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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 87

Spirited Bidding Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

There was further keen bidding at the wool sales to-day. French, Japanese, and Bradford operated most freely for choice lots. Germany also took part…

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Wool Sales To-day Record Clearance at Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 11

Top price of 25 1/2d and a record clearance were realised at the eighth wool sale of the season in Newcastle to-day…

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Big Wool Cheque Realisations in Nine Months MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 9

In the nine months ended March 31 wool sold in Australia realised £50,260,762, according to the monthly statement issued to-day by the wool selling brokers…

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Fabrics Are Beautiful C.w.a. All-wool Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 6

The most fascinating exhibit in the Country Women's Association's All-Wool Exhibition at David Jones' auditorium in Sydney, is a length of…

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Wheat Easier in Sydney Slight Drop in Prices Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 11

Reflecting conditions overseas where profit-taking by speculators adversely affected trading, quotations opened easier in the Sydney wheat market…

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Wool Industry Research into Problems Big Savings Expected Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 11

Intensive investigations into problems of the wool industry are to be made said the chief of the Division of Animal Health of the Council for Scientific and…

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Duties to Be Lifted Maize and Wheat for New Zealand Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

Owing to the shortage in New Zealand of maize and fowl wheat the Government has decided that the duty of 18d a cental on the whole of the maize under the…

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Of Interest to Women Knitting Craze "The Wool Goes Round And Round" Variety in Work

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 4

The theme song for the approaching winter seems to be "The Wool Goes Round and Round," to the…

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Junior Farmers' Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 8

At the first quarterly meeting of the central executive of the Primary Producers' Union, held in Sydney, consideration was given to a resolution from the…

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Dairy Produce Equalisation Scheme Support in Victoria Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 11

Representatives of the butter and cheese factories in Victoria to-day passed a resolution supporting the continuation of the Commonwealth dairy produce…

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Avoided by Ministers Poultry Farmers' Charges SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

Speakers at the annual conference of the Poultry Farmers' Association to-day alleged that Federal and State Ministers repeatedly had avoided meeting…

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Buy Meat Works Grafton Dairy Company's Move GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 10

One of the biggest deals in the meat trade for some time is ponding at Grafton The Grafton Cooperative Dairy Company Ltd. is negotiating for the purchase of…

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Wages Increased Northern Pastoral Award BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 13

By a reserved judgment of the Arbitration Court to-day shearers rates were increased from 36/ to 38/ per 100, while station hands rates were increased by 6/ a…

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Record for Season Butter Shipment To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 7

The Blue Star liner New Zealand Star is due at Newcastle to-morrow morning to load 7,312 boxes of butter for…

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Wool Pictures for Japanese Schools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 10

Japanese school pupils are to be instructed in the development of the Australian wool industry. The Australian Trade Commissioner in Japan…

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Greater Yield Victorian Wheat Harvest MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 12

The Victorian wheat harvest for 1936-37 was 42,844,810 bushels, which is 5,292,754 bushels greater than last year, according to statistics released by the…

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Wheat Market Easier in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

Quotations in the Sydney wheat market dropped a halfpenny a hushel to-day on receipt of private advices of an easier tone overseas, where…

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The "Useful" Frock Dark Wool for Winter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 18

A stand-by in any wardrobe in winter is the dark woollen day dress, which has so many uses that once it becomes part of the wardrobu it is the handiest frock…

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Rates Maintained Sydney Wool Market SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 15

Prices at the wool sales today were well maintained, under good general competition Prices for the best descriptions were equal to the highest point of the…

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Dairy Farmers Angry Expel Factory Strikers New York, April 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 12

Farmers who supplied milk to a chocolate factory at Hershey (Penn,) expelled "stay-in" strikers with sticks and clubs. The farmers, whose market for 800,000…

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