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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1895

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 5.-The total quantity of wheat afloat for the United Kingdom is 2,515,000 quarters, being 79,000 quarters more than…

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Australian Produce. Butter, Eggs, Poultry, &c

Evening News · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 4.-The butter by the R.M.S. Parramatta realised 102s per cwt.; choicest, 104s. The eggs averaged 10s 6d per long…

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English Commercial. the Wheat Market

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 7

LONDON, Friday Night.--The total quantity of wheal, afloat, for the United Kingdom is 2,515,000 quarters, being 79,000 quarters more than a week ago. Best…

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Australian Produce. Butter and Eggs, Frozen Mutton

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, Friday Night.--The butler by the R.M.S. Parramatta realised from 100s to 102s per cwt; the choicest qualities bringing 104s…

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Summary for European Mail. Wool Export

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

The following shipments of wool from New South Wales have taken place during the week. FROM SYDNEY. BALES Dec 31 Orient, R M s, for London ... 2751…

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New Zealand Wool Sales. [By Cable.] Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 6

At the Invercargill wool sales about 10,000 bales were offered. Prices were considered fairly satisfactory, being about ½d above those of the last [?]din sales. Fine halfbreds showed a drop since last season of 1½d to 1¾d per 1b.;…

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Live Cattle Trade with England. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Muswellbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1895 · page 5

An English stock buyer, Mr. Brabban, of Messrs Burgle and Brabban, cattle traders, of Liverpool, is at present in Muswellbrook purchasing cattle for a shipment to leave Newcastle…

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The Wheat Crop. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 6

The wheat crop is now harvested, and the yield is very satisfactory, the general estimate being l8 bushels per acre. Narramine yielded 35,000 bushels, Mack and Austin 13,000 bushels. The…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 4

LONDON, January 7.-The cargo of Victorian wheat ex barque Mayhill, from Geelong December 3, has been sold at 24s 6d per quarter…

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The Wheat Market

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, January 7.-Wheat in Mark Lane to-day was 6d per quarter…

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Sydney Wool Market

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 7

The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association report that wool sales were held yesterday at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 6752…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 7

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association reports that wool sales were held to-day, Monday, at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie-place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 6752 bales, and the salee amounted to 47[?]9 bales,…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 7

Messrs Dalgety and Co. report by telegraph from Melbourne yesterday:—The Melbourne woold sales were resumed to-day, when we offered a catalogue of 3700 bales to a very good attendance of buyers, and have to report the…

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Australian Produce. Butter, Rabbits, Eggs

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 5

LONDON, January 7.-A small portion of the choicest butter brought by the R.M.S. Ophir has been sold at 102s per cwt. The average price…

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Pastoral Intelligence. (From Our Correspondents.) Carcoar

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 5

The following stock passings are reported:— 31 vans of sheep, from Cowra to Riverstone Meat Works, from Adams to Richards; 8 vaus of sheep, from Carcoar to Flemington, from Wilson and…

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Ships for the January Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 6

Messrs. Devitt and Moore cable advice of the ship Derwent's arrival at London on the 6th instant a.m. Passage, [?] days. She was despatched by Messrs. Gilehrist, Watt, and Co. There has been some great sailing between…

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The Grain Duties. The Farmers and Free-traded An Unpromising Prospect. The Promised Destruction of the Wheat Industry--Interview With a Fanner of the Murray

The Australian Star · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 6

The determination of the Reid Government to remove the grain duties at the end of September has caused a good deal of concern amongst that section of the farming…

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This London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Nov. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 7

Since the opening of the final series here of wool auctions the attendance has been very good, and after the first few days, when prices became somewhat fixed, competition has become much keener…

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Wool Manifested to Darling Harbour By Authority of Railway Department Jan 7th

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

J. H Geddes and Co. 11—E2/Grainbore Wagga 9—PB&Co/S Bourke 4—FW B/Scone Scone…

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A Minister on Tour. Mr. Sydney Smith at Bourke. Inspecting the Bores. Proposed Irrigation Farms

Evening News · Tuesday 8 January 1895 · page 2

BOURKE, January 8.-The Minister for Mines and Agriculture, Mr. Sydney Smith, arrived in Bourke by Monday afternoon's train. Messrs. Miller and Martin, Ms.L.A.,…

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