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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1897

308 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 16

American Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The visible supply of American wheat is 68,100,000 bushels, against 70,000,000 bushels last week…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 5 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Wednesday.—At the wool sales this evening a superior selection of best Geelongs was offered. The highest rates of the series were…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1897 · page 7

The total wool arrivals at the two local sheds for the week ended yesterday amounted to 55,421 bales, as against 52,631 bales for the corresponding period of last year. The…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool sales this evening an inferior selection was offered, and prices were more irregular. Good wools were unchanged…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 9 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The total quantity catalogued since the opening of the sales is 194,000 bales, of which 175,000 bales have been sold…

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Wheat for Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 4

The four-masted barque Alcinous arrived at Sydney yesterday from San Francisco with a cargo of wheat and flour, and on discharge of the Sydney portion of her cargo comes on to Newcastle with part cargo to…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—At the wool sales this evening small catalogues were offered, and competition was quiet…

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Wool and Frozen Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 7

The total wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amounted to 66,652 bales, as against 53,113 bales for the corresponding period of last sesson. The Strathdon is now…

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The Wool Sales. Closing Prices Brisk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The closing sales were very brisk, the prices for good merinos and greasy crossbreds being especially firm. The total…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Monday.—In Mark Lane to-day wheat was 6d per quarter lower…

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Stocks of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,661,000 quarters, against 2,780,000 quarters last week; and for the…

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Competition with the Railways. Wool Teams on the Road

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1897 · page 5

THE appearance in Watt-street yesterday of six teams comprising eight horses each was something of a novelty. On inquiry it was ascertained that, in consequence of the high…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amounted to 57,194 bales, as against 53,470 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The Port Chalmers now occupies…

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The Cattle Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

The export of live stock to West Australia continues brisk, and is undoubtedly expanding. The Tangier sails during the coming week with a full cargo of live stock for West…

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Australian Produce at London. Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 2

The Board of Trade returns for 1896 have now been published, and show that the grand total of butter importations was 3,037,947cwt. of which 307,372 came from the colonies, and…

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Antwerp Wool Sales. Prices Same As in London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 February 1897 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. Prices were about a par with London sales…

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Melbourne Butter Trade. the Use of Preservitas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.—The officer of health at Merthyr Tydvil, in Wales, has caused proceedings to be taken against a local firm for selling…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 7

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 56,374 bales as against 53,714 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The barque Southern Cross is…

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Australian Butter. Prosecutions in Wales. Colonial Governments Unite in Defence

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 4

LONDON, Thursday.—The Agents-General for New South Wales, Victoria, and New Zealand, have, with the authority of their respective…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 February 1897 · page 7

As anticipated last week, the price of butter has receded 1d per lb, principally owing to the fact that the shipping companies have blocked butter expert by…

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