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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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London Wool Sales. Prices Fall Five Per Cent

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 April 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The third series of colonial wool sales were opened today, prices averaging 5 per cent. below the closing rates of the last…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. — The wool sales were continued to-day. Good competition prevailed at unchanged rates,…

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The Governor at Grafton. Opening a Large Butter Factory. Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 May 1896 · page 5

THE Governor to-day attended at the opening of the Anglican Synod at Christ Church Cathedral by the Bishop of Grafton and Armidale. Lord Hampden subsequently…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 7

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. have received the following cable from London :—" The wool sales continue active and competition animated but poor selections are being…

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London Wool Sales. Better Spirit Shown

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool auction sales to-day a slightly better spirit was shown by bidders…

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Straw Crop Seed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 May 1896 · page 8

The Pokolbin Progress Committee are desirous of testing the growth of the straw crop seed which the Minister for Mines and Agriculture recently procured with the object…

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CABLEGRAMS. London Wool Sales. Market Firm

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

LONDON, Friday.—At, the London wool auction sales to-day the tone of the market is firm. Competition was good, and prices unchanged…

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Warwick Farm Races. The Faithful and Little Agnes. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 May 1896 · page 3

There was a very fair attendance at the meeting at Warwick Farm on Saturday. The weather was fine, and the racing of a most interesting character. Following…

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London Wool Sales. Competition Good

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—At the London wool auction, sales to-day competition was good but prices were unchanged,…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged. Continental Demand Strong

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 May 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday,—At the colonial wool auctions to-day prices were unchanged. The demand for the home market was inactive, but for the…

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London Wool Sales. Best Medium Classes Firmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 May 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—At the London wool auction sales to-day the prices for best medium wools were slightly firmer. Faulty kinds,…

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Frozen Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 7

Writing from London under date March 27, Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn say:—Butter: The demand for Australian and New Zealand butter has been pretty good up to…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 7

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 55,849 bales, as against 72,957 bales for the corresponding period last season. There are no vessels on the berth at…

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London Wool Sales. All Round Fall in Prices. a Leading Broker's Explanation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 May 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.— At the colonial wool auction sales to-day the prices of medium merinos ranged from the closing prices of the last series and 5…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 May 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Saturday.—At the London wool sales yesterday the market was quieter, but prices remained without material alteration…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—At the London wool auction to-day an excellent selection was offered. Prices were firmer…

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The London Wool Market. Rise in Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the colonial wool auctions to-day the competition was good, and prices touched the highest point reached during the…

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London Wool Market. the Rise of Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The revival in the prices which was reported yesterday, was fully maintained at today's colonial wool auctions. There…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 7

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amounted to 56,050 bales as against 72,060 bales for a corresponding period during last season. The Port Melbourne, which…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 May 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—An inferior selection of faulty wools was offered at the colonial wool auctions to-day, the prices being irregular. For good…

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