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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

734 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 37

Artificial Wool Inferior to Natural LONDON, Sunday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 1

Professor Midgley, of Bradford Technical College, exhaustively tested samples of artificial wool from the continent, which had recently drawn…

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For Farmers and Silos Use of State Loan

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 4

Tho loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000,000, which closes at the end of this month, is for the purpose of providing…

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American Wool Control

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 5

A Washington telegram states that representatives of several woolgrowers' and dealers' associations have asked for the immediate relief of the wool producing…

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Wheat Shortage French Remedy Paris, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 June 1920 · page 1

The Finance Commission of the French Chamber of Deputies, after consideration of the Government Wheat Bill, proposed that freedom to…

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Wool Negotiations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 5

The "Yorkshire Post" states that Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister of Australia, resumed direct negotiations with the British Government regarding the…

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Wool Poundage Weight

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 5

Sir Thomas Mackenzie has convened a meeting of the High commissioners and Agents-General of the Australian States, and South Africa, to discuss steps to…

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Our Sydney Letter. the Prince's Titles.—mr. Storey's Humour.—the Very Old.—war Bonds Slumping.—the Farmers' Loan. — Advice That Needs Explaining.—watching the Strike. — the "Middle Class" Union. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 4

Considerable confusion is still shown over the Prince of Wales' titles. Having at last learned that the emission of "Royal" is in error, quite a number in their…

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African Wheat Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 7

In the South African Assembly the Minister for Finance stated that in response to the Australian Government's request for facilities in regard to the…

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Wheat Money Losses to the Pool Stocktaking Differences SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dunn, has found what are apparently serious discrepancies in the returns of stocks stocks of flour held in this State, as a…

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Farmers Urge Breakaway

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 7

"We impress upon the Government the need to make investigations with a view to mitigating the evils that follow the ever-recurring droughts,"…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 7

The British Food Ministry has offered Australian producers 240 per cwt., f.o.b., for next season's surplus output of butter…

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Farm and Produce. Why Butter Is Yellow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 9

Some things are matters of such common occurrence that we are In the habit of taking them for facts without ever stopping to think the reason why. For…

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The Wheat Pool Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 6

The net bank balance on account of all States in the wheat pool now stands at £3,345,000. New South Wales is showing a credit of £236,000, while the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 2

There has been a keen inquiry for dairy produce during the past week. Supplies of butter from factories are still decreasing, and merchants are still…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 2

There has been a slightly easier feeling in the markets for farm produce, the demand hiving been less keen an account, of the good rains that have fallen in the…

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Farmers for Australia

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 7

The Officers' Association convened an Influential meeting, held in the Bank of Adelaide in support of the Australia arms Association…

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Australian Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 5

The Australian delegates have concluded a butter contract with the Food Ministry, for the purchase of Australian surplus butter at price contract…

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The Wheat Pools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 4

It is admitted that the formation of the wheat pools was a matter of necessity during the war. The shipping position was such that it was impossible…

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Argentine Wheat Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 5

A telegram from Buenos Ayres states that the Argentine Government, after securing the enactment of a 4 pesos super tax on wheat exported, in order…

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Wool and Politics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 5

As only 11,000 bales of wool were sold out of 30,000 at the first day of the Liverpool sale, the second day's sale was abandoned…

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