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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1908

309 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 16

The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Company, and Messrs. Dalgety and Co., Ltd., totalled 21,156 bales, compared with…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 9

There was a satisfactory volume of business passing in farm produce lines during the week. The wheat market is fairly firm at…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 9

There was a good demand for dairy produce lines during the week, and the market generally has been without any Particular features…

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Wonder Wheat. an American Story. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 3

Paragraphs have been in circulation recently in the press concerning wonderful returns from wheat grown in Alaska. It was asserted that the Alaska wheat…

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Maitland District "Newcastle Herald" Branch Office: High-street, West Maitland. Farmers' Union Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 November 1908 · page 6

In spite of the fact that there has been be rain in the district for many weeks last to encourage the growth of garden and farm produce, still there was no…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Dalgety and Co., and Messrs. Cibbs, Bright, and Co., totaled 22,624 bales, compared with 23,602…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., have received advice that the steamer Marcre, their second steamer for the November sales, which left Newcastle on 22nd September, arrived at…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Conviction Quashed. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 5

The Full Court had before it to-day the appeal of Charles Beechworth King against his conviction. The prisoner was tried at the Bathurst Circuit Court…

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London News. Great Britain and the Balkan Crisis.—scheme to End Strikes.—the Premier and the Unemployed.—riot in London.—the British Dairy Show. London, October 9. Great Britain and the Balkan Crisis

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 7

Sir Edward Grey, in his speech at Wooler on Wednesday, made plain the attitude of the British Government toward the recent acts of aggression in…

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The British Dairy Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 7

The British Dairy Farmers' Associated is to be congratulated on the show at Islington—the thirty third of the series—which was opened on Tuesday, Lord…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 9

There has been a good local demand for dairy produce lines during the week. Butter supplies have shown a slight increase, as reports from London show that…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 9

There was a fair turnover in farm produce lines during the week. The wheat market is much firmer, and buyers are offering higher prices. In most…

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Wheat Afloat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,905,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,750,000 quarters. The…

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Adelaide Wool Sales. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 November 1908 · page 5

The fourth wool sale of the serious was opened this morning, 37,000 baled being offered, the largest catalogue ever submitted for one day's sale la the world…

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Irish Cattle Driving. Six Persons Arrested. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 5

A drive of 600 head of cattle, horses, and sheep has been made on the estate of Mr. W. H. Ball, a magistrate, at Balliancally, county Clare, Ireland…

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The Wool Season

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 9

The arrivals of wool to date to the agencies of Messrs. Gibbs, Bright, and Co., and Messrs. Drigety and Co., Ltd., totalled 23,983 bales, compared with 24,604…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 9

There was a good demand for all lines of farm produce during the week. The wheat market is very much firmer, and high-prices rule…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 November 1908 · page 9

Good business can be reported in dairy produce lines for the week. The lowering tendency of the London market has been responsible for local…

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American Cattle Disease. Quarantine Restrictions. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 November 1908 · page 5

The stockyards in East Buffalo in the United States have been closed pending [?] into [?] outbreak of foot and mouth disease…

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Wheat Afloat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 24 November 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,158,000 quarters, and for the Continent at 1,645,000 quarters. The…

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