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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,654 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 83

Control of Wool Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 8

The Armidale branch of the Graziers' Association decided at its meeting yesterday to submit a motion to the forthcoming Sydney Conference of the association…

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Farm and Dairy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 14

Stinkwort is an upright, much-branched plant, with lemon-coloured, daisy-like flowers. This plant has a nasty smell, which is noticeable also in the milk…

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The Tariff Mr. Fenton At Bradford Increases Defended Wool Industry Disappointed (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, February 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 9

I relish acting as a Tariff Daniel in the midst of this pseudo-free trade lions' den." said the Australian Minister for Customs (Mr. J. E. Fenton) on his arrival at…

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Farmers Run a Factory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1930 · page 5

British farmers are often accused of being lacking in enterprise, and declining to co-operate, but now this may be no longer true. They are learning to concert…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 9

The half-yearly meeting of shareholders at the Bowthorne Butter Factory was held at Morpeth on Friday afternoon, when Mr. W. J. H. Graham,…

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Catholic Move Lenten Pastoral Letter London, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 7

In a Lenten pastoral letter, read in Roman Catholic churches to-day, Cardinal Bourne refers to the awful menacing condition of Russia, and calls for prayers for…

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American Wheat. Chicago, February 28

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 3

Wheat prices continued their upward march in a comparatively quiet session, with the steady rise broken here and there by fractional losses, due to…

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Commercial Portugal Want Wheat. Ottawa, March 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 3

The Government has been advised that Portugal is in the market for 3,000,000 bushels of wheat, half to be delivered by the end of March, and the balance by the…

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Blended Butter Wrappers Deceive Buyers Deputation to Minister London, March 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 7

A number of representatives of the farming and dairying interests, cattle societies, and housewives' societies, inspected wrappers used for blended…

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Government Support American Wheat Market New York, March 1

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 8

The "New York Times'" Chicago correspondent says—"The Government is running the wheat market and gave it aggressive support to-day, taking about…

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Wool Slump Only One Solution Wear More Stabilisation Moves LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 1

Realising that, present prices cannot satisfy the growers, especially Australians, expert opinion is inclining more favorably than…

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Dairy Company Half-yearly Meeting Co-operative Enterprise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 March 1930 · page 10

The 53rd half-yearly meeting of the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce Co., Ltd., was held in the Oddfellows' Hall, Raymond Terrace, and was…

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Stabilising Wheat Farm Board's Move Chicago, March 2

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 5

Agricultural leaders to-day expressed satisfaction at the Federal Farm Board's decision to stop paying an arbitrary wheat price, and stated their belief in a move…

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Homebush Sales Cattle Prices Down SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

There was a smaller number of sheep penned at Homebush to-day, the tally recording 29,100. Quality, however, was generally of a higher grade than the…

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Firm Market Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 6

An average selection, totalling 8334 bales, was offered when the wool wiles were resumed to-day. Sales at auction accounted for 7721 bales, while an…

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Cattle Killed Loaded Train Derailed Accident Near Ipswich Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 6

While descending the Blackbutt Range, between Benarkin and Churchill, near Ipswich, to-night, eight waggons at loaded cattle train left the rails,…

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Prince Making Rapid Recovery from Malaria Attack Farm Brigades Soviet Militarises Agriculture Peasants Object Many Escape Across Frontiers LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 1

Messages from Riga and Warsaw disclose an extraordinary state of affairs in Soviet Russia, where the collective farming system has been introduced. Peasants and farmers are fleeing from the country,…

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Use More Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 6

Country interests are reported to be supporting strongly the "Use More Wool" exhibition which will be held at David Jones, Ltd., Sydney, from April 7 to 17…

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Canadian Wheat. Winnipeg, March 3

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 3

The local wheat market collapsed to-day, prices at the close being as much as four cents down on the week-end. There was an almost total absence of export…

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More Wheat Solving Our Problems Appeal to Farmers Mr. Scullin's Message CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 March 1930 · page 8

"It to no use now feeling panic over Australia's position," declared the Prime Minister (Mr. J. H. Scullin), in his statement to Australia from the leading A…

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