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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 96

London Wool Sales. Hardening Tendency. London, Jan. 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 2

At to-day's sale 12,900 bales of Bawra and freee wool were offered. The demand was brisk and prices showed a hardening tendency. New…

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Producers' Co.operative Bacon and Butter Co., Ltd. General Meeting Op Shareholders

Singleton Argus · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 8

A general meeting of shareholders in the above company was held in the Strand Theatre on Tuesday afternoon. There were some 87…

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LOCAL & General News Sale of a Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. O. K. Young reports having sold Mr. Chas. White's farm at Bolwarra, to Mr. J. T. Morton…

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Burns Farm. Given to Nation. London, Dec. 26

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 13

The farm at Ellisland near Dum[?] where Burns resided from 1788 to 1791 has been given to the nation by direction of the late Mr…

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Farmers' Cheap Trains. Special Series

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 February 1923 · page 14

The Railway Commissioners have frequently had to meet the objection that the specially cheap trains at single, fare for the double journey…

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Sydney Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1923 · page 2

Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report:— No auctions have been held in this market during the week the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report 2nd February:—We submitted an attractive catalogue on Thursday to a full attendance of buyers…

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Wheat Market. Conditions in Sydney Quiet

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 6

The Sydney wheat market on Monday was quite, and values continues on the down grade. parcels were offering at 5/5½ bushed trucks…

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Wool Sales. Japanese and Yorkshire Buyers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 6

At the Sydney 'wool sales on 'Monday 7288 bales wore offered at auction, and 6302 sold. Private salestotalled 932 bales…

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Butter Stabilisation Attempt at Resurrection. Sydney Merchant Critical. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 5

The butter stabilisation scheme, which was proposed early last August, and was respected by the butter factories, has been resurrected and a…

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Denman News (From our Special Representative). Denman Co-operative Dairy Company, Ltd

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 4

A surveyor from the Railway Construction Department visited Denman last Friday in connection with the proposed railway siding for the…

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Gregory on His Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 1

J. M. Gregory, the lanky cricketer of note, who can lift balls out of the boundary, and mow, wickets down as if, as the Irishman says,…

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Producers' Co-operative Bacon and Dairy Co., Ltd

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

At a meeting of the board of directors of the above, held on Saturday last, Mr W. Bailey was unanimously elected chairman of the board…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

The following applications for patents have been accepted at the Commonwealth Patent Office, in connection, with the Farming and Pastoral…

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Wool Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

Pitt, Son, and Badgery, Ltd., report—On the return of buyera from Brisbane, sales 'were resumed in tho Sydney centre on Jan. 29. The…

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Australian Butter. in Favour in Britain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

The Minister for Customs (Mr. Rogers) has received a cable message from the High Commissioner, stating that Australian butter is increasing in…

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Wheat Market. Price Further Reduced

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 6

Holders of wheat in Sydney on Tuesday again lowered their limits by from ½d to 1d bushel. Wheat for prompt delivery was offering freely at…

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Wool Sales. Sydney Marmot Strong

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales on Tuesday 7802 bales were offered, and 7862 bales were offered, and 7083 sold. Private sales totalled 7381 bales…

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Collapse of Shed. Miraculous Escape of Wheat Workers. Brisbane

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 5

A number of men had a miraculous escape when the grain shed at Nobby, in which they were working, collapsed…

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Dry Season. Affects Dairying on the Manning

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1923 · page 2

The Manning River district is in a deplorable state owing to the present drought, the conditions being the worst ever known. The butter…

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