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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 · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 6

The total offered at auction at the Sydney wool sales to-day was 6830 bales, and 6019 were sold. Private sales numbered 433 bales…

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Wheat Ship Aground at Queenstown LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 1

It is reported from Glasgow that the four-masted barque Elginshire, from Melbourne, with a cargo of wheat, is aground in Queenstown Harbor…

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Labour and the Farmers. Mr. Oakes' Comments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

Mr. C. W. Oakes, deputy leader of the Opposition, to-day referred to the Premier's statement about the help accorded to farmers of this State. He said Mr…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 10

Butter has been reduced twopence per lb all round since the last report, and the quotations, which include boxes and cartage, are now: Bulk, 122s 7d per cwt;…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 10

Business in all lines of farm produce has been consistently good throughout the Week. The most important feature of the operations was a arming of the maize…

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Economics in Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 12

Under the auspices at the Ellesmere Dairy Farmers' Association, Mr. A. H. Cockayne, Biologist attached to the Department of Agriculture in New Zealand,…

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Farm and Produce. Potatoes As Stock Food

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 12

The Director of Agriculture in South Australia (Professor Arthur J. Perkins) has supplied the following information in respect to an inquiry, first as to whether…

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British Markets. Activity in Stocks. Prices Rise Rapidly. Rumoured Corner in Wheat. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 February 1922 · page 5

The past week has been one of extra ordinary activity in the gilt-edged department of the Stock Exchange. The upward movement began when the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1922 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 5640 bales were offered, and 5777 were sold. Private sales totalled, in addition, 539 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Marketing of Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 6

The announcement by cable that a pool was about to be formed for the marketing of wheat grown in Australia, Canada, and the United States is…

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Horses and Cattle Fine Specimens Judges Surprised

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 7

Newcastle has never hern famed for its displays of fat or prize cattle at its shows. To-day's display was no exception. But though the…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1922 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 7930 bales were offered, and 7019 sold. Private sales totalled 1280. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day, 6957 bales were offered, and 5978 were sold, private sales totalled 720 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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B.A.W.R.A. Wool Stocks, London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 5

The British-Australian Wool Realisation Association has issued a statement of its stocks on January 31, 1922. The stocks of Australian wool were…

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Million Farms Scheme. Will Mr. Dooley Line Up?

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 February 1922 · page 5

Will the Nationalist and Progressive parties have a monopoly of the Million Farms policy at the elections? Labour supporters of the big scheme are making…

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International Wheat Pool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 5

The lending wheat importers are of opinion that there is little prospect of the successful formation of the Canadian, Australian, and United States combine…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales to-day 6390 bales were offered and 5219 were sold, Private sales numbered 797 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Industrial Discontent Million Farms Remedy Suggested

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 4

Industrial Labour men are showing considerable Interest in the million farms proposals, land now that the elections are in full swing a number are hastening to…

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The Butter Position

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 14

The butter position is complicated and unsatisfactory from a producer's point of view:—The general procedure on all export consignment business is for an…

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Antwerp Wool Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 5

There was a big attendance at the Antwerp wool sale. The higher grades were 5 per cent. down, and interior and crossbreds were 5 per cent. below last…

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