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Farming & the land, 1941

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£126,000,000 for Wool War-time Revenue

The Scone Advocate · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd, report:— During two years of war, Australia's revenue for wool totals £126,056,311. Prior to 1928-29, a…

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The Wool Clip. 1941/'42 Estimate. Increase Over Past Season

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 7

The wool clip for 1041/'42 is estimated by the Central Wool Committee at 3,590,000 bales, which is 83,790 bales more than the actual…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing Wingham Police Court, Tuesday, July 1, before Mr. G. W. Brown, P.M.

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

Allan Hinton, on remand, was charged with that, at Wingham, on on or about May 16, 1941, he did steal one red bullock, the property of…

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Dungowan Dairy Sale

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 6

Messrs Marsh, Walters Scott, auctioneers, Tamworth, have received instructions from Mr. R. T. Saxby of Dungowan, to sell the whole of…

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Farm Leases Report of Special Committee Experts Views

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 4

In an Interim report the committee of experts In the Department of Agriculture appointed to investigate tenant farming…

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Farm Training for W.a.n.s

Maitland Mercury · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 3

The Lanas Department has made available to the W.A.N.S. a farm at Gosford where girls may be trained in fruit picking and packing…

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Fire in Butter Factory. Milton

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 5

The factory of the [?] and Refrigerating Company was [?] damaged by the early yesterday morning. Damage is estimated at…

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Handling of Wool at Newcastle Newcastle

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 5

The Council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce had before it again the question of the urgent need of [?] for the handling of wool during [?]…

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Mice Farms in England

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 2

England has several mouse farms. on one nearly 300 mice are born every day, and the stock is maintained ‘at about 50,000 comprising nearly…

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Maitland District Farmers Perturbed Petrol Restrictions Hamper Vital Industry Request to Mr. Menzies

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 4

Primary producers and market gardeners of Maitland district last night, at a meeting convened by Mr. J. McKeachie, decided to enter en emphatic protest to the Prime Minister against, the burdens placed on them in their Evocations…

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Marketing the Apple and Pear Crop

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 2

Sir.—The public is always that due to war conditions regarding shipping, the above fruit crops have been handed and placed upon the…

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Butter Supplies Production Continues To Shrink

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 7

Prescott Pty. Ltd. reports that butter production continues to shrink and no doubt, will do 50 for the next few weeks. Arrivals now are very little exce[?] of…

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Wool Scouring Works Damaged by Fire

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 2

Damage esimated at more than £2500 was done by fire at the Nepean wool scouring works at Emu Plains on Saturday night, but Penrith…

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U.S. Wool Consumption New York, July 12

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 6

The Department of Commerce estimates the United States wood consumption for May at 85,536,000lb. on a greasy shorn basis, or 45,000,000lb…

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Sale of Dairy Herd

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 4

The New England North and [?] West Producers’ Co. Ltd. (Nen[?] reports having conducted a successful sale of Mr. F. Burden’s diary Herd…

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Speedy Reform Promised Tenant Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 4

The Premier. Mr. McKell, hopes that a hill to reform the landlord-tenant system in agriculture will be introduced in the…

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Butter Factory's Move

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 2

The co-operative butter factory at Chatham, near Taree, is striking out in a new direction, and has secured the necessary. Federal permit for the…

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Wool Report

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

The Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd., report under date 10th inst.:— The wool trade is passing through a quiet period at present, and the…

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Wool Cheque All-time Record

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 1

Australia's wool cheque for the year ended June 30 last was an all-time record, but the average price of under 1/ per lb., paid by the…

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£126,000,000 for Wool War-Time Revenue

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

During two years of war, Australia's revenue for wool totals £126,056,311. Prior to 1928/ '29, a similar period produced an…

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