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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

2,067 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 104

Wheat and Wool Remarkable Exhibit Farmers' Reply to Attack

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 6

Newcastle has never seen anything quite like the exhibit of wheat and wool from the North and North-west that will be on view in the Albert Pavilion at the…

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Singleton Butter Factory SINGLETON

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 8

Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Company's report for January showed that butter manufactured totalled 95 tons 7 cwt., while 46,583 gallons of…

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Most Unfavourable U.S. Wheat Crop Prospects CHICAGO, February 19

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 8

The winter wheat crop prospects are the most unfavourable in recent years, due to the continued temperatures below zero. As far south as Kansas there has been…

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Melbourne Butter Price Low Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

Butter is being sold in Melbourne at the lowest price for many years, the quotation this morning being 107/4 a cwt. The low price is due to the weakness of the London…

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Wheat Silos for the North

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 6

TO convince the Government not only that Newcastle has the right to terminal silos, but also that she should have priority over other places, is the task which a strong delegation has embarked upon at the silo conference in Sydney to-day…

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Sydney Wool Sales Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 4

Greasy merino fleece realised to 22¾d at the wool sales to-day when a good selection, comprising 11,638 bales, was submitted at action. Of these 10,213…

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Butter Cheaper Lowest Price Since 1915 SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

Butter sold at 1/0½ lb wholesale in Sydney to-day—the lowest price since 1915, when it fell as low as 11½d. Observers declare that the main factor…

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Pastoral Wage Arbitration Court Award Common Rule Made Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 8

Chief Judge Dethridge, in the Arbitration Court to-day, made a common rule in the pastoral wage for the Northern Territory. The 1927 wage included 46…

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The Sun Stop Press Wheat to Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 1

"From a railway point of view it would be preferable to carry the northern wheat to Newcastle, than to Darling Harbor," said Mr…

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Victorian Wheat Exportable Surplus for Year MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

It is expected that Victoria exportable wheat surplus this year will approximate 29,000,000 bushels. Last year 34,614,753 bushels (comprising wheat and flour),…

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Wheat Values Ease International Markets Stocked SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 2

Reviewing the international and local wheat position, the Lindley, Walker Wheat Coy., Ltd., says that as a result of the ample supplies which are now in the…

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Link with North Newcastle Wool Sales Now Well Established

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 3

The people of the North and North west are keenly interested in Newcastle to-day. They visit the city more often: spend their holidays here. They have…

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Mystery Deaths Among Cattle Graziers Puzzled at Muswellbrook Poison Plant? Muswellbrook

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 1

Mysterious deaths among the cattle in the Muswellbrook district are puzzling the local graziers, and all…

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Wheat Nations Australia Leads World Canada May Go Ahead Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 6

Although he admits that Australia at present leads the world in the production of wheat, the Vice-president of the Bartlett Fraser Company, of Chicago, Mr…

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Wheat Silo Conference (Continued from Page 1) Railway Figures Shipping Men's Attitude Lively Debate Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 7

At the wheat silo conference this afternoon, "the economic advantages that may accrue from an elevator at Newcastle," were…

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Newcastle's Bid For Terminal Wheat Silo Big Deputation in Sydney Claims Made by Other Ports Northern Delegates Reply to Criticism Grain Quality Questioned Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1933 · page 1

Whether a terminal wheat elevator should be erected at Newcastle or at Port Kembla, or whether Sydney was to have additional storage at the present, terminal elevators, was the subject of a…

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Zebu Cattle At Riverstone

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 13

Zebu cattle, which have been crossed with ordinary cattle for beef for over 80 years by Mr. James Pye, of Liberty Hall, near Riverstone. Mr. Pye's success is significant in view of the decision of Australian breeders to import American-bred zebus for…

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Improved Trading Terrace Butter Factory

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 11

After provided for depreciation and contingencies the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co. cleared £4571 6s 40, as a result of the…

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Finley's Wheat Record Finley

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 5

A total of 402,072 bags of wheat has been delivered to the Finley railway station this season. This is claimed to be a record…

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Butter Factory Merger "Save Half a Million"

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1933 · page 3

Producers would save half a million pounds in a short time if Upper and Lower Hunter butter factories amalgamated, Mr…

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