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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Georgia's Death Farm Involuntary Slavedom

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 31 May 1921 · page 7

Chained and weighted negro bodies, some dragged with grappling-hooks from two Georgia rivers and others recovered from shallow graves on an…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 7

At the Sydney wool sales this afternoon Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. and the Pastoral Finance Association offered 3883 bales. The market showed…

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Wool Sales Liverpool and Antwerp LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1921 · page 4

The next realisation sales will be held at Liverpool on June 23 and 24, when 21,000 bales will be offered. Further sales will be held at Antwerp on…

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No Sheep Waratah Stock Supplies

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

The fat cattle marked was unchanged at Waratah sales to-day despite the big yarding. Among the consignments, however there was little or no prime heavy…

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Bread and Butter Men Mr. Piddington's Scheme

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

Mr. Piddington, K.C. who lecture on the family basic income to-night at the School of Arts, has evolved a scheme which he claims makes…

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Not Enough Wool July Sales Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

A [?] of [?] exists in the wool trade on Account of the stricted allocation of wool for sale in June and July. It is said by the wool…

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South African Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 5

In the South African Assembly the Acting Premier stated that a cable message had been received from the Imperial Government regretting that it was…

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Too Much Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 5

Touching this perpetual assertion that the wool troubles generally are the result of there being too much wool! If it were said that there was too much wool for…

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Farm and Produce. Contagious Abortion in Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 14

Once contagious abortion shows itself in a herd of dairy cattle, serious results are bound to follow. Not only are calves lost (and in a pedigree herd this…

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Farmers' Unions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 13

Various Farmers' Unions throughout the country are holding their annual meetings. There was a move in some of them to form a political party, but this was…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 10

The farm produce market has been practically lifeless during the week. The outstanding feature has been the fluctuation in the price of maize, which dropped from…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1921 · page 10

Business in almost every line of dairy produce has been exceptionally brisk. The supply of butter is well maintained on the Lower Hunter even though…

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Another Crisis Wool Workers' Wages Industrial Unrest London, Monday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 5

The newest industrial crisis is that of the wool workers, of whom 250,000 are idle. The employers want to reduce…

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The Sale of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 7

At a meeting of the British-Australasian Society, it was unanimously resolved that, in Australia's best interests, the realisation of the British…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 6

Messrs. Hill, Clark and Company, the Australian M.L, and F. Company, and Schute, Bell and Company conducted this afternoon's wool sales. The market…

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Wool Sales Keen Foreign Buying LONDON, Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 1

There was a brisk and an active demand at the opening of the wool sales and the 12,000 free bales offered were practically cleared out. There was…

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Help for the Harvest Beneficial Rains Falls in Wheat Country Risks of Flood Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1921 · page 6

Twelve months ago New South Wales was relieved from a drought of two years' standing by rains, the origin of which in producing the…

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The Wool Question

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

At a meeting of shareholders in Melbourne City properties, Mr. Calrd, the chairman, strongly criticised the proposals of the British-Australian Wool Realisation…

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Wool Sales London

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

The wool demand is increasingly animated, initial rates being firmly upheld, and 11,602 bales of B.A.W.R.A. and miscellaneous varieties were…

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Next Wheat Harvest. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1921 · page 5

A deputation, representing the Farmers and Settlers' Association, waited on Mr. Dooley, the Acting Premier, this afternoon, and asked for a compulsory wheat…

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