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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 12

Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1905 · page 6

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., offered another large and attractive catalogue of 4672 bales of wool to-day, and under brisk competition they sold 4289 bales. The…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 10

The slackness in the arrivals of wool continues. There have been received to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co.,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 10

Business is dairy produce lines was brisk during the week, but supplies generally were short. The scarcity in butter continues, and is…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 November 1905 · page 10

Business in farm produce was good. Owing to the dry Weather and a big consumption in the north-west, trade at Newcastle benefits. All the dairy…

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The Wool Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 4

The wool season is sufficiently far advanced to enable Mr. Hall, the Government Statistician, to give a reliable forecast of the probable yield…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 November 1905 · page 5

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. had another wool sale to-day, offering 4801 bales, and selling 4369 bales. The market is very firm for all wools, while super,…

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Alleged Butter Fraud

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The Preston County Council is prosecuting a firm in Preston on a charge of selling an adulterated mixture manufactured in…

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Big Wheat Cargo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 November 1905 · page 4

Last week, says an exchange, when it was cabinet from London that a cargo of 5500 tons of New Sooth Wales wheat had been sold at 34s 7½d per quarter c.i.f. to be shipped by…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 10

The wool season continues slack, in so far as the arrivals at Newcastle are concerned. There have been received to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright,…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 November 1905 · page 10

The demand for all dairy produce lines was satisfactory during the week, with quotations generally steady. The continued dry weather is having a…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 7

John Alexander Chessell was charged with stealing a pig at Cessnock on October 3rd, 1905, the property of Snape and Sons, auctioneers. Accused pleaded not…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1905 · page 5

Dalgety and Co., Limited held their sixth sale of the season to-day, when they offered a very representative catalogue of 5642 bales, of which they sold 4720 bales,…

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Alleged Butter Frauds

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 December 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Messrs. Coopman and Young, of Smithfield, London, are being prosecuted on eleven charges of falsely describing butter,…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co. and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., since the commencement of the season numbered…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 December 1905 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was good during the week, there being a brisk demand on account of Christmas supplies. Maize was easier, at slightly reduced…

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Melbourne Wool Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1905 · page 4

Dalgety and Co., Ltd., offered another large and attractive catalogue to-day of about 6000 bales, which included wool from every State in the Commonwealth…

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What Is Possible in Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 December 1905 · page 5

The modern English farmer is very different from his progenitor of say half a century ago. He has his agricultural colleges, and the incentive provided by…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, numbered 19,204 bales,…

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Supply of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The "Manchester Guardian" says the sale of a number of the largest and best pastoral properties in Victoria, New South Wales,…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1905 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was very good during the week. New potatoes are very firm and scarce, and old sorts are off the market…

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