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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

2,082 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 105

Diseased Maize Bathurst Experimental Farm BATHURST

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 5

Alarm has been caused by the appearance of American smut disease on maize grown at the Bathurst Experimental Farm. To prevent the disease from…

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Assisting Farmers Problem of the Dominions London Paper's Comment London, February 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 8

"The Times," in an editorial, "Dominion Farmers and Their Debts," says: "The problem with which the New Zealand Government is endeavouring to grapple…

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Farmers' Relief Bill SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 10

Government measures to provide assistance for farmers and their creditors by arranging mutual settlements of debts that otherwise would…

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Labor for Wheat Silo Job Trades Hall Concern

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 15

Concern was expressed at the Trades to-day lest men should be brought to Newcastle from Sydney for work on the erection of the…

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Sydney Wool Sales More Continental Support Week's Peak Prices Obtained Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 9

A good selection of wool submitted for auction at the wool sales to-day resulted in the market ruling very firm, with prices generally at the best point of the week…

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Season's Record for Wool Yorkshire Buyer Pays 22d a lb. SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 13

A new season's record for the Sydney wool sales was set this afternoon when a Yorkshire buyer paid 22d a 1b. for five bales of a Yass clip,…

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Wheat Marketing Government Restrictions Criticised Conditions in Europe (Australian Press Association.) LONDON, February 5

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 8

The Chairman of the Baltic Mercantile and Shipping Exchange Ltd. (Sir Herbert Robson), addressing a meeting of the Empire Society, criticised Government…

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State Session Farmers' Debts Voluntary Adjustments Mr. Spooner's Bill Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 8

The principal business of the Legislative Assembly to-day was to hear from the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. E. S. Spooner) an explanation of his bill to…

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Adjusting Farmers' Debts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 8

The Assistant Treasurer (Mr. E. S. Scooner) sought leave to introduce a bill to provide for the granting of assistance to farmers to make voluntary adjustments…

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Farmer Hoaxed Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 9

One of several charges brought against Vivian Albert Frusher, salesman, of Glenelg, in the Adelaide Police Court to-day, was that he had obtained £125 by…

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Stop Shire Rates Farmers' Request to Council Class Burden Grenfell

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 13

"Pay up arrears and then collect no more rates," is the proposal sent to Weddin Shire Council by a very…

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Newcastle Show Farmers Vie with Industrialists Opening Shortly

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 12

Farmers from Newcastle's rich hinterland will cooperate with industrialists on February 20 in a most…

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Waratah Sales Cattle Prices Steady Prime Sheep Scarce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

A good supply of cattle was yarded at the Newcastle District Abattoir Board's saleyards at Waratah yesterday to a large attendance of buyers. The supply included…

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Homebush Sales Sheep and Cattle Sections Down SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

Demand in the sheep section at Homebush today was weaker, with values 6d to 1/6 lower. The penning of 60,900 represented an increase of 16,900 compared with the offering last Monday…

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Assisting Wheat Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 19

Sir.—The method to be adopted for the spending of the £12,000,000 grant, for the aid of farmers, calls for comment. The money is to be advanced only to…

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Butter Stealing Charge Two Men on Trial

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

A charge of having stolen 20 boxes of butter, the property of the Commissioner for Railways, on November 16, 1934. at Woodville Junction, was…

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Newcastle Wheat Silo Job Appeal for Local Labor

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 9

Informed that perhaps move than 100 men would be brought from Sydney for work on the wheat silo Job at Carrington. the Mayor of…

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Wheat Elevators Pouring of Walls to Begin Shortly Foundations Completed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 10

The construction of the terminal wheat elevators at Carrington passed through a further important transition stage this week. The foundations of the track shed,…

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Season's Record Sydney Wool Sales 22d for Yass Offering Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 13

A German buyer purchased wool from Yass for 22d a pound at the Sydney wool sales to-day; thereby establishing a record for the season for Sydney sales…

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Aid to Farmers Country Party's Policy Victorian Election Fight Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 13

The suggestion to approach the Commonwealth for an increase in the amount made available for rural rehabilitation, which he declared was totally inadequate,…

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