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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

2,557 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 84 of 128

Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 14th instant:— Wool is commencing to arrive more freely, and although arrivals so far are…

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Steady Increase Production of Butter Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 3

Prescott, Ltd., in their weekly review, report a steady increase in production from some centres, but in the districts in which the major…

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Maitland Market. Rise in Cattle. Maitland

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 2

Mr J. Enright roports:— Fat Cattle.—950 yarded, which was a larger supply, but the quality was below last day. A. large attendance of…

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Stock Sales Cattle Dearer at Homebush. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 2

Cattle.—1860 yarded, and the market was 5/ to 10/ dearer. Bullocks realised from £5 to £13 and cows from £4 to £9. Best beef worth 38/ per 100 lbs,…

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Spanish Loyalists Butchered Like Sheep Rebelstake Border City of Badajoz

Singleton Argus · Monday 17 August 1936 · page 2

Savage butchery marked the victory of the Spanish rebels in the city of Badajoz, near the Portuguese border, on Friday evening. The Moroccan troops employed by General Franco…

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Tamworth Cattle Sale

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 2
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

As advertised elsewhere in this issue, Messrs. A. L. Stewart and Co., Tamworth, will be holding a special store cattle sale on Friday next, 21st…

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Tamworth Sheep Market

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 2

Mahony and Co., Tamworth report having held their special sheep sale of 12,000 store sheep at Tamworth on Friday last. There was a very large…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 4
Also in The Scone Advocate

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Co. reports on the 14th instant:— Wool is commencing to arrive more freely, and although arrivals so far…

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Wool and Weaving

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 4
Also in The Muswellbrook Chronicle

For some time past the Country Women's Association has interested itself in hand-weaving as a means not only of extending the uses of…

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Butter Output Ray. Terrace Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 7

The Raymond Terrace Co-op. Dairy and Produce Company, Limited, reports as follows for July ;— Markets: Australia—Butter, 1/3 per…

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Fraction Higher Sydney Wheat Market SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 7

The wheat market in Sydney was a fraction higher to-day owing to improved demand, Silo grain holders Quoted their lets at 4/7¾ a bushel on…

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Slaughter in Spain Rebels Take Border City of Badajoz Loyalists Butchered Like Sheep Prospects of Neutrality in Europe Lessening Daily. London, August 16

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 2

Savage butchery marked the victory of the Spanish rebels in the city of Badajoz, near the Portuguese border, on Friday evening…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Factory Report for Jujly

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 1

Markets:—Butter: Australian 1/3 per lb.; London/ 12¼d. per lb. Cheese: Australian, 9½d per lb.; London, 6d. per lm…

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Farmer Charged with Murder of Twin Sister Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 August 1936 · page 1

Alleged to have struck his twin sister on the head with a hammer and then thrown her body into a dam, Chares Bendixen Bek, 50, a farmer, of…

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Butter Export Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 3

A London cable states that on August 15 butter float to the United Kingdom totalled 652,436 boxes, of which 113,706 were from Australia…

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Cattle on Road Enforcing Regulation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 2

That cattle were driven on Hexham-road after 9 a.m. to the risk of children attending school, formed the subject of another complaint to…

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'We'll Ruin You" Dairyman's Allegation SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 August 1936 · page 1

Evidence that he had been warned not to give evidence at the Milk Royal Commission in 1992, as if he went into the witness box he would…

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