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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1898

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Fires in the Metropolis. Wool Scouring Works Gutted. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 August 1898 · page 5

Early this morning the Metropolitan Fire Brigade received a call to the Sydney Wool-scouring Company's works at Botany-road, Waterloo. On…

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The Wool Market. a Brighter Prospect

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 August 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—In their circular, Messrs. Buckstone and Roland state that the prospects of the next series of wool sales which open on…

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The Manitoba Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The wheat crop in Manitoba, Canada, is estimated to yield 26,000,000 bushels…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

The total wool Arrivals at the two local sheds for the week ended yesterday amounted to 2185 bales, as compared with 574 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

Wholesale houses have to report an excellent turnover in all dairy produce lines for the week just closing. Operations show confidence on the part of buyers, and an…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association. an Influential Deputation. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 4

A large deputation, representing the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales, proceeded to the Lands Office to-day as a deputation,…

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Parliament. Tuesday, August 30. Legislative Assembly. the Reconstruction of the Cabinet. Diseased Cattle. Frontages at Throsby Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 August 1898 · page 5

The Speaker took the chair at half past 3 o' clock. THE MINISTERIAL VACANCIES. The PREMIER reported the…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 2

The fourth series of colonial wool sales opened at London on July 28 and terminated on the 19th August. The attendance from all parts was large, but the bulk of the…

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London Wool Market. Closing the Lists

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 September 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The wool importers' committee have decided to close the lists at least eight days before opening of the sales…

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Wool and Frozen Meat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 6

The total wool arrivals ant the two local sheds to date amount to 4239 bales as against 1943 bales for the corresponding period of last season. Of this amount 824…

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British Association. the World's Wheat Supply. Atmospheric Nitrogen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The annual session of the British Association for the Advancement of Science was opened at Bristol to-day…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 September 1898 · page 6

An excellent volume of business is reported for the week just closing, both country and district buyers operating freely in all lines. Butter has not yet altered in price, but the…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 September 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The list for the September-October series of London colonial wool sales has closed, the quantity available for the series being…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

The wool season is now in full swing, and clips are coming to hand freely, no less than 2561 bales having been received during the week now closing. The total arrivals at the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

Trade in all lines under the above heading has been excellent during the past week. Butter has not yet altered in price, primarily owing to the demand for same from…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 September 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The Antwerp wool sales closed yesterday. The market was firm, with an increased demand for crossbreds. Twenty-seven…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 September 1898 · page 2

Wool continues to come to hand freely, the arrivals for the week totalling 3468 bales. The total arrivals at the local sheds to date amount to 10,660 bales, as compared…

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World's Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 9

While commenting upon the probable increase in the world's wheat crop this year, the London "Economist" of July 10 remarks that "all authorities…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 4

The total wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amounted to 14,585 bales, as compared with 9867 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The week's arrivals total 3943 bales, and the…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 October 1898 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The market shows a rise of 10 per cent, in prices. There is an increase of 15 per cent in the wool clip of the Argentine…

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