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Farming & the land, 1896

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The Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The export of butter from the colony this season has been less than 400 tons, as compared with 600 tons sent away during the, previous year…

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The Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

At the London wool sales yesterday the demand for crossbreds was a little firmer. Prices realised for special dips included: -- French, 8[?]d per lb.; Mangoplah, 9[?]d;…

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London Wool Sales

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, January 29.—At the wool sales this afternoon prices were firm, especially for merino wools…

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English Commercial. Wheat Statistics

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday.--The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,340,000 quarters, as compared with 2,509,000 quarters a week…

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The London Wool Sales

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday Night.--At the London-colonial wool sales to-day there was brisk competition for merinos. LONDON, Wednesday.--At…

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Charges of Cattle-stealing. Moama

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 6

The two charges of cattle-stealing against Claude Perrignon which were instituted on Monday, January 20, were adjourned until Saturday, the 25th,…

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London Wool Sales. Brisk Competition

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 6

London, January 28.—At the wool sales this afternoon there was again brisk competition, especially for merinos. LONDON, January 29.—At yesterday's…

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London Wool Sales. London, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

At the wool sales this afternoon there was again brisk competition, especially for [?]erinos. JAN. 29…

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Wool Traffic at Wentworth. Wentworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

Since Saturday the town has been visited by quite a fleet of steamers, most of which came from the Darling ports with the recent slight rise. Some have transhipped their cargoes of wool and have…

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The Wool Sales. London, January 28

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 6

At the London wool sales to-day there was brisk competition for merinos. Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co.,…

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Country News. (From Our Correspondent.) Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

At the annual meeting of the Albury Pastoral and Agricultural Society to-day the report showed that the last annual show was very successful, the entries and pecuniary returas being…

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London Wool Market. Trade Prospects at the End of 1895

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 7

LONDON, December 27.--A few inquiries for parcels withdrawn during the course of the recent sales, with, in many cases, nothing, or next door to it, resulting therefrom, are…

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London Wool Market. (From Our Correspondent.) London, Dec. 27, 1895

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 7

In the presence of the final holidays for the year there is no disposition to do any business, and apart from this there is an entire absence of inquiry from industrial centres, hence those who…

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English Commercial. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 28. Wheat Statistics

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 7

The quantity of wheat and flour afloat for the United Kingdom is estimated at 2,560,000 quarters, as compared with 2,509,000 last week, and 3,300,000 last year, the increase for the week…

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New South Wales Wool Shipments. From 1st July, to December 31st, 1895, 460, 945 bales. SHIPPERS

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 3

Bales of Wool Hick, Martin and Drysdale ... 33444 Dalegety and Co Ltd ... ... 33415 Ostermeyer, Dewez and Co ... 29753…

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Latest Cables. General Cables. Italians in Abyssinia. The Battle at Makaleh. The Turkish Crisis -- Massacre an Sassoun -- The " Murderous Cruelty of the Sultan " -- The Transvaal -- Arrogance of the Boers -- A Cuban Filibustering Stea[?] [?]mer Wrecked -- The Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Thursday 30 January 1896 · page 5

The following cables arrived after yesterday's last edition had gone to press : -- London, January 29. THE ABYSSINIAN WAR…

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The Export of Butter

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday, 11 a.m.--The "Manchester Guardian" states that the Australian butler which reached Manchester by the steamer Gulf of Slam is…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 7

The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers' Association report that wool sales were held to-day (Thursday) at the Wool Exchange, Macquarie-place, when the quantity catalogued totalled 7028 bales, and the sales amounted to 6616bales,us…

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The Wool Sales

The Australian Star · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 5

At the London wool sales yesterday merinos realised 1d per 1b. above the prices obtained at the opening of the sales. The market is firmest for second wools. The…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1896 · page 7

Messrs. Dalgety and Co.telegraphed from Melbourne yesterday as follows:—At our wool sales to-day we offered 1450 bales before a full attendance of buyers, who competed with great animation for all descriptions of wool, good…

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