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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1924

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day 5971 bales were offered at auction, and 5466 sold. Private sales totalled 426 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Close of the Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 5

The London wool sales have closed. The attendances were good throughout the series, and the meteoric advance of the past month was consolidated as the…

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Stirring Man Hunt Countryside Terrorised Where Is the Fire Fiend? Sheep Musterer Shot From Behind GOULBURN

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 5

Not since the bushranging days have the hills around Woodhouselee between Goulburn and Crookwell, witnessed such a manhunt, as has been proceeding for the last three days. The residents of the district are banding together against the mysterious…

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The Wool Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 7

The second series of London wool sales will open on March 11, the third on May 6, and the fourth on July 1. The British-Australian Wool…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 6

At the wool sales to-day 7585 bales were offered at auction, and 6415 sold Private sales totalled 1032 bales. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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Civilian Searchers Capture the Demented Gunman on a Farm First Edition 2.50 p.m

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 5

The editions of "The Newcastle Sun" and their titles have been rearranged. Starting at 2.50 p.m. the First Edition is issued. This was…

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Dehorning Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

The best time to dehorn is in the calf stage, writes an expert. The operation is then done with very little pain to the animal, and little trouble to the operator…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

The February wool sales have enriched Queensland to the tune of at least £1,500,000. Forty-five thousand bales were offered, and the majority of them…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 7

An average amount of business was transacted in farm produce during the week. The demand for chaff is slow. Most of…

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Valuable Sandgate Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 6

Mr. George Ireland's Sandgate property, containing 310 acres of freehold land, which has been operated successfully for many years as a dairy farm, will be offered by auction…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 7

Dairy produce business during the week was of ordinary volume, the most outstanding feature of the transactions being a one penny per dozen increase in…

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Farm and Produce When Bone Meal Is Used

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 13

Bone meal represents one of the oldest forms of improving the cropping capacity of the soil, and though it no longer occupies the high position of past times it is…

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Excellent Quality Lighter Crops Cessnock Vineyards

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 8

Cessnock wine growers are busy with their harvest, which in most cases started last Monday. Mr. J. Y. Tulloch, of the Gien Elgin…

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British Commerce Stock Exchange Steady Advance of Metals. Demand for Dairy Produce (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

The Stock Exchange has been moderately active lately, and most of the departments can best be described as quietly steady. Speculators have been…

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Unclean Cans Dairymen Fined

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 5

Delivering milk in unclean cans was the charge preferred against six dairymen at West Maitland Police Court this morning…

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Higher Prices Likely for Drapery and Clothes Buying Raw Material Gambling in Cotton and Wool World Shortage Expected Anticipating Demand From Russia LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 February 1924 · page 1

"The Dispatch" says that traders are convinced that gambling on the cotton and wool exchanges is responsible for the rapid rise in the prices of fabrics. Speculators are buying large…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 5

At the wool sales to-day, 5127 bales were offered at auction, and 4742 sold. Private sales totalled 585 bales. The Sydney wool selling brokers…

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Dairymen in Trouble

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1924 · page 5

Mr. A. R. Perry. P.M., at the West Maitland Police Court yesterday, dealt with a number of cases in which dairymen were charged under the Pure Food…

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Government Wool Stocks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 7

Mr. Graham, the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, in reply to a question in the House of Commons, said the remaining stocks of wool held in that…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 February 1924 · page 7

At the Sydney wool sales to-day, 5668 bales were offered, and 5241 sold. Private sales totalled 696. The Sydney Wool Selling Brokers…

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