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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

1,561 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 29 of 79

Wheat Shortage in N.Z. Australian Importations Likely Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1932 · page 8

A decided shortage of wheat exists in New Zealand, due to the abnormally wet season experienced in the Canterbury province…

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Butter Exports Increase

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 5

Butter exports show a large increase over last year's figures The figures show that 3,562,933 boxes of butter were exported from…

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General Cables Wheat Import Restriction

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 9

Paris, June 25.—A special decree reduces the amount of for en wheat which may be used in bread making from 45 to 40 per cent…

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Wheat Acreage 5,000,000 Drop in Russia ROME, June 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 8

The International Institute of Agriculture estimates that there are 5,000,000 acres less under wheat in Russia this year than in 1931…

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Prince's Farm Meeting Modern Needs

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 3

Earlier this month (May) I spent an interesting day at the Prince's Home Farm at Stoke Climsland, a few miles inland from Plymouth, writes a…

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Found Dead Well-known N.S.W. Farmer QUIRINDI

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 June 1932 · page 8

Mr. Smith Pollock, one of the best-known wheat farmers in New South Wales, was killed at his farm late on Friday afternoon…

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Stud Sheep Sales Satisfactory Prices SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 6

Not with standing the low values for wool and the uncertain outlook of the grazing industry, satisfactory prices were obtained for stud stock at the opening of the…

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"Slow Process" Decreasing Hours Judge's View in Pastoral Award Claim Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

When the pastoral case was resumed before the Arbitration Court to-day, Mr. E. Brayndler (for the A.W.U.) said that he proposed to call evidence to show that…

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Brisbane Wool Sales Market Rules Very Firm BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 6

The final wool sales of the season opened today. Of 11,300 bales offered, the selection generally was an average one. Some offerings showed an improvement on last…

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Man's Skeleton Found in Mountains Farm Hand's Disappearance Recalled Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1932 · page 5

The skeleton of a man was found in a heavily-wooded part of the Condumbal Mountains, about 12 miles north-east of Cumnock, yesterday. It is believed to…

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Stud Sheep Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 3

There was a large attendance of graziers and others it the stud sheep sales, which were continued to-day. More than 700 head were put under the hammer and…

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Pastoral Industry Queensland Strike Threat BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 3

Trouble appear, to be threatening the pastoral industry. A mass meeting of pastoral workers at Charleville to-day decided to go on strike unless claims by…

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Manitoba Wheat Pool Winnipeg, June 27

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 June 1932 · page 6

An application to have the Manitoba Wheat Pool declared bankrupt was made in the Supreme Court, on behalf of the Terminal Grain Company, to-day…

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Pastoral Award Conference Move Fails SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 5

When the hearing of the application by the Graziers' Association for a new award in the pastoral industry was resumed before Chief Judge Dothridge in the…

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Sheep Sales Haddon Rig Stock in Demand SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 5

Stud sheep from Haddon Rig station again commanded high prices to-day, when the annual sales were resumed. The Lansdowne Pastoral Company paid 220…

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Export of Wheat Newcastle Favoured Deputation to Minister

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 6

Representing part of a concerted decentralisation move, having for its object the greater utilisation of the port of Newcastle as an outlet for the primary…

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Wheat Silos for the North Deputation to Minister

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 6

In connection with the deputation from Manilla, which is to wait upon the Minister for Agriculture to-morrow, urging the erection of wheat…

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Big Wheat Purchase N.Z. Government Importation Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 June 1932 · page 5

The Government announced to-day that arrangements had been completed for the importation of 850,000 bushels of wheat from Australia. The wheat will be bought…

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Pastoral Award Evidence for Employees SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 7

Further evidence was given before Chief Judge Dethridge in the support of the Arbitration Court to-day in support of the counter-claims made by the Australian…

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Wheat Silos for North Newcastle As Terminal Minister Willing Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 July 1932 · page 7

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. H. Main) intimated this afternoon that a suggestion that Newcastle be…

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