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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,654 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 83

Sydney Wool Sales Good Clearances Made Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 8

Good clearances were made at the woolsales to-day when an average selection, comprising 10,776 bales, was offered at auction. Sales at auction totalled 9991,…

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Farmers Threatened "Over-production is Folly" WASHINGTON

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 8

"You can call it education or threat, but anyway we are serving notice on the American farmers…

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Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 3

For the wool sales to be held at Newcastle to-day the following vessels will be available to carry wool to United Kingdom and Continental ports—Blue Funnel…

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Sydney Wool Sales Market Unchanged Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

At the wool sales to-day no average selection comprising 10,564 bales was offered at auction, and of this number 9119 were sold. Private sales totalled 693…

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Wool Freights Graziers Seek Reduction BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

On the ground that the wool industry was in a parlous condition, a deputation of representatives of the wool industry, waited on the Minister for Railways to-day…

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The British Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 9

The decision of the British Ministry of Agriculture to send a delegation to Canada and the United States has inspired the "Times" to a discussion of the…

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Farmer Killed Pinned by Overturned Car Accident Near Lismore Lismore

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 January 1930 · page 6

Ralph Dorrington, 34, a farmer, was killed in a motor accident three miles from Lismore this afternoon. Dorrington was driving home alone in a sedan car…

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Pastoral Industry Deputation to Mr. Scullin SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 9

Sir Graham Waddell, Chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, Mr. F. H. Tout, President, and Mr. J. W. Allen, General Secretary of the Graziers'…

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Russian Wheat Exported Berlin, January 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 9

Russian wheat has been arriving on the German markets lately. The actual amount is unknown, but it must be considerable. The Soviet authorities are…

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BRISK Newcastle Wool Sales Fourth Series

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 8

The market for woo at the fourth series of sales, held by the New England, North and North-West Producers Society yesterday, was in…

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Wool Trade Position Fully Reviewed Remedy for Deflation More Production Needed (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, January 15

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 7

In his report on the economic and trade conditions in Australia, the British Trade Commissioner in Sydney (Mr. R. W. Dalton) makes an exhaustive survey of the…

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Necessitous Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 17 January 1930 · page 6

To enable necessitous farmers to explain their cases personally, arrangements have been made for representatives of the Rural Industries Branch to visit…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 8

The Secretary of the New England North, and North-west Producers' Coy. Ltd., reports that since Thursday's offering the number of bales of wool sold has…

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Wheat Losses Big 1928 Holders Let Go Bank Pressure Winnipeg

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 4

Canadian banks were reported today to be forcing the liquidation of wheat. in any event, several of the largest holders were letting go…

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British Migrants Domestics and Farm Boys Australian Concession Cable to Lord Passfield MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 11

The suspension of the assisted passages clauses of the £34,000,000 migration agreement between the British and Commonwealth Governments has been the…

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Dairy Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

Consignments from bacon factories are showing a heavy increase on the past three months arrivals. As the demand has eased considerably since the New Year…

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Commercial Review of the Week Farm Produce Market

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 5

The potato market opened the past week with a reduction in price of £4 a ton. This was in consequence of the arrival of heavy shipments from Victoria,…

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Farmer, Peer, and Governor-general

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 14

The appointment of Lord Bledisloe as Governor-General of New Zealand, shows courage as well as good sense on the part of the Prime Minister. Mr. MacDonald…

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Farmer Migrants 61 Booked for N.Z. LONDON

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 January 1930 · page 1

Sixty-one British National Union farmers. 15 of them with their wives, left Waterloo Station to embark on the Remuera, bound for New Zealand…

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Higher Duty South African Wheat Capetown, January 18

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 January 1930 · page 3

The Minister for Finance (Mr. N. C. Havenga) gave notice in the Assembly of a motion to increase the duty on imported wheat by 7d per 100lb, and on flour by 8d…

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