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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

734 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 37

Pretorian Moratorium Wheat Imports Prohibited CAPETOWN, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 1

Pretoria is under a moratorium. The Government has prohibited the importation of wheat, flour and wheatmeal into the Union…

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World's Sugar Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 November 1920 · page 5

An American estimate of the world's sugar crop yesterday puts it at 17,085,000 tons, of which 12,580,000 tons will be cane sugar…

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African Wheat Stocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1920 · page 5

A Capetown message states that, acting under the powers of the Moratorium Act, the Government has prohibited the importation of flour and wheat…

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House of Representatives. the Price of Wheat. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 5

In the House of Representatives today, General Ryrie, the Assistant Minister for Defence, informed Mr. Ryan (N.S.W.) that General Selheim had…

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Falling Prices Farmers' Revolt Urged to Hold Grain VANCOUVER

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 November 1920 · page 1

It is reported from Kansas City that the National Farmers' Union has sent out a nation-wide appeal to producers to strike in order to combat the…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 7

The wool offering at the London sales yesterday comprised only free wool including 150 bales of Australian, which sold at about late rates. There is a…

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Price of Butter. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 6

At the resumption of the inquiry to-day into the price of butter, at the sitting of the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, Mr. Street (who…

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Bulk Handling of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 6

New South Wales has already spent some, hundreds of thousands of pounds in connection with the scheme for the bulk handling of wheat. The…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 2

Business in form produce has been well maintained during the past week. There has been no alteration in the prices of wheat, flour, bran, or pollard. Old flour…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 2

A substantial volume of business is reported in dairy produce for the past week. Butter continues to come forward in plentiful supplies, and advices from the country…

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Proposed Farmers' Strike

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 7

A message from Kansas City reports that the National Farmers' Union has sent a request to its members, who are said to number 800,000 throughout the country,…

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The Poultry Farm Notes for Breeders Seasonable Hints

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 20 November 1920 · page 3

Shade.—Now that the hot weather is upon us remember that your birds, both young and old, require shade, and that if no natural shade exists in their…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 5

It is reported that the International Traders, Limited of Sydney, having offered the Italian Government 200,000 tons of wheat at 15s 3d per bushel,…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 5

The London wool sales have closed. Altogether 90,000 bales were offered, and over half were withdrawn. The best merinoes, in small supply, were taken by…

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The Wheat Sales. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 November 1920 · page 5

The dividends recently paid to wheat growers in Victoria, South Australia, and West Australia have wholly absorbed the credit balances at banks held for the…

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Wool Hoarding British Criticism Money for Australia LONDON. Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 1

"The Times" correspondent telegraphs from Bradford that the Government wool boarding policy has resulted in money being driven to Australia…

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Farmers and Co-operation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1920 · page 4

The movement which has been started among farmers on the Lower Hunter River to establish a broom factory on a co-operative basis is one…

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Australian Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1920 · page 7

The Italian Food Controller has informed the British Government that the Intercolonial Traders' Company of New South Wales continues to offer the…

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Australian Wheat Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 4

The press cable message announcing negotiations by a private company for the sale of 200,000 tons of Australian wheat to Italy came as a surprise to…

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Farm Labor Harvesting the Wheat A.W.U. Demands Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 November 1920 · page 4

The wheat harvest is being held up in many cases because the farmers refuse to grant the demands made by the A.W.U. Notwithstanding reports…

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