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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 37

Dairy Employees. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1928 · page 4

Mr. W. Morgan chairman of the Dairy Employees' (States) Conciliation Committee has been informed that it would be impossible for certain of the…

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The Wheat Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 5

The wheat conference in Regina closed without the expected resolution for world organisation, with a single board to direct the flow of prices and destination of all…

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Free State Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 7

A remarkable example of the working of the Irish Free State Land Act of 1923 was given recently when 35 persons, with 350 head of livestock and other…

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Stop Hoover! Election Stunt Farmers' Caravan Raid on Kansas City Kansas City

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 1

The fever heat of excitement is being reached in the choice of a Republican candid, for the Presidency…

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Left on Road! Farmer Injured By Truck Driver Didn't Stop

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 7

Alleging that he had been knocked down by a motor lorry, the driver of which did not pull up F. W. Coote, an elderly…

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"Don't Want Hoover" Farmers Oppose Republican Nominee Street Procession Governor Al Smith's Forces Say—They Are Overjoyed Kansas City

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 10

"We don't want Hoover." With this cry and led by a brass band clad in overalls and straw hats, thousands of farmers, who had assembled for me agricultural convention, arched upon the Republican Convention Hall where the…

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Modest Tom On Beautiful Farm Training for Fight New York

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 June 1928 · page 8

Tom Heeney is now comfortably established at Rumson Farm Kennels, out on the Jersey coastline, a 700-acre tract on the main auto highway and…

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Pastoral Industry Committee's Report. Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 7

The report of the Pastoral Advisory Committee was laid on the table of the House of Representatives to-day. Referring to the question of the…

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Australasian Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 5

The Dominion farmers were the guests of the Corporation of London yesterday. They visited the Smithfield meat, market and the Spitalfields fruit and potato…

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Huge Increase Dairy Company's Turnover

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 7

From a first annual turnover, 25 years ago, of £39,185, business of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company, Ltd., increased in the year…

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Dairy Company's Report

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 4

Monthly report of the Raymond Terrace Dairy and Produce Company, Ltd., in:— Markets: Butter, 1s 7d per lb: cheese,…

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Farm and Produce Australian Wheat Yield

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 14

The yield of wheat in the Commonwealth for the 1927-28 season has exceeded expectations to a moderate-extent. This may be attributed to production in…

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Murder at Williamtown Dairy Farmer Shot Dead in Presence of Wife

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 5

Richard Moxey, aged 34 years, a dairy farmer, who lived at Cabbage Tree-road, off Raymond Terrace-road, half a mile from the Williamtown Post-office, and…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 2

Business in dairy produce was again quiet, there being no appreciable alterations in quotations. Butter production is now showing the…

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Commercial. the Week's Review. Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 2

A keen demand existed during the week far potatoes, buyers no doubt having in view the fact has there would be no further shipments from Tasmania for at least…

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Electrification of Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 14

Much, has been written during recent years, concerning the electrification of seeds; and the influence of direct current on growing crops. According to a writer…

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A Farm of Serpents "Milking" Rattlesnakes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 10

Two young men of the west of the United States have established their own dairy farm, and they have no competition. This farm, perhaps the most weird in the…

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Farmer's Service Call Sign, 2FC. Wave Length, 442 Metres. TO-DAY

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 2

7.15; Music sporting news, 7.45: The Rev. F. H. Raward. 8.0: Mr. Medley and Mr. Motley, 8.12: Captain Fred Aaruns, 8.20: Mr. carlos…

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Placating Farmers At Republican Convention U.S.A. Elections Kansas City

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 1

The Republican Convention sought to placate the cornbelt farmers by naming one of their number, Senator Charles Curtis, of Kansas, as a…

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DETAINED Murder at Williamtown Police Action Farmer Shot Through Window

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 16 June 1928 · page 5

Police investigations into the shooting of Richard Moxey, 34, dairy farmer, at his home on Raymond Terrace-road, Williatown, last night, resulted in the detention of a young man early this afternoon…

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