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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

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London Wool Sales. a General Advance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 September 1897 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday.—The wool sales opened firm with a general advance…

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London Wool Sales. Keen Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—At the sales to-day there was a large attendance of buyers, including some representatives of American houses. All wools were…

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Price of Wheat. a Fall of Sixpence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 October 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—Wheat has declined 6d per quarter…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 7

Messrs Dalgety and Co. are in receipt of cable advices from London under date September 27 as follow:—The sales opened with large attendance of both home and foreign…

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Warwick Farm Races. First Day (Saturday)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 4 October 1897 · page 3

There was a large attendance at Warwick Farm on Saturday to take part in the first day's racing of that club. A first-class programme was submitted, and the different…

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Warwick Farm Races. Australian Wins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1897 · page 5

THE race meeting at Warwick Farm yesterday attracted a very large attendance. The principal event was the Demonstration Handicap, on which "Tattersall " promoted one…

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Fall in Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—Wheat has fallen 6d during the week…

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London Wool Market. Prices Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—The prices of wool remain firm. Competition is spirited, all descriptions selling freely…

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Stock, Meat, and Dairy Inspectors An Important Proposal. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 October 1897 · page 5

A DEPUTATION of three gentlemen representing the Medical Board of New South Wales sailed upon the Minister for Mines and Agriculture at 12 o'clock to-day, to urge the…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

During the week 2004 bales of wool came to hand, increasing the total arrivals to date at the two local sheds to 11,911 bales, as against 19,663 bales for the corresponding…

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Victoria. Melbourne, Friday. Butter Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 5

The first large shipment of butter will be dispatched to-morrow to England, consisting of 177 tons. THE NAVAL COMMAND…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 2

A generally firm tone has been the characteristic feature of the closing week's operations in all dairy produce lines. Distributing firms report good business right through…

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From Abbey to Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 12

THIS fate, according to a contemporary, appears to have happened to several of the grand and almost palatial buildings erected by the various religious orders which at one…

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The Wheat Boom

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 4

While the movement which has been going on in the price of wheat on the other side of the Atlantic the last few days must he regatded as largely of a speculative character,…

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Occasional Notes. Sydney, Saturday. Pastoral Produce Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 October 1897 · page 5

THE deputation of stock-owners which waited on the Railway Commissioners on Friday had a strong one. They pointed out that pastoralists and graziers in the back country…

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Improving the Dairy Herds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 October 1897 · page 8

In view of the fact that the dairying industry is apparently making giant strides in the Hunter River district, it will be of interest to dairymen and others interested is…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—There was a good competition at prices slightly below those of last week's rate…

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Grenfell Requirements. Splendid Wheat Yield. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 4

A DEPUATION, which included a large number of members of Parliament, waited upon the Minister for Works this afternoon, to ask that in view of the important…

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The First Wool Ship of the Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 October 1897 · page 5

NEWOASTLE ha again succeeded in getting away the firest cup with the season's now wool, the clipper ship Salamis, loaded conjointly by Mesers Dalgety and Co. and…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 October 1897 · page 2

As on previous occasions, Newcastle has succeeded in getting away the first wool ship of the season, Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Dalgety and Co. having…

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