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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

758 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 38

Tobacco Farm Fire Tamworth

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 April 1923 · page 5

The damage caused by the fire which broke out at P. Brisk's tobacco farm at Woolomin is estimated at between £3000 and £4000. Curing…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

A good volume of business has been transacted during the week in all lines of dairy produce, the most outstanding feature being an increase of twopence…

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Farm and Produce. Drying-off Cows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 14

How to avoid udder trouble in "drying-off" cows to a matter which concerns all dairymen. "Nothing in it," says somebody. No, perhaps not, when…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 3

There has been a strong inquiry for all lines of farm produce during the week. The chaff-cutting centres have not benefited by the recent falls of rain, the…

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Melbourne Gossip. Our Cotton Crop. Melbourne, April 12

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 13

The sale on Melbourne of some thousands of yards of sheeting spun from Australian-grown cotton has been the inspiring cause of many speeches and…

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U.s.a. Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 7

In view of the threatened hostility of farming Senators over the "concessions" to Great Britain in the War Debt tangle, these figures may be read with some…

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Cotton Ginnery Waratah Work Northern Crop Harvested

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 5

It is expected that the cotton ginnery under construction at Waratah will be ready at the end of May. All New South Wales cotton this year…

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Farmers' Indebtedness Rural Industries Board SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 14 April 1923 · page 5

Referring to the representations that had been made no him by the various rural organisations with reference to the legal proceedings instituted against…

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Aussie Butter Sales in England GRAFTON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 3

Writing to friends at Grafton, Mr. H. Harding, of that city, who is on a visit to England, says:— "In Capetown I bought delicious…

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Wool Realisation Association. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 5

During March the British Australian Wool Realisation Association sold 47,000 hales of Australian wool, and 42,000 hales of New Zealand wools. The stock…

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British Commerce. Gilt-edged Stocks Strong. Butter Market Dull. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 5

The outstanding feature of the Stock Exchange is the strength of gill-edged stocks, some of which have established new records. Notable among these…

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Not a Black Gin Claim for Slander Macksville Farmer's Wife SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 5

Alleging slander, Jamesend Henrietta Noble, a married woman, asked Mr. Justice Campbell and a jury of four in the Banco Court to-day to…

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Weak Milk Dairymen Prosecuted Heavy Fines

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 6

On the information of Inspector Wrightson, of Waratah municipality, William Gear, senr., was proceeded against in the Newcastle Police Court…

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Cotton Famine American Prediction Huge Crop Decrease

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 April 1923 · page 5

The world must raise more cotton or use loss cotton goods. This is made plain by the American Government's final estimate on this year's crop…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day 7088 bales were offered at auction, and 6096 sold. Private sales totalled 3722 bales. The Sydney wool selling brokers report:…

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Fire at Great Wool Mill

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 5

A fire at Sanderson and Murray's wool mills at Galashiels one of the largest establishments of the kind in Scotland, destroyed the wool store and a large…

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"Ford for President" Hold on the Farmers Possible Triple Alliance

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 17 April 1923 · page 5

"We want Henry," say the 150 Ford-for-President Clubs, and the newspaper and political experts wish they knew how much political strength…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 6

At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 7402 bales were offered at auction, and 6596 sold. Private sales totalled 2696 bales. The Sydney Wool-selling Brokers…

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Water for Poultry Weston Farms Extension of Services

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 18 April 1923 · page 1

The Under-Secretary for Lands, Sydney, has written to the Water and Sewerage Board pointing out that the settlers on the Western Soldiers'…

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"Sun's" Letter-box Meat and Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 5

Heading in to-night's issue of "The Sun," I noticed a Mr. Harding, of Grafton, who is at the present time in England, writes an article on the…

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