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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1906

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Queensland Butter Shipments. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 4

A conference of Queensland producers was held at Parliament House yesterday, for the purpose of arriving at some conclusion in regard to the cold storage…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was dull during the week. Butter supplies continue to fall off, but the recent advance in prices has…

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Queensland Butter Export. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 5

Mr. Denham, the State Minister for Agriculture, makes an emphatic protest against the proposal of the Commonwealth Government to insist on grading Australian…

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Railway Rates for Butter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 5

The Commissioners have been pressed for some time past to make a reduction in the rates for the carriage of butter. Several deputations waited upon them on…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 10

There was a satisfactory turnover in dairy produce lines during the week, heavy orders being booked on June accounts…

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Wheat Ships Home

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 4

The cable messages announce that no less than seventeen sailing vessels with wheat cargoes have reached or neared their destinations within the last few days. Of the total,…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 10

There was a good demand for all kinds of produce during the week. A good deal of chaff and maize is being consumed inland, the Upper Hunter district being still…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 10

There was a very satisfactory turnover in dairy produce lines during the week. Butter supplies came in well, and although not so plentiful as a little while…

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Butter Manipulation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 6

A pamphlet has been issued by G. Wall and Co., Williamson-street, Liverpool (Eng.), entitled "Butter Manipulation," which shows the rapid increase in the…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was fairly good during the week. There were not any particular features about the flour market, and prices…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was a little quiet during the week, and prices have been steady. Butter supplies still show a slight…

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A Sydney Letter. the Rabbit Rush.—our Harbour Winter Pest—the Fog.—something About Divorce.—an Evil in the Way of Pictures.—the Lawfulness or Sunday Dinner in a Hotel.—sheep for South Africa. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 7

If we can believe everything, or only a fair percentage of everything, then there is a rabbit rush. The word rush is used with some apology to the rushes of…

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Disasters to Wool Ships. Underwriters Disturbed. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 5

"The Times" says that underwriters are disturbed at the recent disasters to wool ships, and fear that the present high prices of the staple…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 7

The evidence given by Mr. Taverner, on behalf of Victoria, and by Mr. H. C. Cameron for New Zealand, before a select Committee of the House of…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 10

There was a slight improvement in the turnover in dairy produce lines during the week, still business cannot be said to have been brisk…

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London News. Crime and Education in Australia.—colonial Sensitiveness.—australian Butter.—colonial Office Prescience.—sir John Madden's Impressions of Italy.—an Australian Navy.—president Roosevelt to Visit New Zealand. London, May 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 7

Mr. T. A. Coghlan, who is at once the Agent-General for New South Wales and the leading authority on Australian statistics, has published an interesting letter…

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Wallsend Races. Motto Farm Stable in Form

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 June 1906 · page 3

The committee of the Wallsend Jockey Chub were favoured with fine weather for their race meeting on Saturday, and there was a large attendance, the leger…

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Fire on Wool Vessels

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1906 · page 4

Referring to recent fires on homeward bound vessels, which have no doubt been caused by spontaneous combustion either from wool or flax, Wellington (N. Z.) "Post" says:—"Until…

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The Pastoral Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1906 · page 4

The annual show of the New South Wales Sheepbrecders' Association, which is being held in Sydney this week, is looked upon as the most…

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Waratah. Cattle-straying Nuisance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1906 · page 6

On Wednesday, when dealing with cattle-straying cases at Waratah Police Court, Mr. Love, S.M., said the cattle-straying was becoming a great nuisance…

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