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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Cattle Poisoned Police Inquiry SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 April 1924 · page 7

In connection with the poisoning of four hones and a cow at the Salvation Army Home, St. Peters', yesterday, a sample of the food taken by…

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50,000 KILLED Californian Cattle San Francisco

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1924 · page 1

Official figures show that 50,000 cattle have been slaughtered, valued at 2,500,000 dollars, in the battle to stem the foot disease…

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Wheat Sales London

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 1

A parcel of South Australian wheat by the Orthis, shipped on March 10 has been sold at 48s 6d, and an Indian City shipment of West Australian…

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Farm Tragedy Dreadnought Boy Shot GUNDAGAI

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 3

Keith E. Elliott, a Drendnought boy, was found shot Gircugh the heart on Sunday, at the home of his employer, Air. Malcolm McLeod, a…

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Revolt Against Usury Bengal Farmers on Strike Rates Up to 100 Per Cent. Calcutta

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1924 · page 4

For centuries the agriculturists of Bengal have depended upon village money-lenders to finance the sowing of their crops, and as the result the…

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Farm Apprentices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 4

It has become recognised in all the States that immigration of British boys for rural work is a valuable factor in the solution of the…

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Bad Blackmailers Gaol for 12 Years Farmer Pays Thousands

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 7

Denunciation of blackmail as one of the vilest of crimes prefaced the imposition of severe sentence upon two brothers at Lewes…

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Money in Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 13

For the shareholders in the Ballarat Woollen Mills the latest annual report and balance-sheet make pleasant reading. That document tells its readers that…

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London Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 5

The fifth series of the London wool sales has been fixed for September 16, and the sixth for November 11. For the next series, which will…

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Wheat Sales LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 1

Business recorded on the wheat exchange yesterday included the quotation of an Australian cargo now being loaded at 47s 9d a quarter, or for May…

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Farm and Produce the Type of Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 14

"Hardly an issue of a large newspaper is printed but one can find in it an expression of regret that the population is leaving the country to…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 11

Trade in farm produce has been active during the week, and the only alterations in prices were an advance of a penny a bushel in white oats, and a…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1924 · page 11

Trade in dairy produce was very brisk, owing to grocers replenishing stocks after the holidays. The most noticeable movements were increases…

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Dingo Murderer Depredations On Sheep WARREN

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 1

Outlawed because of the havoc he had caused among the flocks of settlers on the Merri Merri Creek, Warren district, a huge dingo was…

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Higher Tendency Sheep At Homebush SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 28 April 1924 · page 5

The feature of the stock sales at Homebush to-day was the sus[?] demand for both sheep and cattle. In the sheep enclosure just over…

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The Wool Clippers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 8

A lecture was delivered in the Australasian Hall, Newcastle, last night, by Mr. J. J. Moloney, on the romance of the wool clippers…

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Wool Prices What Bawra Did LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1924 · page 1

Commenting on the final disposals of Bawra wool to be effected on May 2, Sir Arthur Goldfinch contended that the formation of Bawra was…

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Farm and Produce Jersey Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 14

The Jersey, as the name implies, is a native of the Island of Jersey, being the most numerously represented breed of the Channel Islands. The Jersey is…

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Sheep-like Women

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 13

During the past few months there has been a great deal of gossip concerning women's dress. Men have declared that women are like sheep, so much alike do…

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Protection for the Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 11

Australians as a whole are staunch supporters of a Protectionist policy but the average farmer usually inclines to Free Trade, or is at least…

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