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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1847

118 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 6

Wool Markets. (From the Mark Lane Express.) BRITISH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 October 1847 · page 3

LEEDS, JUNE 11.—There is not any variation in this market to report during the present week, either as to extent of sales or quotations of prices…

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Price of Wool—june 16

The Australian · Tuesday 5 October 1847 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN.—First quality, 1s. 8d. to 2s. per lb.; ditto scourred, 1s. 10d. to 2s. 3d. ditto; middling, 1s. 2d. to 1s. 4d. ditto; inferior, 1s. to 1s. 2d.; grease, 8d. to 10d.; lambs' 1s. 9d. to…

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Commercial Intelligence. Liverpool Wool Market, June 14

The Australian · Tuesday 5 October 1847 · page 4

The wool market continues in the most dull and unsatisfactory state, with little or nothing doing since our late public sales. The trade at present have their…

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Prince of Wool and Tallow. June 16

The Sentinel · Thursday 7 October 1847 · page 2

AUSTRALIAN--First quality, 1s. 8d. to 2s. per lb.; ditto scoured, 1s. 10d. to 2s. 3[?] ditto; middling, 1s. 2d. to 1s. 4[?] ditto; in[?] 1s to 2d.; grease, 8d. to 10.; lambs' 1s. 9d to 2s. 3d.; skin, pieces and…

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Wool

The Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List · Saturday 9 October 1847 · page 620

CITY, JUNE 14.—The imports of wool into London last week were 2464 bales, of which 1244 were from South Australia, 976 from Van Diemen's Land, 128 from the Cape…

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Annual Export of Wool and Tallow, From the Hunter River District. (From the Maitland Mercury.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 October 1847 · page 2

WE proceed now to lay before our readers a summary of the quantity and value of the wool and tallow exported from the Hunter River District during the twelve months extending…

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The Wool Markets

The Australian · Tuesday 26 October 1847 · page 3

LEEDS.—English—We are without any change in this branch of trade during the past week. Foreign is in bettor demand, and there is a more extensive selection afforded by the…

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Public Sales of Colonial Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 October 1847 · page 2

THE second series of Sales of Colonial Wool of this Season, commenced on the 10th ultimo, and concluded this day: consisting of…

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Public Sales of Colonial Wool

The Australian · Tuesday 2 November 1847 · page 3

The second series of Sales of Colonial Wool of this season, commenced on the 10th ultimo, and concluded this day.—consisting of…

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Wool Markets. (From the Mark-Lane Express, July 5.)

The Australian · Tuesday 2 November 1847 · page 3

The Wool sales were concluded on Thursday, about 28,000 bales having been put up; of which 25,696 bales were Colonial, and the rest United States, Spanish, Odessa…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, 1St November. Before His Honor Sir Alfred Stephen Chief Justice. Cattle Stealing

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 2 November 1847 · page 2

James Cox (bond) was indicted for stealing four cows, on the 24th July 1845, at Longbottom, the property of one William Husking, The evidence on the part of the prosecution proved,…

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Central Criminal Court. Monday, November 1. Before His Honor the Chief Justice. Cattle Stealing

Bell's Life in Sydney and Sporting Reviewer · Saturday 6 November 1847 · page 2

James Cox was indicted for buring, on the 21th day of July, 1945, stolen four cow3, of the value of 40s. euch, the property of Mr. William Hosking,Longbottom,near Parramatta. Guilty;…

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The Wool Trade, &c. (From the Leeds Mercury, August 7.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 December 1847 · page 3

THE WOOL TRADE.—LONDON, THURSDAY.— The imports of wool into London during the week ending to-day have been 2318 bales, of which 1472 were from Sydney, 288 from…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 December 1847 · page 3

LIVERPOOL, AUGUST 6.—We never remember a more numerous attendance of the trade than at the public sales, yesterday and today. The quantity of fine colonial, although…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

The Australian · Friday 10 December 1847 · page 3

We never remember a more numerous attendance of the trade than at the public sales yesterday. and to-day. The quantity of fine Colonial, although small excited a most…

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The Price of Wheat. To the Editors of the Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 December 1847 · page 3

GENTLEMEN,—Observing in your list of prices in grain, &c., wheat to be sold at 5s. 6d. per bushel, when at the same time I have been in the market all the week with three hundred…

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Prices Current of Colonial Wool

Sydney Chronicle · Tuesday 28 December 1847 · page 3

OUR third series of Public Sales, consisting of— 11348 Bags Australian Wool 1,976 Bags Van Diemen's Land 8,181 Bags Port Phillip…

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English Intelligence. the Wool Trade, &c. (From Bell's Messenger, September 6.)

The Australian · Friday 31 December 1847 · page 3

The imports of wool during the past week have been on a very extensive scale, viz., 560 bales from the Cape, 220 from Hambargh, 540 from Port Phillip. 4200 from Sydney and 800…

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