Immense Damage Done When 11.73 Inches Of Rain Floods Whole District; Police Out In Boat To Rescue Women And Child Railway Line Washed Away At Tascott & Wondabyne Ducks & Cattle Drown In District's Worst Flood In Years
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1
Heavy rain which flooded the whole district yesterday afternoon did immense damage. A total of 11.73 inches has fallen at Gosford since Saturday afternoon last when the downpour commenced. Of this total, 6.80 inches fell yesterday and last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Junior Farmers Watch Case Sawmill
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3
Members of the Junior Farmers' group, which visited Gosford on Friday, and stayed for the week-end, watch the Gosford Bulk Loading Society's sawmill producing timber for fruit cases. Mr G. R. Evans (Junior Farmers Clubs' Supervisor), in white shirt left, was in charge of the group. Behind him is Mr J. Rice (Advisory Committee), Mr K. D. McGilivray (Gosford Field Officer, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boy Farmers With A Mission; 26 Here For Short Visit They Pay Their Own Expenses On Tour
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 3
Twenty-six western district Junior Farmer Club members, who arrived in this district on Friday and spent the weekend in camp at Terrigal, are on a 13-day round 'bus tour to acquire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Old District Pioneer Is Dead At 92Yrs Mr Albert Henry Craft Was One of the Old School of Farmers
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1949 · page 1
Mr Albert Henry Craft, of Mangrove Creek, died at the District Hospital on Sunday al the age of 92 years…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Late News Stock & Crop Returns Are Now Due
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1
Gosford Police announce that agricultural that (stock and crop) returns are now due. The returns should be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Brighter Days Ahead For Fruit Industry Says Citrus Growers' President At Conference Council Fights AWU Claim For Higher Wages For Farm And Orchard Workers Will Ask Minister To Keep Small Fruit Off Market In Times Of Glut
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 1
While the 1948 citrus season had been the worst experienced by orchardists since the end of World War II, there was a much more promising outlook for the 1949 season, Gosford-Wyong…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Experts Fatten Arabia's Harvest
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 22 April 1949 · page 2
Today the sands of Arabia, site of the Garden of Eden, are being, made to bloom again, under an agricultural project financed by King Ibn Saud and operated by a group of American farm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Are Advised On Care Of Chickens By Department's Poultryman Seasonal Hints Field Day At Somersby On Wednesday, May 18
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3
The following notes hare been written by Mr J. Gulliford, well-known Poultry Officer of the Department of Agriculture, who visits the Gosford-Wyong district. They should be read by all who will be rearing chickens this season; also the many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miniature Farm Motor Truck
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1
Though not in any way a tractor for farm work, the Wrigley Wessex Motor Truck is a handy vehicle for small roads and is quite capable of running over rough ground. This picture shows the truck being driven across a ploughed field during a recent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Citrus Council Will Repeat Last Year's Advertising Campaign To Sell Lemon Crops Seek Elimination Of Low Grade Fruit From Market
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1
The annual conference of the NSW Citrus Growers' Council in Sydney this week made a unanimous decision to repeat last year's lemon advertising campaign, seek the cooperation of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stock & Crop Returns Are Overdue
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1
Stock and crop returns for 1949 are now overdue, said Sgt A. E. Albury, of Gosford Police, today. Those who have not made a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Torrential Rain Floods District During Weekend; Passengers Sleep In Bus; Crops Are Damaged
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1
Torrential rain during' the weekend washed out an electric light pole at Erina and interrupted the supply of electricity to the coastal belt between The Entrance and Wagstaff, flooded roads in the Matcham-Holgate area and forced passengers to sleep half the night in a bus and' caused heavy damage to bean crops on coastal farms…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Gosford Faces Its Worst Windstorm In Years As Southerly Gale Lashes Blacked Out District For Two Days And Two Nights Three Explosions Rock Township As Falling Trees Cause Damage To Power Lines Switch Station Is Blanketed In Vivid Flashes Of Blue Flame Which Melts Wire Meshing Heavy Damage To Crops; Trains Cancelled; Picture Show Starts Ten Minutes Late; 700 Square Miles Of District Disorganised
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1
A strong southerly gale, which was accompanied by heavy rain, lashed the Gosford district for two days and two nights from Friday last and completely disrupted electrical and telephone services. The district was almost continually blacked-out during the period by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →NZ Visitors On Gosford Visit Junior Farmers Here Last Tuesday Are Given Facts Of Citrus Industry
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 2
Twenty-one adult members of the New Zealand Junior Farmers' Club visited Gosford on Tuesday when they were met by Mr W. H. Spiniks, District Fruit Inspector, at Ourimbah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late News Frosts Are Cause Of Damage To Crops
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 1
A record frost on Sunday night added to the havoc caused local vegetable crops by torrential rain recently…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers' Union Joins APPU Ranks
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1949 · page 5
A recent referendum of all members of the Northern NSW Farmers' Union resulted in 90 pc of voting in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Team Specialists' Reports
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Wednesday 5 October 1949 · page 4
Technical reports of the members of the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Team have just been published, reports the Rural Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plan To Eliminate Guesswork In Farming
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1949 · page 1
A scheme to take the guesswork out of farming was submitted to a meeting of the Gosford branch of the Australian Primary…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters Practical Farming
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1949 · page 4
Referring to Mr E. F. Parnell's com- ments on October 18 (as president of the Gosford District Vegetable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letters Weather and Farming
The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1949 · page 2
In reply to Mr Terry's letter (as honorary secretary Gosford Branch APPU) commenting…
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