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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

2,413 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 60 of 121

Gold Bars Ploughed Up on Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 8

Two gold bars have been ploughed up by a native labourer on a farm about ten miles from Leydsdorp. Northern Transvaal…

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Koala Bear Farm

Singleton Argus · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

Dr. S. Minogue, medical superintendent at the Kenmore Mental Hospital, Goulburn, outlined a scheme to the Chamber of Commerce for the…

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Denman Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 8

Suppliers to the Denman Butter Factory received payment at the rate of 123 3/4 per lb for butter manufactured during the month of May…

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Optimism Next Wool Offering

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 3

The President of the New South Wales Sheepbreeders' Association, Mr. E. I. Body, Sir Frederick McMaster and other leading woolgrowers,…

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DISMISSED Appeal By Butcher Sheep Stealing

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 7

Joseph Gerard Cantwell, of Loch invar, appealed to Judge Nield in the Maitland Quarter Sessions to-day. against a…

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Ban on Merino Sheep Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

A large section of Victorian grazier supports the Sydney proposal for the removal of the export ban on merino sheep. The lifting of the embargo was…

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New South Wales Butter High Quality Extolled

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 2

"I wish to congratulate the butterfat producers and butter manufacturers of New South Wales upon their splendid performance last year…

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Outstanding Cattle Sale 2560 Herefords for Riverina Station

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

One of the largest sales of New South Wales station-bred cattle for many years has just been completed. Younghusband Limited, of Wagga,…

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World's Wheat Supply International Agreement. Australia's Part

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 2

Letters were sent out on Saturday by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, to the State Premiers requesting them to outline by the end of…

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Cattle Stealing Alleged to Be Rampant. Police Work Praised

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

Allegations that cattle stealing in the Clarence district was as rampant as it ever was, were made by Mr. F. Maxwell at a meeting of the Grafton…

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Values Rise Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 8

Compared with the previous weak, the market for average and good greasy wools showed no change at yesterday's sales. Thin and dusty…

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Smoke From Chimney. Protection Stabilised Price. Wheat Growers

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

There was a very high building in Darlinghurst which contained many flats. Nearby was a boarding house which discharged smoke and soot "The home consumption price for wheat this year will add probably 4½d per bushel over the whole of the marketed crop, after £500,000 had been…

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Export Embargo Stud Merino Sheep "Result of Prejudice" Sheepbreeders' Opposition

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

Members of the Sheepbreeders' Association, at their annual dinner on Saturday night, demanded the lifting of the embargo on the export…

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Koala Bear Farm

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 1

Dr. S. Minogue, medical superintendent at the Kenmore Mental Hospital, Goulburn, outlined a scheme to the Chamber of Commerce for the…

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Dairy Industry Supplies Falling Off Weekly Review

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 4

In their weekly review of the dairy industry Prescott, Ltd., state that all districts report the continuance of cold weather in the State, with…

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Butter Gradings

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 5

During the week ended June 24, Commonwealth graders examined for export 2969 boxes of butter in Sydney, and 2876 boxes in Newcastle…

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Embargo on Export of Merino Sheep Demand for Lifting

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 3

Fears expressed in New South Wales that the embargo on the export of merino sheep is threatening the standard of the…

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Good Prices at Sheep Sales Demand for Top-class Merinos

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 3

Under keen competition from one of the largest attendances of buyers seen at a Sydney sheep show for many years, good prices were…

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The Margarine Menace Hopes of Dairymen BRISBANE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 June 1939 · page 9

The chairman of the Commonwealth Equalisation Committee, Mr. J. Purcell, in an address to the annual conference of Dairy Factory Managers…

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Money in Sheep SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 29 June 1939 · page 7

By the time Sydney's stud sheep sales finish at the Showground to-day, more than £50,000 will have…

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