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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1925

1,014 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 51

Butter Export Statement by the Minister Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

Senator Wilson, the Minister for Markets, stated to-day that the Board of Control provided for under the Dairy Produce Export Control Act would…

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Drowned in Hunter River Young Farm Labourer's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6

Joseph Hughes, aged 19 years, a farm labourer, was drowned while bathing in the Hunter River, near Raymond Terrace, on Sunday. He and a companion,…

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BROADCASTING Farmer's Service To-day's Programme

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

Call Sign, [?] F.C. Wave Length 1100 Metres Power, 5 Kilowatts. Early Evening Session…

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Wheat Shortage No Cornering of Market LONDON. Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 5

Discounting the widespread rumors attributing the present wheat position to what is k[?]own as "cornering the market," 'The Times," in a leader,…

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Badly Shaken Wheat Slump in U.S.A. Chicago (U.s.a.), Tuesday Night

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 5

Wheat dropped to-day to two dollars a bushel. At Winnipog wheat displayed great weakness. May futures slumped six…

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Wheat in America

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

It is reported from New York that for the first time since the war the Unite States, itself one of the world's great granaries, is beginning to feel the pinch…

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The Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 5 February 1925 · page 5

The wool sales closed yesterday disappointingly. Germany and Yorkshire were moderately active, and a few United States buyers operated very…

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Pastoral Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 7

The prospectus is being issued this week-end of Australian Sheep Farms, Limited, a company with a capital of £400,000, to acquire the pastoral…

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Singleton Butter Singleton

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 6

Forty-six tons of butter were manufactured at Singleton Central Cooperative Dairy Co.'s factory last week. Suppliers were paid 11d per…

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Grow More Wheat Advice to England LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

Professor Rowland Biffen, M.A., F.R.S., Agricultural Professor at Cambridge, who is nicknamed the "Wheat Wizard." urges Britain to grow more…

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Sporting News and Notes By the Way A.J.C. As Aladdin New Warwick Farm Model Racecourse Picturesque Buildings

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 2

Warwick Farm racecourse is a place of great expectations just now. The public will not be…

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A.J.C. Aladdin has Waved A Magic Lamp at Warwick Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 8

THE NEW WARWICK FARM. — Members may sip Bohea behind these pillars, hear the betting in the ring, see the prices on the tote, and decide what to back. THE REAL BUSINESS end of the official stand where the committee will be ensconced. THE OFFICIAL STAND, rear view. Upstairs is the capacious afternoon tea-room overlooking the betting ring…

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Bacon Weak Dairy Produce Market SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

The C.F.S. to-day raised railway eggs by 1d to 1s 5d dozen. Merchants are complaining of the low price at bacon in Sydney, compared with that…

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London Butter Market. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 10

Butter is steady and in good demand considerable quantities are going to the Continent, at from about 212s per per cwt, Germany in buying steadily…

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Big Load Golden Wheat PARKES

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 8

Mr. L. A. Symonds. of Coobang. delivered 186 bags of wheat in one load at the flour mils. The gross weight of the load was 17 tons one…

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Beginning to Hum American Wheat Deals WINNIPEG

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 1

Winnipeg and Chicago wheat markets are irregular, and were marked by wide price movements that shook out thousands of weaker…

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Farm and Produce Experiments with Lupins

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 12

The blue flowering lupin has firmly established itself in the Northern agricultural areas adjacent to the coast (says the West Ausarlian "Journal of…

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Electricity for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 13

A remarkable wind-power machine, or, as ifs inventor, Major Bielau, a German ox-artillery officer, calls it, an "aerodynamo," is being dispatched from…

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Dairy Produce Export Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

The Dairy Produce E0port Control Act provides for the election by factories of nine co-operative and two proprietary representatives, also for…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 10

An average volume of business has been transacted in dairy produce during the week, the only alteration in quotations being the increase of 2d per dozen…

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