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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1902

179 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9

Dues on Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Seddon, the Premier of New Zealand, speaking in Leeds, complained of the heavy dues on the warehousing of wool in…

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Enormous Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The wheat crop of Manitoba is expected to yield 65,000,000 bushels. Twenty thousand harvesters have gone there to garner…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 7

So for this season no wool, excepting a few bales of the old clip, has been received at Newcastle. Some stations near Narrabri are not going to shear this…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 7

Distributing houses report a satisfactory week's turnover. The chief feature of the market during the week was the fall in the prices of…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 3

During the week the rains in the country were responsible for declines in a number of lines. The chief feature of the market was the…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

The receipt by the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co., and Dalgety and Co., of 428 bales during the week, opens the wool season as far as Newcastle is…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

A satisfactory week's turnover in dairy produce lines is reported by distributing houses. The butter market was disorganised…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The fifth series of colonial wool sales opened last evening. There was strong competition at…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 3

Distributing houses report that during the week the market was very excited, especially in regard to butter, which was in such short supply that many clients had…

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All Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 5

The Carlisle Sheep Breeders' Conference has circularised the world as to the growth in the manufacture of shoddy. It must not, however, he thought that this…

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American Plan for Cheapening Cattle Feed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 7

By the invention, of John Kammer, of Chicago, says a telegram in the San Francisco "Chronicle," the whole practice of feeding live stock, particularly cattle for…

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The Wool Sheep and Angora in South Africa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 5

Australia is the greatest sheep-breeding country in the world, because, in addition to the size of her flocks their general excellence is beyond comparison…

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Argentine Wool Clip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Argentine Agricultural Department expects the crops of the Republic this season to be 40 per cent. above last year…

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The Season's Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 3

During the present season to date 2183 bales of wool have been received at Newcastle by the agencies of Messrs. Dalgety and Co. and Gibbs, Bright, and Co., as…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 3

Onions are quoted at £8 per ton for Victorian and at £9 for Italian. Victorian shipments have been coming on to the market in bad order. Buyers are…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1902 · page 3

Distributing houses report a good week's turnover in all lines. Last week's rush for butter was overcome, during the period under review, by…

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The Season's Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 7

During the present season to date there have been received at Newcastle by the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright and Co. and Dalgety and Co. 3347 bales, as against…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 7

Distributing houses report a satisfactory week's turnover. Buyers of butter have, in anticipation of lower prices occurring, been buying…

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Antwerp Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 6 October 1902 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—At the Antwerp wool sales, prime merinos realised from 5 to 10 centimes above June prices. Other qualities were…

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A Sydney Letter. Is the Governor's Assent a Matter of Form?—the Significance of To-day's Great Carnival.—sandow and Australian Eating.—a Re-mount Farm for the Orange River Colony—why Not for New South Wales?—the Decline in Interest in the Melbourne Cup.—a Sign of the Times—empty Houses. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 7

One phase of the Friedman case called for more notice than was given it—the liberation of the prisoner be fore the Governor has signed the papers. It has been…

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