Wheat Harvest Estimate for Season Highest Yields in North Sydney
The Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites) has made an estimate of the wheat-growers of the State, giving the based upon returns received from the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1932
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Three Drowned West Australian Farm Swimming in Dam Perth
H. B. Elliott, 44, a farmer, Allen Elliott, 12, his son, and L. G. Draggett, 30, a farm-hand, were drowned in a dam on a farm at Shackleton…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Benefit Empire Butter
Mr. Davis, of the New Zealand Dairy Produce Board, in an interview, said that the 10 per cent. tariff on butter represents a little more than a penny a pound. It…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sheep Stealing Heavy Losses in Tasmania LAUNCESTON
Sheep stealing has developed in Northern Tasmania, and big losses have been reported. Mr. J. W. Cheek, M.L.C., lost 315 sheep…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Effect on Australia Butter Exporters Pleased Sydney Traders' Views Sydney
The Manager of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society (Mr. C. E. D. Meares) said to-day that the 10 per cent. British preferences meant a great deal to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Agreement Reached Wheat Quota Bill Soon LONDON, February 4
Replying to a question in the House of Commons, the Minister for Agriculture (Sir John Gilmour) said that national organisations were now in agreement on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wheat Silo Site Chamber of Commerce Meeting Drift to Victoria
A meeting of the council of the Newcastle Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday. The President, Mr. W. A. Winn, was in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Wool Sales Sydney
The average price of wool sold at the Sydney auctions last week was £12/2/2 a bale, the highest average since the beginning of the present year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Italy's Wheat Imports Rome, February 6
Italy's wheat imports for July 1, 1931, to January 31, 1932, totalled only 1,621,000 quintals, compared with 11,552,000 quintals for the same period in 1930-1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Firm Finish London Wool Sales LONDON, February 6
Mr. H. P. Devereux, representative of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, reports a very firm finish to the London wool sales. The reduction of stocks there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Butter Price Rises Unexpected Outcome of British Tariff Flow of Gold to Paris N.S.W. Default Brings No Bonds for Sale Wool Duties London
Feeling that imports from the Dominions would not be exempt from the operations of the tariff, English dealers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Altercation at Maitland Riding Crop Used It Was Claimed Cross Action
A heavy riding crop, which it was alleged was used with painful results on one of the contestants in a fight, in Park-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Exports Decline in Production
The exports of butter to the United Kingdom during January, 1932, reached a total of 11,282 tons, according to figures supplied by the Minister for Markes (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales Strong Competition SYDNEY
Of the 11,025 bales offered at to-day's wool sales, 10,278 were sold at auction, while an additional 1260 were disposed of privately. The selection was a good one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →China's Call for Wheat Vessel Arrives Direct From Shanghai Swift Changes
A striking illustration of the swift march of events in the Far East during the past week or two is provided in the fact that when…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Wheat Bounty
The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. F. Dunn, states that numerous inquiries are being received by the department about the attitude of the Rural Industries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →North Australia Development Schemes Pastoral and Mining
There are signs of an awakening in regard to North Australia—its potentialities and its vulnerability—and it has been the subject of discussion lately in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cattle Stealing Two Sentenced at Grafton GRAFTON
Charles James Welch, 19, and Frederick George Essex, 20, pleaded "Guilty" at the Grafton Court to charges of having stolen seven head and three head of cattle,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Cattle Poisoned 230 Die in Two Days BRISBANE
Heavy mortality has occurred among a mob of 575 cattle in the Pittswortlh district, recently purchased by a large pastoral company. Since Sunday 230 have…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wool Sales Market Continues Firm SYDNEY
At the wool sales to-day, a good selection, comprising 10,914 bales, was submitted at auction. Of this number 10,151 were sold. An additional 530 bales were…
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