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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1900

228 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 12

London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 July 1900 · page 5

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, Limited, report that they are in receipt of the following cable, dated 3rd July, from their…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales to-day there was a better selection of merinos, but prices were slightly weaker. Crossbreds were firm,…

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The Export of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1900 · page 6

The steamer Australian, now in port, loads 100 bales of wool for London. Concerning the wool market Messrs. Dalgety and Co. write, under date London, May 30,…

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Improved Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The wool market is better, and sales of all classes are firm…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The fifth series of colonial wool sales will commence on October 9, and will be limited to 250,000 bales. There will be no other…

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Wood Wool for Packing Fruit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 5

The Adelaide "Advertiser's" correspondent in London, under date June 1, writes:—The South Australian apples arriving by the Omrah turned out…

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Prolonging the Life of Farm Machinery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 8

Most farming tools are used during only a fraction of the year. Diversified farming requires a great variety of tools and agricultural implements. The average farmer…

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Morpeth. Dairymen's Association

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 7

A short time since, at the request of some registered dairymen, the council clerk convened a meeting which resulted in an association being formed, the first monthly…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 July 1900 · page 5

Delegates to the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association sat again to-day, and gave further consideration to the resolution of Mr. W. O'Neill…

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London Wool Sales. Prices Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Monday Evening.—At the wool sales the quantities offered were small. All classes were firm…

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Spring Rust in Wheat Crops. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 5

The Government wheat export, in a report to the Minister for Agriculture, states that he is receiving complaints from alarmed farmers to the effect that their wheat…

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District News. Greta. the Straying of Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 5

At the council meeting on Monday evening last the Mayor's attention was drawn to the large number of cattle allowed to stray about the main street…

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A Sydney Letter the Governor-general — Who Will He Be?—mr. Rose's Curiosity.—a Neat Answer Turneth Away Idle Questioners.—free Postage for Members' Friends.—the Naval Brigade Contingent "Fizzles."—our Farmers and Settlers.— Sydney a Clean Port. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 July 1900 · page 3

Sydney is as curious as a woman to know who the Governor-General will be. The papers speculate with the names of Argyll, Duff, Selborne, and Jersey, and…

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Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 6

Messrs. M'Ilwraith, M'Eacharn, and Co., writing from London, under date Juce [?]st say—"The third series of London sales of colonial wool, which…

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London Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—In the market to-day, wool of medium selection is exceedingly firm at late rates…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1900 · page 5

Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company's cable:—"Wool market is very firm." Harrison, Jones, and Devlin's cable:…

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Ostrich Farming in South Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 July 1900 · page 5

From three ostriches brought to the province by the late Captain Wilson, and purchased by Messrs. Bowman Brothers, Mr. T. R. Bowman (says the…

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Condemned Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 July 1900 · page 8

Constable Dolman condemned five head of cattle at the Campbell's Hill saleyards yesterday, lncluding one bull, three cows, and a bullock. Four head were suffering…

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Crop Prospects in India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—Lord Curzon reports hopefully of the crop prospects in India…

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Arming the Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1900 · page 5

A few minutes before 6 p.m. Captain Paton (Acting Adjutant of the 4th Regiment) received a telegram from Captain Bowman, of Muswellbrook, setting that…

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