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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

367 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 19

Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1896 · page 7

Henry John Grimes and Joseph Piggford were charged that they did on 1st April, 1896, at Dalgetty, steal two heifers, the property of George Gilmore…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 2

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 48,476 bales as against 44,727 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The clipper ship Aristides now…

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Crop Bound

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 December 1896 · page 12

In a case of this sort, which is very easily detected by the abnormal swelling of the crop, the only remedy is to make a small incision in it with a…

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The Wheat Harvest. Mr. Reid on the Land Tax

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1896 · page 5

ACCORDING to " Cogblan," the present wheat harvest will be a good one. He estimates that the area under wheat is 956,609 acres, as compared with 769,298 acres last year, an…

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Warwick Farm Races. Wollomumbi has a Win

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 December 1896 · page 3

The races at Warwick Farm on Saturday attracted a very large attendance, and the sport provided was thoroughly enjoyable. The result were as follow :—…

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Cattle Shipments to the West

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 December 1896 · page 4

The Adelaide S.S. Co. have entered into arrangements for the transport of 2000 head of cattle to West Australia between slow and the end of January; and a boat will be despatched hence to Fremantle direst…

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Wheat Stocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 December 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the United Kingdom is estimated at 3,020,000 quarters, and the quantity to the…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1896 · page 7

Adelaide Breadstuffs Market.—Messrs. J. Darling and Son, in their grain market report, dated Adelaide, 21st instant, state:—Wheat: The market is gradually settling…

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Queensland Sugar Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 December 1896 · page 7

Sugar in Queensland.—Regarding the sugar market in the north the Sugar Journal, writing under date Mackay, 15th instant, states:—The crushing season still continues…

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