African Wheat Shortage
A telegram from Capetown states that the Minister For Finance, in a statement in the House of Assembly, replying to an unsucessful Labour motion in favour of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1920
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Wheat Supplies. Sydney
Mr. Dunn, the State Minister for Agriculture, who recently returned to Sydney from Melbourne where he has been interesting himself in wheat matters,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Argentine Wheat Export Suspended London, Monday Night
Reuter's correspondent at Buenos Ayres reports that a decree has been issued temporarily suspending the export of wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →2s a Loaf Dark Outlook World's Wheat Famine LONDON, Monday Night
The "Daily Mail" is seriously perturbed about the wheat famine, and urges an immediate increase of home growing. Japan is eating bread instead…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Waste Goes on While the Sheep Starve Congestion on Lee Wharf 600 Tons of Government Chaff
Six hundred tons of chaff on Lee Wharf, Newcastle, which ought to be distributed among the starving stock in the drought country, belongs to the Government. The remainder, amounting to between 1200 and 1400 tons, is consigned to private agents…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pastoral Award Melbourne
Mr. Justice Higgins, in the Federal Arbitration Court to-day, varied two awards relating to the pastoral industry, in which the claimants were the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →London Wool Sales
At the wool sales yesterday merinoes were unchanged, and good crossbred combings were very firm. Faulty scoured wools were withdrawn, low crossbreds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Less Butter Stocks Again Shrink Lard Price Advances
The butter position in Newcastle is worse than over. This week the supplies of fresh butter slumped enormously, fully 50 per cent less than…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canada's Wheat Best Outlook in Years VANCOUVER
Reuter's correspondent at W[?]eg reports that the authorities estimate that the wheat outlook in the Canadian prairies is the best in fifteen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Light to Moderate More General Rain Wheat Lands Benefit SYDNEY
The rain over the eastern half of the State has been fairly general during the past 24 hours, said Mr. Mares, the State meteorologist. The falls have…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Help for Farmers Fodder and Seed Wheat. Sydney
Mr. Dunn, the Minister for Agriculture, stated to-day, that in order to enable farmers to carry out seeding operations without delay, he had given special…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat for England "Break the Contract" Municipal Appeal
Wickham Council last night decided by five votes to four to co-operate with the Shire of Abercromble in supporting a resolution protesting against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Famine Position Acute Mills Forced to Close SYDNEY
The wheat shortage is becoming more acute daily and most of the four mills have only sufficient stocks on hand to last for another two or three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. the Soythe and the Aged.—helping the Farmers.—the Profiteer.—dental Tuition.—the Year of Famine.—interest Day.—the Housing Problem. Sydney
We have been passing through a "cold snap." are still passing through it. Seldom has such keen weather been experienced in early June. One day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Farmer Industrial Factor
Much has evolved in recent years to cause the general public to revise its conception of the farmers, says an American exchange. Since he began…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wharf Congestion No Space for Wool Works Department Delays
The Newcastle Chamber of Commerce to-day discussed the recent congestion on Lee wharf. It was stated that not only is there…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Watt's Resignation. Reports From London. Dispute Over Wool Profits. London
It is understood that the dispute arose between Mr. Watt, the Federal Treasurer and Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, out of the question of the wool profits…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wheat Shortage
It appears to be world-wide. Unless we except Canada, no country has any surplus over bare requirements worth mentioning, many countries are woefully…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Wool Question
Before Mr. Wait resigned, the chairman of the Colonial Wool Importers' Association wrote to him, pointing out that if the public sales were resumed in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Freak Abstainers Sales and Butter
Since the article appeared in "The Newcastle Sun" about the man of 74. who abstained from so many things which are commonly done by other…
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