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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales to-day p605 bales were offered and 8841 sold. Private sales totalled 582. The market was very strong, and demand was keen…

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Butter Sells Well English Stocks Reduced LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 1

The whole of the New Zealand aud Argentine butter has been sold at prices higher than the Government was prepared to accept…

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Wheat Speculators Sussex-street "Crooks" INVERELL

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, speaking last night, referred to "Sussex-stret crooks," who, he declared, were rigging the wheat market…

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Flooded Bolwarra Drainage Problem Farmers Disagree Minister Cannot Interfere

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1922 · page 5

Bolwarra is greatly troubled about its drainage. The land is so low that even a reasonable rainfall does a couple of hundred…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 5

At the wool sales yesterday 12,764 bales were catalogued, of which 3728 were from New Zealand. There was an excellent selection of all sorts, a crowded attendance,…

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The Butter Question. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, stated to-day that the Cabinet had considered the butter question in respect to the amended proposal submitted by…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 5

Of the 9193 bales of wool offered at auction to-day, 8273 wore sold. Private sales totalled 1679. An excellent market ruled…

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Wool Sales Bawra Offerings Rise in Prices LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 January 1922 · page 1

Ninety-one thousand bales of Bawra wool, and 99,000 private bales are being offered at the first Colonial auctions of 1922. They will cover 17…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales to-day 6332 bales were offered at aucton and 5981 sold. Private sales totalled 1671. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Labour and Farmers. Tamworth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 5

Mr. Dunn, the Minister for Agriculture, speaking to-night at Tamworth, twitted the so-called Coalitionists. He said: "I wish to warn the farmers that those men…

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Faking Stud Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 14

The question whether clipping cattle and polishing their horns for show purposes can rightly be regarded as taking frequently crops up in New South Wales,…

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The Wheat Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 5

Wheat is steady. The s.s. Lingfield's cargo has been sold to India at 47s 3d. Australian, on the quay, is quoted at 54s. Wheat freights are steadier. There is…

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The Butter Market. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 6

The Australian Press Association understands that the Board of Trade has sold a further large quantity of Australian butter. Its stocks are now reduced to…

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Farm and Produce. Bee Diseases

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 14

Addressing a conference of beekeeper recently. Mr. F. R. Beu[?]ne, Victorian Government apiarist, suggested that the knowledge of bee diseases is continually…

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Helping the Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 12

According to reliable American financial authorities, American farmers will in future obtain credit much more easily than in the past, and this would seem…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 10

A good volume of trade has passed through agents' heads during the week. The Karamea took in a record shipment of 9500 boxes of butter at Newcastle for…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 January 1922 · page 10

Almost every commodity connected with the farm produce market has been in short supply throughout the week, with the result that prices have been firm…

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The Butter Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 5

The newspapers have published a statement telegraphed by Australian Co-operative Societies, criticising the actions of the butter trade in purchasing Government…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 4

At the Sydney wool sales to-day 8782 bales were offered at auction, and 8047 sold. Private sales totalled 1970 bales. The market was very firm…

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State Wheat Yield. the Estimate. 45,285,000 Bushels. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 4

Mr. H. A. Smith, the Government Statistician, has issued a preliminary forecast of the wheat harvest of the current season. Not all the returns from…

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