Wheat Lumpers' Difficulty. Settlement Arrived At. Melbourne
After a conference between the Government shipping agents and the representatives of wheat-lumpers, Mr. Hughes, Prime Minister, announced that the loading of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1916
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London Wool Sales London
At the opening of the wool sales yesterday, 7578 bales were offered, of which 573 were consigned from New Zealand. There was a large attendance, and good…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wheat Strike
Though we in Victoria cannot claim anything like the record in strikes put up by New South Wales, we have had plenty of industrial trouble of one king or…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Export Embargo on Wool
The prohibition, recently enforced at the request of the Imperial authorities, of the export of wool to neutral countries, has been accepted as a matter of course,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Price of Wheat. Shipowners Defended London
"Fair Play" says:—"The general assumption is that British shipowners, by running up freights are increasing the cost of the people's daily bread, but in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farm and Produce. Seed Tape
Seed tape is an American production, and its popularity is spreading because it is such a valuable old to gardening. The seed is stuck to soft paper at…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairy Produce
Business in most lines of dairy produce has been of [?]od volume. Butter continues to come forward in large supplies, but here is a good deal offering…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Great Wheat Purchase. London
Great Britain has purchased ten million pounds' worth of Roumanian wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →State Wheat Seizures. Compensation to Be Granted. Sydney
Mr. Hall, the Attorney-General, to-day made available the report of the Necessary Commodities Commission on the subject of claims for additional compensation…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →State Wheat Crop. Influenced by Railways. Sydney
Mr. Holman, the State Premier, in referring to the State wheat crop a few days ago, said that the Government should be given credit for a considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farms for Soldiers
All sections of the people of the Commonwealth recognise that it is a national duty to assist soldiers who return from the war…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm and Produce. Margarine Versus Butter
The High Commissioner for New Zealand, in a report from London, states:— During the last few years the consumptive demand for margarine has been…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, January 18. Wool Sales Held Up
The topic of the hour is the postponement of some of our wool sales, and the reduction of the catalogues of other sales, because of the very great shortage of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Dairy Produce
The market for most lines of dairy produce has been fairly active. There has been a keen demand for good quality butter, but for seconds, of which…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Government Wheat Scheme. Sydney
Mr. Grahame, the Minister for Agriculture, has received a report from Mr. Harris, officer in charge, State Wheat Office, showing the extent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Production. Twenty-five Per Cent Increase London
Statists of the International Agricultural Institute show the world's wheat production for 1915 has increased by 225 per cent. as compared with 1914…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →London Wool Sales. London
At the wool sales to-day there was a large offering of merinos and a miscellaneous selection. Good wools were firm, but faulty sorts were irregular…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Price of Butter. Increase Granted. Sydney
An application was made to the Necessary Commodities Commission to-day by the butter merchants for permission to increase the price of first-grade butter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, January 28. the Wool Deadlock
With the nominal prices offering for wool the highest within the memory of the present-day pastoralist, it is scarcely matter for surprise that farmers should be…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Farm and Produce. Rheims and Its Champagne
All the civilised world knows that the German army, to avenge its defeat in the battle of the Marne, bombarded the unhappy town and glorious cathedral of…
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