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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1922

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Farmers and Politics

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 3

South African farmers are urging the need of the agricultural community's interest being solely represented and zealously guarded in Parliament by practical…

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Inquiry Wanted Soldiers' Farms More Help Necessary SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 July 1922 · page 5

It was decide at a meeting of the Progressive party last night to ask the Ministry to appoint a select committee to inquire into the whole dues-…

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Cattle Stolen

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 July 1922 · page 4

Recently about 40 or 50 cattle mysteriously disappeared from the Adelaide abattoirs, and no information about them since has been disclosed. Councillor…

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Stock Sales Singleton Market Cattle Prices Advance

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 July 1922 · page 8

Grainger and Falkiner, Ltd. report on this week's Singleton stock sales:— Fat Cattle The yarding was not a heavy one,…

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Newcastle Markets Butter Shortage Stored Supplies Low

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 6

The price of butter in Newcastle remains unaltered. The supplies which have arrived during the week have been very small, and consequently…

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Found Dead Rothbury Farmer's Death Murder Suspected Gruesome Discovery

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 July 1922 · page 6

A mysterious and sensational murder drama was staged in the lonely hills between Branxton and Singleton yesterday afternoon. A young…

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Butter Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

The butter market is quiet. Owing to large supplies and the recent heavy buying, the price of Danish butter has fallen to 216s to 220s. There have…

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Sheep Vaccine

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

A South African message states that replying to a question in the Senate, the Minister for Agriculture, said that numerous tests of the M'Garvle-Smith vaccine…

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Liverpool Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

There was a good attendance at the Liverpool wool sales, and keen competition. Merinoes were very firm at London closing rates; fine crossbreds were a…

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Farm and Produce. a New Canadian Cheese

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 13

An announcement from Ottawa states that the animal husbandry department of the Dominion Experimental Farms system has originated an…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 3

The output of all butter factories continues to decline, and the supplies reaching the market are small. To meet the demand it has been necessary to draw…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 3

Most lines in the farm produce section have been quiet for some time, but throughout the presnt week there was a decided improvement in, the tone…

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Tragedy at Rothbury. Farmer Found Dead

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 5

David King, a member of a Well-known Cossnock district family, was found dead in fire, about 50 yards from his residence at Rothbury, on Thursday…

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Roads As Farms 221 Acres Cultivated Council Calls a Halt

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 July 1922 · page 2

Bolwarra farms are using parts of the council's roads as cultivating areas. Yesterday, the engineer reported that he had investigated the…

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German Visitor Will Not Talk Wool Buyer's Arrival SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 6

Curt Heckman, a German wool buyer, was indeed curt when approached by pressmen on the arrival of the s.s. Orvieto. There was not…

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British Commerce. Money Market Quiet. Position of Wool. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 July 1922 · page 5

The slump of the German mark, which smaller declines in French and Belgian francs,coupled with events in Ireland, have checked general activity on…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 July 1922 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 8816 bales were offered at auction and 7020 gold. Private sales totalled 1780 bales The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1922 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 9639 bales were offered at auction and 8159 sold. Private sales totalled 1738 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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The Wool Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 5

The "Yorkshire Chserver" describes the British-Australian Wool Realisation Association's official statement regarding the wool position as a bullish place of…

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Sydney Markets Butter from Melbourne SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 13 July 1922 · page 6

The butter market was firm to-day. Some agents anticipate a winter shortage, though it is practically curtain that any shortage can be met by…

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