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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1905

237 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 12

Improvement of Newcastle. Wool and Grain Storage

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

The Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce, which has been agitating for some time for the erection here of wool and grain storage sheds and loading…

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The Wool Season

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

The arrivals of wool to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs. Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., during the week totalled 1926 bales. The arrivals…

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Farm Produce

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

Business in farm produce was very good, and all classes, except onions, show an advance. Circular Head potatoes are firm at last…

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Alligator Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 September 1905 · page 6

Some enterprising Frenchmen are going to introduce alligators from America into the South of France, not to provide sport but to be farmed for the sake of their…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 10

The arrivals of wool during the week, at the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., totalled 1962 bales, making…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines has been brisk during the week, buyers operating freely, as prices generally are showing an upward tendency in…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was very good during the week. The flour market is firm at slightly advanced rates…

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New South Wales Land. Farmers From England. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 5

It is announced by Mr. T. A. Coughlan, the acting Agent-General for Yew South Wales, that forty out of fifty of the farms on the Myall Creek…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The London wool sales were opened yesterday. There was extreme animation. A poor selection of merinos was…

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English Farmer Immigrants

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1905 · page 4

The promptitude with which Mr. Coghlan, the acting Agent-general, has succeeded obtaining applicants for farm lands in New South Wales…

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Wallsend Police Court. (Before Mr. Love, S.M.) Cattle Straying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 3

James Williams pleaded guilty to a charge of permitting cattle to stray in the public streets, Lambton. Joseph Oldham, inspector, explained that there were six…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool sales last evening there was spirited bidding in all sections, and prices for all sorts are hardening…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 10

The arrivals of wool at Newcastle to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Ltd., since the opening of the…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 10

There was a very satisfactory turnover in farm produce lines during the week. The flour market has been very firm, last week's levels being slightly advanced…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1905 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was good during the week, and buyers operated freely. There was a continued falling off in…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The market at the wool sales yesterday was very firm. Keen competition prevailed, new clip merinos realising the highest…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 September 1905 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the wool sales last evening competition was brisker at unchanged prices. Continental buyers were very active…

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Leaving for Chili. New South Wales Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 6

While so much is being said and written in regard to settling people on the land, and assisting immigrants to come to Australia, it is strange to find that an exodus…

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Farming in Chili

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 6

Referring to the departure of Northern river farmer to Chill, a Newcastle gentleman yesterday raid that the terms offered to settlers there are of a very liberal…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 10

The arrivals of wool during the week to the agency of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company and Messrs. Dalgety and Company, Limited, totalled 2132 bales. There…

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