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Farming & the land, 1839

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Latest English News. This Wool Market

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1839 · page 2

LEEDS.—The demand in both balls, for cloths of various descriptions, has been about the same as the fore part of the month, though a decidedly less quntity has been disposed of, [?]t this is in…

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A Supplement is published with this day's number. Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Wednesday Morning, January 2, 1839 Nothing extenuate, nor aught set down in malice.—SHAKESPEARE. WOOL. [We recommend the following article a Correspondent to the careful perusal of our Graziers.—ED. Syd. Mon]

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1839 · page 2

"In order to assimilate the Australian wools as much as possible with the German in preparing it for market, the fleeces should not be broken, but merely divested of the breech and stained locks, and so assorted or arranged…

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Wool

The Sydney Herald · Friday 4 January 1839 · page 2

We have been favoured by the firm of Messrs. Keaworthy and Lord with the subjoined account of Wool Sales:— Liverpool, 21st July, 1838…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Friday Morning, January 4, 1839. Nothing extenunte, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. Regulations for Public Sales of Colonial Wool

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1839 · page 2

1st.—That the first Sale for the Season shall be fixed with the consent of the Committee of the New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land Association, and that the Sales shall continue…

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Wool Sales

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1839 · page 2

The London wool-brokers have adopted the following regulations for the future public sales of Colonial wool:— 1st. That the first Sale for the Season shall…

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English News. WOOL

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1839 · page 2

We lay with pleasure the following letter before our readers, which at once shews how our wools are estimated. Let but our Wool Growers get their fleeces up…

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Domestic Intelligence. Wool Sales

The Colonist · Saturday 5 January 1839 · page 2

The London wool-brokers have adopted the following regulations for the future public sales of colonial wool:— 1. That the first sale for the season shall be fixed…

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The Wool Trade in Ireland

The Australian · Saturday 5 January 1839 · page 3

We supply the following intelligence on the auti o rity of the DEALIN EVENING Post—"There have very few sales during the last month, but form the immense quantity sold all through Ireland the…

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English News. Markets. Liverpool Wool Sales

The Australian · Saturday 5 January 1839 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the public sale at Liverpool on Thursday, when about 1,000 bales Australian and Tasmanian Wools were brought forward…

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The Wool Market. (From the Times September 10.)

The Australian · Saturday 5 January 1839 · page 3

LEEDS— Our markets have continued in nearly the satue state as in our last report. Stocks in the halls [?] warehouse continue to decrease and as wool is from at a fair and reasonable prices we may expect…

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Wool Markets. Bradford, August 30

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1839 · page 1

There is no change in the state of this market requiring notice. The public sales of wool which we have noticed, and the epitome of prices we have…

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MONITOR & Commercial Advertiser Day Morning, January 7, 1839. [?]extenuate, nor aught set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. Wool Sales

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1839 · page 1

[?] Brown, Aspinall, and Gosling, have [?]d us with the following London and Liver[?]es of wool. The first was not published by the 12th December, when we published the…

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Extracts. the Wool Trade

The Sydney Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1839 · page 2

LEEDS.—The demand in both halls for cloths of various descriptions has been about the s[?]me as for the fore part of the month, though a dceidedly less quantity has been disposed of, but this is in…

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English News. Wool Sales

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1839 · page 4

The London wool-brokers have adopted the following regulations for the future public sales of colonial wool:-- 1. That the first sale for the season shall be…

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Disease Amongst the Company's Cattle. To the Editors of the South Australian Gazette

The Sydney Herald · Monday 21 January 1839 · page 2

GENTLEMEN—I am sorry to inform you that a disease which threatens great destruction to the Company's cattle has been discovered, and which, unless checked, may spread to the other herds, as…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Monday Morning, January 21, 1839. Nothing extenuate nor aught set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. The Wool Trade

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1839 · page 2

B. I. TOL SEPTEMBER WOOL F. IR.—At this fair, which was held on the 1st and 3rd instant, a pretty large quantity was exhibited in b[?]k, and the attendance of country staplers and fell[?]gers, as well as…

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The Wool Trade

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1839 · page 2

TRADE OF LEEDS,—About an average quantity of goods was sold at the cloth halls on Saturday last (as compared with the markets during the last two months) but on Tuesday (as is generally the case…

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Deterioration of Soil. Failure of Potato Crops and Other Things

The Sydney Standard and Colonial Advocate · Monday 28 January 1839 · page 4

IT is well known that for a number of years there has been a considerable falling off in the quantity and value of the potato crop in different parts of the country, particularly in some districts in…

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Wool and Sheep

The Sydney Herald · Friday 1 February 1839 · page 2

The wool of the sheep alluded to in another paragraph as having been sold at twelve and sixpence and fifteen shillings each, was sold the same day at one shilling and eight-pence half penny per pound!…

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The Wool Market in the Clothing Districts

The Sydney Herald · Friday 1 February 1839 · page 2

LEEDS,—The demand for cloth in both our halls for the past week has been to the same extent as for some time back. The demand for heavy goods rather increases, and the supply seems to limit the…

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