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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

734 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 37

Sugar and Butter Ship's Stores in Bay Fireman's "Washing"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 August 1920 · page 5

Constable Wallbank was walking along Little Denison-street, Carrington, just before 11 o’clock last night. He saw Robert Fitton (39), fireman,…

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The Wool Deal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 5

Mr. J. F. Hope, replying on behalf of the Government to questions in the House of Commons, said there was no real ground for Australian…

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State Wheat Pool. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 5

The State Cabinet to-day gave final consideration to the question of, the wheat pool, and decided to fall into line with the other States in the…

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Price of Butter Application for Increase SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 August 1920 · page 5

An application is to be heard tomorrow by the Necessary Commodities Commission for leave to increase the price of butter by 14s a cwt…

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Wool and Wheat Newcastle's Claims

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 5

The announcement that additional premises were being erected in Sydney for the Storage of wool and sheat induced the Newcastle…

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British Government Wool

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

Sir Arthur Goldfinch, the Director of Raw Material, has issued an estimate of unsold Government wool on June 30, as follows: Merino, 1,113,256 bales; crossbred,…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 2

The markets for farm produce have been quiet during the past week. Merchants have been hampered by the absence of shipments of chaff from Adelaide…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 2

There has been a good inquiry for dairy produce during the week. Butter is in shorter supply than ever it has been this season. Winter pool stocks are nearly…

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Farm and Produce. Farm Book-keeping

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 August 1920 · page 10

It is not difficult to understand why farm book-keeping has been neglected in the past. The term book-keeping its if recks of the town, and the office, and…

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British Commerce. Fall of the Dollar. British Crop Failure. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 9 August 1920 · page 5

The dominant feature of the exchange market has been the fall of the dollar, which came sooner than usual this autumn, one contributory factor being the…

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Butter Shortage Position Most Acute Stored Stocks Exhausted

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 10 August 1920 · page 5

The butter shortage is Newcastle is now most acute. The supplies of fresh butter arriving from factories have been smaller this week and last week…

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No Butter Wholesale Stores Empty, Relief on

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 5

The butter famine reached a climax In Newcastle to-day, when wholesale merchants had no butter at all to offer to grcors for the week-end business…

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The Wool Top Agreement Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 7

A report by the Central Wool Committee on the contract made by the Commonwealth Government with the Colonial Combing, Spinning, and…

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Farm and Produce. Grape Syrup

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 10

One of the uses to which wine grapes are being put in California since the advent of prohibition is the making of grape syrup for beverage purposes. Those who…

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Improved Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 10

At a recent exhibition of daily products in America the Oregon Dairy Council staged a display of great practical value. One exhibit demonstrated comparative…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 9

Inquiries for all lines of dairy produce have been good during the week. Butter has been in exceedingly, short supply, and the demand has been very…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 9

Reports from merchants indicate that business in farm produce has been much beter during the past week. Heavy rains in Victoria have been responsible for the…

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A Bad Bargain in Wool

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 4

With the best intentions in the world, it may be, Mr. Hughes has made another mistake. Of coarse, the man who does anything is always apt to make mistakes, but the mistakes of Mr. Hughes are usually expensive, for Australia. It is time that the Prime Minister curbed his…

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Dearer Vegetables Not Enough Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 August 1920 · page 4

A material advance in price took place in all vegetables in Newcastle today. There was an acute shortage, and prices were up 4s a dozen for…

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October Wool Sales London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 August 1920 · page 1

The "York Observer" states that all the manufacturers are anxiously waiting to see whether the Australian October sales will show a decline, or…

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