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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1936

1,986 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 100

Wheat and Flour New Zealand Embargo on Imports to Stop Price Cutting Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 7

The Minister for Industry and Commerce (Mr. D. G. Sullivan) announces that an embargo on wheat and flour imports from Australia is planned by the…

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Insured for £5000 Farmer's Violent Death Police View Disputed Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 February 1936 · page 5

"There was a metal plaque in his office and the substance of the motto was: "Never say die but say damn. That was…

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Butter for Export SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 6

During the week ended February 8 Commonwealth butter graders at Newcastle examined for export 4449 boxes salted and 1319 boses [?]…

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The Great Butter Freight Mystery

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

GENERALLY speaking, Mr. Commissioner Hartigan has been most sympathetic and helpful to Newcastle in the provision of improved railway facilities and because of that fact it is all the more difficult to understand the attitude he has adopted…

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Homebush Sales Prime Cattle Firm SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

The penning of 30,000 in the sheep section at Homebush to-day represented a decrease of 1000 as compared with last Thursday. Generally the market was firm…

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Wheat Commission's Final Report Canberra

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 6

Now preparing its final report to the Government, the Royal Commission on wheat, which was appointed by the Commonwealth in 1834, has cost nearly…

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Wheat Values Lower International Situation SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

Values for wheat are lower, and the international markets are inactive, according to the weekly report of the Lindley Walker Wheat Co. Ltd…

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Figures Tell Story Increasing Butter Exports Reply to Hartigan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

Figures relating to the statement of the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. T. J. Hartigan) in Newcastle yesterday, that…

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Good Clearances Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day, a good selection, comprising 12,986 bales, was offered. Sales at auction totalled 11,836 bales, while an additional 834 bales were disposed of…

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Sheep at Sale Yards Special By-law Introduced SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 9

A special by-law, which provides that sheep must not be removed from pens without permission of the agent, was brought into operation at Homebush…

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Butter Freights to Newcastle Attitude of North Coast Companies Dorrigo

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 6

Following the Railway Department's refusal to revise the freight rates for butter from the North Coast to Newcastle, on the grounds that there is no…

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Dairy Farmer Claims £100 Alleges Loss of Feed Through Fire

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 6

Claiming £100 damages, at Newcastle District Court to-day, Henry William Searles and Herbert Frank Searles, graziers,…

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Germany Willing Take Australian Wool Barter Deal Urged London, February 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 8

The Berlin representative of the Australian Associated Press interviewed Herr Hermann Rausch, who negotiated the barter deal between Germany and South…

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Keen Demand for Yass Wool Bradford Operator Pays Up to 29¼d SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1936 · page 5

At the Sydney wool sales today, a French operator paid 25½d for five bales of a superior quality from the Yass area. It was of good coloring and…

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Fully Firm Sydney Wool Quotations SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 5

A selection of 10,723 bales was offered at auction at the wool sales to-day. Of these 10,243 were disposed of, while an additional 704 bales were sold privately…

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On the Wane Black Sheep Few at Sale Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 6

Moralists will be happy to know that the percentage of really black sheep in the community is becoming less…

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COST £35,000 Flour, Wheat, Bread Inquiry Royal Commission's Work Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 5

The investigation by Royal Commission into Australia's flour, wheat, and bread industries will probably cost the Federal Government at least £35,000 before the…

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Butter Exports From North "Only One Port" "Newcastle Better Than Sydney" Same Facilities Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

"The figures published in yesterday's "Newcastle Sun" of the astonishing growth of butter exports is a clear…

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Ships for Wheat Fleet on Way to Sydney 19 This Month Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 7

Tramp steamers from most parts of the world are now heading for Sydney to carry away full cargoes of wheat…

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Farmers' Claim Grass Damaged by Fire District Court Action

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1936 · page 2

Before Judge Nield, in the Newcastle District Court, yesterday. Henry William Searles and Herbert Frank Searles, of Roworth, farmers and graziers, claimed…

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