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Farming & the land, 1837

156 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 8

Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 21 August 1837 · page 2

LEEDS, SATURDAY.—Since our last, we think there has been a little improvement in the woollen business. BRADFORD, THURSDAY.—There has been…

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The Wool Market

The Sydney Herald · Monday 21 August 1837 · page 3

[?].—Very little alteration has taken place in the markets this week. On Saturday there was never much less business done; and on Tuesday, in spite of the favourable [?]ews from…

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Wool Market

The Australian · Tuesday 22 August 1837 · page 3

Liverpool, April 29.—Every description of wool is in a state of the utmost depression. During the week which has now closed, there has been hardly one…

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To Growers of Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 23 August 1837 · page 2

We call the attention of all our sheep owners to a letter in this day's Monitor subscribed P. T. We consider the information therein contained, to be of VITAL…

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Wool. to the Editor of the "Sydney Monitor."

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 23 August 1837 · page 2

SIR, In the Tasmanian, Hobart Town newspaper, of the 4th instant, I notice a rather angry correspondence, relative to the…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Friday 1 September 1837 · page 2

LEEDS.—The woollen business seems to go in the same languid manner it has done for some time past; the sales, both of balk and finished goods, being…

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Prevention of Infectious Diseases in Sheep-flocks

The Australian · Tuesday 12 September 1837 · page 2

WE understand that an application is about to be made to His Excellency the Governor, to lay a Bill before the Legislative Council for the amendment of the…

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Extracts Wool Market, May 6

The Australian · Tuesday 26 September 1837 · page 2

The wool trade here continues as dull as possible, and from existing appearances there is little chance of its soon mending. A small lot of foreign wool was offered…

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Stolen Cattle

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 28 September 1837 · page 2

"I have lost a horse," and "I hare lost n herd of cattle," and "I have lost a team of working bullocks," and "Oh dear! I have lost a flock of sheep," exclaimed four Settlers who happened to…

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The Ca[?] Among Sheep

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 30 September 1837 · page 2

THE severe loases which many of our principal flockowners in the southern districts of the Colony, have for the last three or four years sustained from the…

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WOOL, &c

The Sydney Herald · Monday 2 October 1837 · page 2

Among the branches of trade which have been lea[?]t aff[?]cted by the pressure for money, and the want of confidence, we may mention the wool, the grain, and the R[?] trades.—Liverpool Mail…

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Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 9 October 1837 · page 2

Wool was said to be in a depressed state—Major Mudie's work has reached a second edition; it is said there are some copies on board the Lord William…

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Wool

The Australian · Tuesday 10 October 1837 · page 2

So inconsiderable have been the transactions in British wools during the week, that the currencies are almost nominal, many holders, notwithstanding the unfavourable reports which have…

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News of the Day. Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Wednesday 11 October 1837 · page 2

Mr. Southey had annonnced a sale of Colonial Wool for the 16th June, two days later than that advertised by Mr. Simes; but prices having gone much lower than the brokers had anticipated—a…

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Wool. London, June 7, 1837

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1837 · page 2

The import of Australian, Van Dieman's Land, German, and Spanish Wools into London during the month and quarter ended 31st May, compared with the…

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Latest English Extracts. The Wool Market, (From the London Cluanicle, June 8.)

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1837 · page 3

LEEDS.—We have no alteration to report in the state of the woollen business this week, the same want of activity which has marked it for some time being…

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Isle of France. Flour and Wheat. Extract of a letter received from the Isle of France, dated 21th June, 1837

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 12 October 1837 · page 3

"I hope your adopted country will send us plenty of flour and wheat, for I hear the Cape people aro not likely to send us any at present owing to their losses in the…

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News of the Day. Wool

The Sydney Monitor · Friday 13 October 1837 · page 2

The following Wools of the " Australian Agricultural Company," had been sold at a previous auction, but not having been paid for were re-sold on the 14th June, at the risk of the former…

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WOOL. (Favored by Messrs. Montefiore & Co.)

The Sydney Herald · Monday 16 October 1837 · page 2

Copy of sales of Colonial Wools by J. T. Simes and Co., which took place on the 14th June, 1837. Ex Guiana, from Launceston.—Mark…

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News of the Day. Remarks on the Wool Sale. London, 14th June, 1837

The Sydney Monitor · Monday 16 October 1837 · page 2

About the first 150 lots seemed to be going at rather better prices than could be expected, namely, best wools at a reduction of about 40 per cent. and lower…

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