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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1907

260 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 13

Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 10

Business in farm produce lines was good during the week. The flour market was inclined to be excited, but last week's prices still rule…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1907 · page 10

A satisfactory volume of business was passing in dairy produce lines during the week. All lines, with the exception of eggs have been firm throughout…

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Dairy Inspection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 1 July 1907 · page 4

The Clarence River district farmers evidently to not share the opinion that Government inspectors are merely meddlesome intruders, for they…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 10

The new wool season is now in, and small quantities are coming to hand. The arrivals during the week amounted to 275 bales. The steamer Hawke's Bay leaded…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was, on the whole of a satisfactory character during the week. Butter supplies are slightly lower than…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 6 July 1907 · page 10

There was a satisfactory volume of business passing in farm produce lines during the week. The flour market has been quiet, and…

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British Butter Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 8 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The council of the British Dairy Farmers' Association has passed a resolution approving of the Butter Bill that has been…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The fourth series of wool sales opened last evening. There was fair competition. Merinos ware unchanged from the…

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Farmers and Settlers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 5

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of Now South Wales was continued in Sydney to-day, Mr. John Perry, M.P., (Liverpool Plains),…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Wonderful Growth of Our Wool Exports.—some Interesting Figures of Long Ago.—the Unfortunate Tram Driver.—where There Seemed a Grave Doubt.—does One Crime Beget Another ? — the Danger of "Sight-seeing" Cliffs. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1907 · page 4

New South Wales' export of wool last season totalled 2,090,200 bales, valued at about £30,000,000. As Steerforth remarked to Master Copperfield—"Goodness, how…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—At the wool sales last evening the offerings were chiefly merino, Wools suitable for America advanced ½d. Other wools…

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Farmers and Settlers. Railway Improvements Sought Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 5

The annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was continued to-day. After the luncheon adjournment…

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The Butter Bill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Federation of Grocers' Associations of the United Kingdom has passed a resolution against the Butter Bill, which the…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 10

The arrivals of wool during the week numbered 85 bales, and the total consignments arriving since the commencement of the season amounted to 367 bales…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 10

Business in dairy produce lines was generally good, but in some lines buyers were operating cautiously, the market being regarded as unsteady…

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Fires on Wool Ships

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 15 July 1907 · page 4

The report of the Commission on fires on wool ships was laid on the table of Parliament House, New Zealand, last week. The report is an extension of and supplementary…

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Export of Butter. Conference in Sydney. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 July 1907 · page 5

A conference was held to-day of representatives of butter factories in New South Wales at the offices of the Employees Federation, in Pitt-street. There…

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Butter Freights

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 18 July 1907 · page 4

The dairying industry of New South Wales is brought face to face with the all-important freight problem in an acute form. No industry is more…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 10

The arrivals of wood to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., numbered 394, of which 115 bales came…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 July 1907 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—At the wool sales last evening merinos were occasionally slightly in buyers' favour…

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