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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1896

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Trade in Butter. the Position of Margarine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The Parliamentary Select Committee on Food Products has presented its report, in which it recommends that it be…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1896 · page 7

The past week has not been marked by anything new, trade in all dairy produce lines being but moderate, with the exception of cheese, which has met exceptionally good…

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Bradford Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Business in the Bradford market is quiet, prices ½d easier throughout. Common 60's 18d, super 60's 19½d per lb…

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The Fairbairn Pastoral Company. Capital Over Subscribed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Fairbairn Pastoral Company has been successfully floated with a capital of £600,000, consisting of £250,000 in…

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The London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.—At the London-colonial wool sales to-day competition was spirited, and prices were firm. Nearly the whole of the…

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The Wheat Harvests. Favourable All Round

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday Night.—The reports from the Continent as to the present harvest are favourable. LONDON, Friday.—The Times…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the London wool sales to-day competition was very brisk. The prices realised were equal to the highest obtained during the…

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Californian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 July 1896 · page 4

The fourmasted barque Drumburton, now en route from San Francisco to Brisbane, brings 600 tons of wheat for Sydney, and will proceed to the latter port on discharge of her cargo at the Queensland capital…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1896 · page 7

The past week has been characterised by but a moderate turn over in district trade, buyers holding off pending decision of strike matters. On the other hand, country clients…

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London Wool Sales. Strong Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool sales this evening a medium selection was offered. The competition was the strongest and the rates the highest of…

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New Zealand Wool Shipments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 July 1896 · page 4

Advices from New Zealand state that the wool shipments from the colony for the year ended June 30 came to a total of 366,054 bales, an increase of 10.571. The principal ports of shipment were:—…

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London Wool Sales. Brisk Business

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the wool sales this evening there was good competition, but prices were unchanged…

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The Wheat and Flour Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat and flour afloat to the United Kingdom is estimated at 1,660,000 quarters, being 34,000 quarters less…

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The Crops in England

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 July 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A severe drought prevails in the southern counties of England. The pastures are burnt up, and food for the cattle…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1896 · page 4

The final clearing up of last season's clip has been completed, and the result shows it was one of best ever known by South Australia, while the total quantity locally…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 July 1896 · page 7

The past week has not been marked by any great bound in the volume of business in dairy produce lines, but a more healthy tone pervades all operations, and shows a return of…

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Wheat Cargoes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 4

The four-masted ship Drumburton, which sailed from San Francisco on June 18, for Brisbane and Sydney, has 66,283 centals wheat, 49,473 centals are for the Queensland port and the remainder for…

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Cattle for West Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1896 · page 4

The steamer Gulf of Mexico, which leaves here this week for West Australia, is now being fitted with accommodation for the cattle trade, and will on her next trip carry a large shipment of live stock…

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The Wool Carriers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 July 1896 · page 4

A good deal of tonnage has already been taken up to load wool at Sydney during the ensuing season. There are at present in Port Jackson 13 sailing vessels, equal to 20,706 tons, either loading or to go on…

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Cattle for West Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 July 1896 · page 4

To-day Messrs. F. and H. Langwill will dispatch the steamer Liddesdale for West Australia direct with a quantity of coal, 402 head of cattle, 2000 sheep, and 100 pigs…

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