the day sellers demand is 3d. A meeting of the Master Millers' Association this evening…

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Greta Police Court. (Before Mr. G. F. Scott, P.m.) Wednesday, October 21. Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 October 1896 · page 7

HENRY GRIMES, a farmer residing at Dalgatty, was charged on remand with stealing on or about the month of April last, two heifers unbranded,…

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The Wheat Market. Advance in Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 October 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The excitement in the wheat markets of the Continent and in London was caused by a sharp advance in the price of wheat in the…

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The Wool Berth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 6

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amounted to 28,011 bales, as against 24,108 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The Port Pirie goes forward…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 October 1896 · page 6

In dairy produce lines business has been fairly brisk, butter receiving attention at the lower values, and it is anticipated that a further decrease may be looked for owing to…

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Butter Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Choicest Danish butter is selling at 126s to 130s, and lower qualities at 108s to l18s per cwt. The Australian butter ex Oroya…

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The Sydney Wool Fleet

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 4

The ship Elbe cleared Sydney Heads at 7.50 yesterday morning, bound for London with 3650 bales of wool and full general freight. The Edward Pembroke sailed for London on Sunday, with 2141 bales…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 October 1896 · page 4

THE Melbourne Woolbrokers' Association report that Dalgety and Co., Limited, held their weekly wool sale to-day, when they offered about 4500 bales, comprising several leading clips from the Deniliquin…

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Wheat Elevators Destroyed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Two wheat elevators in Chicago, containing over 1,000,000 bushels of wheat, have been destroyed by fire…

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The Wheat Supplies

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,360,000 quarters, as against…

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South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Seed Wheat to Destitute Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 5

SEED WHEAT TO DESTITUTE FARBBES The Premier stated in Parliament that the Government intended to bring in a bill at once to arrange for the distribution of seed…

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The Railway Wool Rates

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 October 1896 · page 5

MR. J. T. ROBERTSON, of Tamworth, writes as follows:—I would ask to point out some difference in the price of carriage of greasy wool on the railway from Tamworth and…

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