Butter for Hongkong
Having shipped a quantity of coal the steamer Airlie left on Saturday for Sydney. In addition to other cargo the Airlie took from this port a shipment of locally manufactured butter for the China…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1897
308 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 16
The Wheat Market
LONDON, Monday.—In Mark Lane to-day what was 6d per quarter (eight bushels) lower…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"Steel Wool" Making As an Industry
It is well known in the iron trade that a substance very similar in appearance to animal wool can be produced from slag, and is in some cases so manufactured as a regular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Shipments
The export of live stock to West Australia continues, and the trade presents indications of expanding considerably. Yesterday the steamer La Serena went forward with 220 bullocks. The Kirkland is due…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool
The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 58,554 bales, as against 55,196 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The Cornwall, which went forward to Sydney during the week…
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Business in the butter market has been very unsatisfactory owing to a split between the wholesale sellers. One company refused to advance the rate 1d, while agents insist on putting the price at 10d,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle for the West
The steamer Kirkland leaves to-day for West Australia with 800 tons coal, 1125 sheep, and 274 bullocks for the West Australian markets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The United States Tariff. Increased Wool Duties Demanded
LONDON, Saturday.—A telegram from New York states that the Senators who represent the Western States of the Union are demanding an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cattle Trade
Business in this direction shows signs of expansion, and a very slight period now elapses between the shipments. During the past week the Barrier went forward to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gigantic "Corner" in Wool
A correspondent, writing from New York says that the latest item of news in connection with the boom in wool, according to a Boston newspaper, is the formation of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle for the West
Three cattle steamers will be dispatched to West Australia by the Adelaide S S. Company within the next few days, the first being the Colac, which is due here to-day, and will load 80 bullocks and 1500 sheep,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London Butter Market
Coey and Co., Limited, report under date London, March 18, with reference to colonial butter and cheese, as follows:—Total packages Australian butter received for week,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cattle Trade
The coming week will be a brisk one in cattle shipping, no less than three steamers being fixed to load for the West. The first will be the Colac, which will load 80…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Produce
With the passing of the holiday season has como'a cessation in the demand for most lines of dairy produce, and buyers have not during the current week operated quite as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Warning to Dairymen
At the East Maitland Police Court on Saturday last Richard Morris, of Bachanan, was called upon to answer an information laid by Sub-inspector Fowler, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Antwerp Wool Sales
LONDON, Saturday.—The next Antwerp wool sales will be held on the 29th and 30th instant. The catalogue will comprise 5210 bales, of which 250…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Australian Butter Industry
The Manchester delegates who visited the colonies last year chiefly to investigate the butter production have reported to the co-operative societies which they represented…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool and Frozen Meat
The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amounted to 58,732 bales, as against 55,549 bales for the corresponding period of last year. In connection with the export of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Produce
The Corowa Dairy Produce Company, Limited, has had to suspend operations for some months owing to the impossibility of getting supplies of milk, consequent on the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British Sheep Imports
The British Board of Trade returns for January show a falling-off in the number of sheep imported as compared with the corresponding month of the two preceding…
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