AMATEUR CONCERT—On Tuesday evening the amateur concert took place in the hall of the King's School. This concert was the fourth of the kind with which the inhabitants of Parramatta have been ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 3,127 wordsIN consequence of the Easter holidays and the inclement weather, this lias been a dull week in the share market. We have no material alteration to report. Our sales have been— New South Wales Bank shares, £35 10s. ...
Article : 55 wordsOwing to the combined influence of the holidays and wet weather the share market has again been dull. I have sold Australian Joint Stock Bank shares at £11, and note a sale of Wallsend Coal Company shares at 25 per cent. premium. There has been a ...
Article : 72 wordsSTATIONS.—The Graway Station, on the Macquaric River, has been sold by the executors of the estate of tht late N. Hyeronimous, Esq., togetlier with the herd unmustered (supposed to be 2000 head), for the sum of £5100; Messrs. Cruikshank and Cornish ...
Article : 231 wordsFat Cattle.—Large supplies have come to hand during the week, a further decline in price has consequently been acceded to. Prime can only be quoted worth from £4 to £4 10s., or 12s. 6d, per 100 lbs.; second, £2 10s. to £3 10s. ...
Article : 195 wordsTHE MILLS.—The demand for flour has been somewhat easier during the week. Prices, however, have undergone no change, and are steadily sustained. Millers' prices are:—Fine flour £18 per ton, Haxall and Gallego 45s per barrel, Dunlop's 42s per ...
Article : 1,040 wordsStations.—I have to report the sale of the Grahway runs, on the Macquarie, with cattle, for the sum of £5400. Fat Cattle.—There are n great many on the road. Prime bullocks are worth £3 to £6; ordinary, £4; inferior mixed lots, ...
Article : 131 wordsWOOL.—There was a large attendance at this day's sale, and some very good medium brands of fleece were sold at satisfactory prices. 162 bales were submitted at auction, of which, 29 bales (skin wool) were withdrawn; the remaining lots, consisting of ...
Article : 520 wordsTHE distance from Sydney to the above unfrequented spot is about thirty miles—easy of access, although, perhaps, less visited than any part of the environs of the metropolis, simply because ...
Article : 2,618 wordsMaize.—The market continues firm for prime samples. I quote prime old worth 6s per bushel, ditto new 5s to 5s Gd. Wheat.—Prime samples are in demand, and worth 7s to 7s 6d per bushel; second-class samples 6s to 6s 6d per bushel. ...
Article : 246 wordsFAT CATTLE.—The large supplies which have arrived at market have been absorbed with comparative readiness. We have sold by auction at the Glynde Yards:—39 head superior cattle, consisting of 22 bullocks and 17 cows, at an average of £6 11s lOd; ...
Article : 227 wordsTHE Queen Bee, with 2[?]7 immigrants, has arrived. We have no other change to report affecting the state of this market. There is a moderate demand for labour, and a large supply. Mechanics are required for country situitions, especially blacksmiths. ...
Article : 68 wordsThe immigrants per Queen Bee, about 300 in number, that arrived on the 31st ultimo, will not be on hire from on board ship until next week. Our demand for useful forming men has been rather brisk this month, and full wages have been given for good ...
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Detailed lists, results, guides : 84 wordsThe passengers per Queen Bee, which arrived on Sunday last, have been open for engagement. They appear to be a healthy class of men, and well suited for labour. The demand for servants in general, this week, is about equal to supply. Holiday and ...
Article : 63 wordsMr. CHARLES MARTIN reports: In consequence of the inclement weather very few sales have taken place m the horse market this week. There is a plentiful supply of stock on hand, and as soon as the weather becomes settled there is no doubt the ...
Article : 51 words[Unless otherwise expressed, the prices quoted in this article are those in transactions between the producer and the first purchaser.] Flour remains at £19 for fine, and £17 for second quality, per ...
Article : 364 wordsTHE Western and Southern Escorts have arrived during the week from our several gold-fields, and have delivered at the Sydney Branch of the Royal Mint the following quantities of gold dust:— ...
Article : 191 wordsCARCOAR.—20th March: From the run of James Grant, Esq., Macquarie Mount; damages and driving 5s. 1d each. Brown mare, RL near neck, JJ near shoulder, aged, 15½ hands high. Dark bay mare, hind feet white, bald face, E over, E near shoulder, ...
Article : 347 wordsFRIDAY MORNING.—Very little business has been transacted in Maitland this week, owing to the Easter holidays and the unsettled state of the weather. There is very little change to notice in the principal articles. A slight alteration in fruit and ...
Article : 854 wordsSIR,—Permit me, through your valuable journal, to drop a few hints to the wharf owners in Sydney, and producers in the country, fregarding the state of the wharfs. At the present time there are many hundreds of pounds' worth of ...
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The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Sat 6 Apr 1861, Page 8
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