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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1914

403 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 21

British Farm Labourers. Movement to Organise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 8

"Hodge; must be organised," says the "Nation," "so that he may secure what is due to him. "On every ground it seems to us to be…

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Sydney Wheat Market. No Supplies Forthcoming. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 4

Considerable commotion was manifested in commercial circles to-day on the publication of the Government's announcement, fixing the prices of wheat, flour,…

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Necessary Commodities. the Price of Flour. Owners Refuse to Sell Wheat Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 September 1914 · page 4

The New South Wales Flour Mill Owners' Association discussed in camera the morning the position that has arise through the action of the Government in…

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The Wheat Market. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 4

Unusual interest was centred round the only truck of chick wheat which was available at the Sydney station goods yard this morning, in view of the…

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Wheat in the State. Authority to Seize. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 5

Authority was taken by the Executive Council thin afternoon to take possession of 140,000 bugs of wheat now lying at Darling Harbour, Sydney. The issue of…

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Canadian Crops. Ottawa

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 5

The Canadian Department of Trade asmates that the Canadian wheat production for 1914 will amount to 159,000,000 bushels…

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Germany's Sugar Crop. Export Through Holland. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 5

Mr. M'Callum Scott, is the House of Commons, asked whether Germany was attempting to reslise on her sugar crop by the exportation of the surplus, valued…

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Wheat Merchant's Opinion. Seizure Condemned. Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 5

The action of the New South Wales Government in seizing wheat was severely criticised to-day by Mr. Harold Darling, of Messrs. Darling and Son, wheat…

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Farm and Produce. the Sire in Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 11

"A rich man may afford a poor sire, but a poor man, never !" Thus says Mr. E. Griffiths, a well-known Taranaki (N.Z.) Jersey breeder, in advocating the value…

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The Wheat Seizure. Contracts to Be Respected. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 5

Mr. Hall, the State Attorney-General, stated this afternoon that there had been no sales of the wheat which had been seized at Darling Harbour, although a…

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Necessary Commodities. Mr. Hall on Wheat Gamblers. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 4

Mr. Hall State Attorney-General, made some remarks concerning wheat gamblers in the course of an interview concerning the statement that in fixing the…

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Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 9

Owing to the decision of the Necessary Commodities Commission with reference to wheat and flour, all trade lines of produce have received a big set back. In…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 September 1914 · page 9

With the exception of a fall in butter, noted at the beginning of the week, the market for dairy produce has presented no appreciable changes…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Wheat Sensation.—the Slump in the Trade of August.—new York Wants to Buy Foreign Bonds.—the Tax on Civil Servants.—the Drug Trade and Then Some Others.—plenty of "To Lets." Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 September 1914 · page 4

Necessity known no law. And—in the case of wheat speculators who, having been caught on prices, find that they have to pay 5s 2d a bushel to make good, the…

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Wheat Scare in Germany. Rome

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 6

Wheat is becoming increasingly scare in Germany…

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Fixing Wheat Prices. Protest From Wagga. Wagga

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 5

At a meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association a resolution was carried protesting against the fixing of the price of wheat as…

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Export of Wheat. the Farmers' View. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 5

The Necessary Commodities Commission at again to-day, Mr. Justice Edmunds presiding. "Mr. T. I. Campbell, secretary of the…

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The Price of Wheat. Country Millers' Position. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 5

A deputation of country millers waited on Mr. Hail, the Attorney-General, to-night, and explained their position in connection with the fixing of the general…

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Matters in Britain. the Red Cross Fund. the Price of Wheat. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 5

Queen Alexandra's Red Cross Fund has now reached a total of £250,000. King George has expressed his appreciation of the work done by the 30,000…

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Ontario Wheat Acreage. Toronto

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 5

"The Star" states that the farmers in Ontario are preparing an exceptionally largo acreage for the autumn wheat. Probably Ontario wilt yield 50 per cent…

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