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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 May 1907 · page 10

The local demand for butter has been brisk, and supplies being affected by adverse weather conditions, the market has advanced 2s. Orders continue to come to…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the wool auctions yesterday there was a brisk sale. Merinos were very firm, and crossbreds hardening…

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Wool Steamers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 4

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., agents for the Australian Union Line, advise that the steamship Star of New Zealand is due here from Brisbane on 16th instant to load wool…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool sales yesterday business was brisk. Crossbreds were 5 per cent. above opening rates, and merinos very firm…

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The Wool Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 10

There came to hand during the week to the agencies of Messrs, Gibbs, Bright, and Company and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., 516 bales of wool. The arrivals to…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 10

Business generally has been brisk in dairy produce lines during the week. The demand for bacon was the one exception in a very busy market. This line…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1907 · page 10

There was a satisfactory volume of business passing in farm produce lines during the week. Maize is very firm, and prices are…

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Butter Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The shipping companies have agreed to continue the present freights upon Victorian butter…

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The American Wheat Market. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 5

Heavy trading has aroused intense excitement on the wheat market in New York and Chicago. Cold weather has delayed seeding…

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Warwick Farm Races. Chaperon Wins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 May 1907 · page 3

Warwick Farm races were held on Saturday in the presence of a largo attendance. The weather was fine, and some interesting sport was witnessed,…

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Big Wool Shipment

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1907 · page 4

A cable message from Boston, dated March 19, published in the American papers, reads as follows:—"With the most valuable cargo of wool ever…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—At the wool sales last evening business was good at unchanged prices…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The closing prices of the wool sales were the highest of the series…

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The Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 10

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 31,694 bales, compared with 21,609…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 10

All lines of farm produce yielded a very satisfactory turnover during the week. Flour is very firm, and quotations for all brands are higher…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 10

There was a good turnover in all lines of dairy produce during the week. Butter supplies show a slight falling off, but still are ample for requirements…

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Wheat Market. Slump in Prices. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1907 · page 5

The American wheat markets are rather active, but little excitement prevails. There has been a slump in prices in consequence of the…

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Cattle Maiming Case. Edalji to Be Pardoned. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 May 1907 · page 5

The Select Committee appointed to investigate the cash of George Ernest Thompson Edalji, the Birmingham solicitor who was convicted of cattle…

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Cattle Maiming Case

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—An agitation is on foot to obtain evidence with a view of proving that Edalji, the Birmingham solicitor who was…

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The Suevic's Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—Hundreds of peasants on the Cornis[?] coasts are clearing the rocks of the wool which has been washed ashore from the…

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