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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,654 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 83

Trade Summary Gilt-edged Stocks Suffer New Issues Rushed Wool Sales Give Satisfaction (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, May 17

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 8

The gilt-edged section of the Stock Exchange has been suffering a mild attach of indigestion us a result of the recent rush for new issues, many of which were…

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Maize Growers' Loss Crops Rot on the Macleay TAREE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 19 May 1930 · page 8

Serious loss will accrue to maize-growers on the Macleay River. Mr. J. M. Pitt, Senior Agricultural Instructor, who lives in Taree, has returned from a visit to…

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Cattle Duffers Sheep Losses in Victoria MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 6

A detective who was with a party searching for 4800 sheep, which have been missing in the hills about Whitiel for some months, received secret word to-day which…

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Missing Sheep Police Search Begins ALBURY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 6

A big party of police and bushmen has commenced a search in the mountainons country between Cheshunt and Mansfield, for slightly less than 5000 sheep,…

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Search Widens Missing Sheep More Police Albury

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 5

To assist in the efforts to trace the 4800 sheep, the property of Gorman and Sons, which are alleged to have been stolen and hidden in deep…

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Prices Harden Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 4

Competition was ken at the wool sales to-day, when a good selection, comprising 8804 bales, was submitted at auction, Of this number, 8448 bales were sold, while…

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Sydney Wool Sales Firmer Market SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 8

A good selection comprising 8576 bales was submitted at auction at the wool sales to-day. Sales at auction totalled 8362, while an additional 921 were disposed of…

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Amendment Likely Wheat Marketing Bill Federal and State Boards Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1930 · page 8

As the result of a conference in Canberra to-day, between the Minister for Markets (Mr. Parker Moloney), and the Ministers for Agriculture, and…

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The Wheat Pool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 6

The House further considered the Wheat Marketing Bill, providing that an endowment of a sum not exceeding £1,00,000 be made, setting up compulsory pool and…

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Federal Session Wheat Marketing Bill Aid for Farmers Support by Country Party CANBERRA

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 8

Resuming the second reading debate on the Wheat Marketing Bill in the House of Representatives, Mr. J. H. Prowse (Forrest) said the guarantee should be a…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 20

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 3

Included in the offering of 9031 bales of wool at the sales to-day were 1472 bales from New South Wales, 732 from Queensland 841 from Victoria. 584 from…

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Keen Demand Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 7

Of the 9577 bales offered at auction at, the wool sales to-day, 9153 bales were sold. Private sales totalled 1143. The selection offered was a good one…

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Russian Farming Control by Soviet Rhodes Scholar's View

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 10

The revolutionary effect of control by the Soviet Government of primary production was referred to by Mr. J. E. Barry, Queensland Rhodes scholar in 1924,…

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Commercial Newcastle Produce Markets Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1930 · page 3

Quotations, in Newcastle produce markets were unaltered yesterday. Wholesale Quatations.—Wheat, 5/6 a bushel; flour, ex mils, sack basis, £11,…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 8

A good selection, totalling 10,436 bales, was offered at the woul sales to-day, of which 9975 were sold. An additional 684 bales were sold privately…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 21

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

Offerings at the wool sales to-day amounted to 7800 bales, New South Wales contributed 1449 bales, Victoria 1676, South Australia 231, West Australia nine,…

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Federal Session Wheat Marketing Bill Second Reading Debate Voluntary Pool Suggested Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 10

In the House of Representatives to-day, announcing the death of Mr. Robert Cook, the former member for Indi, the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) moved that…

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Butter Factories Proposed Amalgamation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 11

The proposal that the Raymond Terrace, Bowthorne, Branxton, Cessnock, Singleton, and Dungog butter factories should be amalgamated has been…

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Wheat Options Rise. Chicago, May 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 13

Values for wheat options shot up well following reports from the south-west of a less favourable outlook, coupled with strong foreign markets Strong buying…

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London Wool Sales. London, May 22

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1930 · page 13

Of the 10,000 bales of wool offered at the sales to day, 684 bales were from New South Wales, 280 from Queensland, 207 from Victoria, 126 from South Australia,…

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