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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1899

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The Flood at Maitland. a Sea of Water. Extensive Damage. Many Farmhouses Inundated. Relief for Sufferers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

Colonel Wilkinson received the following telegraphic message from the Colonial Secretary Hon. J. N. Brunker, on Thursday night:—"Regret to learn of calamitous…

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The Export of Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—British agents have informed the British farmers in the Transvaal that they can disregard the order of the Transvaal Government prohibiting the…

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American Wool Trade with Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 5

It is of interest to learn, in view of the indifferent supplies of wool on the London market and the prospect of still poorer supplies in the near future, says a home…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 2

The total arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 521 bales, as compared with 3124 bales for the corresponding period of last season. The transhipments to Melbourne and…

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Advance in Wool Prices—good Prospects

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 7

Prices for the finer varieties of wool are still rising, and in spite of the sales on American account, the advance has been good. At the English auctions just closed,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 2

A splendid volume of business is reported as passing in all dairy produce lines, sales for most lines being on a liberal scale. The advance of the season has had the effect…

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Butter Export

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

The shipment of butter from New South Wales for the month of August totalled 5972 boxes, destination and number of boxes being: London, 5733; S.S. Islands, 105;…

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The Wool Clip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

To a large number of men employed on the Newcastle wharves the advent of the wool season is always welcomed as a harvest of work, which though laborious is well paid…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 2

Distributing houses are able to report a continuance of last week's excellent turn-over. Some lines have been particularly free, butter and bacon among them. With…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—There is a brisk inquiry for wool, and several large sales have been made. It is expected that there will be a…

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A Farm Worked by Electricity

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 3

On a farm of 350 acres in the State of New York, there in a complete electric plant, which produces the current for lighting and heating as ,well a supplying the power for…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The arrivals of wool for the next series of sales, which commence on the 18th instant, amount to 237,000 bales, of which 66,000 bales have,…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

The wool arrivals at the two local sheds to date amount to 2321 bales, as compared with [?]47 for the corresponding period of last season. The transhipments to Melbourne totalled…

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A Trip to Kilkoy. a Model Dairy Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1899 · page 2

At the invitation and in company with Mr. S. Arnott, I paid a visit to Kilkoy, the property of Messrs. Arnott, which is situated on the Hunter, ten miles from…

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The Progress of Our Dairy Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 September 1899 · page 5

An English journal remarks:—"The most recent statistics from New South Wales of the progress of the dairy industry, largely for export to this country are very…

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A Wheat "Corner."

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—It is reported from Chicago that the Armour-Weare Commission Company is organising a "corner" in wheat…

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London Wool Sales. Great Rise in Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The fifth series of colonial wool sales was opened this evening. Merinos and low and fine crossbreds sold at from 7½ to 10 per cent. advance…

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State Butter Competitions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture has approved of the Second State Butter Show being held in Sydney this week. The competitions were inaugurated with a view of testing the keeping…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 4

Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., Newcastle, have received the following cable from their London house:—"September sales opened with fair selection, large attendance of buyers, competition animated;…

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London Wool Sales. Great Rise in Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The September series of wool sales opened yesterday. Messrs. Buxton Ronald, and Company, Messrs. Jacomb, Son, and Company, and…

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