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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Old Wheat Attempt Abandoned Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 5

The State Wheat Board has abandoned its attempt to compel millers to grist 1916-17 wheat…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 3

There has been a keen demand for most dairy produce lines. Merchants are still able to supply customers with butter, but a shrinkage continues in the production…

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Queensland Sugar Crop. Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 7

Mr. Easterby, the general superintendent of the sugar experiment Stations, in a preliminary estimate of the Queensland sugar crop for 1919, puts the yield at…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 3

Business in farm produce has been disorganised on account of the industrial dispute. Merchants have been put to Considerable expense owing to crews…

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Farm and Produce. a Miller's Forest Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 9

At the last meeting of the Miller's Forest branch of the Agricultural Bureau of New South Wales, Mr. T. Leslie read a paper in which he asked whether…

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Lure of the Rabbit Effect on Farming Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 June 1919 · page 5

At a meeting of the directors of the Forbes Pastures Board it was decided to support a proposal from Molong to have all trade in rabbits suppressed…

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Bread and Wheat Position of Mill Owners

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1919 · page 2

"Inquisitive" attacks the bona-fides of the millowners in respect to the 1916-17 wheat:— "Much has been written about the…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 5

Nine thousand three hundred and ninety-two bales were offered and sold. There was a fair attendance, and continental buyers were well represented…

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Farmers and Politics Changes Demanded Independence Claimed

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 June 1919 · page 1

Many of the branches of the Farmers and Settlers' Association of New South Wales have carried motions reating to the political interests of the…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1919 · page 5

There was a largo attendance at yesterday's wool sales, Competition for all sorts oh merinoes was fully maintained, and crossbreds were slightly dearer. The…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 20 June 1919 · page 6

There was a good attendance at to-day's wool sales. The market was firm, end competition was fully maintained at yesterday's rates…

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Butter Market High Prices Assured

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 5

Tho general manager of the Coastal Farmers' Co-operative Society, Mr. C. E. D. Meares, who made a trip to the northern rivers, states that It is…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 7

There was a good attendance at the wool sales yesterday, and there was keen competition for certain classes. Combings and scoured were firm, but…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

There is a good inquiry for dairy produce lines, and a satisfactory volume of business has been passing during the week…

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Commercial. the Wee'ks Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 3

Farm produce markets have been rather on the quiet during the past week, as a number of merchants anticipating that the shipping strike will last some time, have…

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Farm and Produce. Pigs and Pork

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1919 · page 9

The fact that damaged wheat is available in New South Wales just now at prices distinctly favourable to farmers should be sufficient to direct attention to…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 June 1919 · page 5

Competition at the wool sales continues good, and prices are unchanged. The following prices were obtained:— New South Wales: Wingadee, top price…

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Wheat Mystery Vanishing Stacks Losses in Transit Claim on Railways SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 24 June 1919 · page 3

Over 100,000 bags of wheat supposed to have been in the stacks at Enfield yards have vanished and thousands more bags cannot be traced. The…

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Clothes and Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 June 1919 · page 7

The problem of masculine clothes has become a very pressing one in the middle as well as the working class household, says the London "Star." Tailors assert…

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London Wool Sales. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 26 June 1919 · page 5

Prices hardened at yesterday's wool sales, and there was keen competition for fine crossbreds and merinoes, France and Belgium operating freely. Prices…

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