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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Sheep Diseases Research Allotment of £22,000 for Experiments Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 6

The Australian Wool Board will allocate about £22,000 for veterinary and stock disease research during the year…

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Good Competition End of Season Wool Sale Bradford and Continent Active

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

An almost complete clearance of 1568 bales, including a few attractive autumn shorn clips, but comprising mostly crutchings, lambs, and locks, was effected at…

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Aberglasslyn Collapsed and Died on Farm

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

Patrick David Cleary, 81, a farmer, of Abarglasslyn, collapsed while working on his farm late yesterday afternoon. Maitland Ambulance was called, but a…

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Warwick Farm Double

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

Bonnie Legion, Moonray and High Speech were in demand with fancied candidates for the April Handicap when doubles operations…

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Wool Research Stations in Queensland BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 15

The Minister for Agriculture and Stock (Mr. F. W. Bulcock) stated to-day that while it had been decided to have a wool research station at…

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Record for Season Export Butter Trade New Zealand Star's Cargo

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

The Blue Star freighter, New Zealand Star, due at Newcastle this morning, will take from Newcastle 7312 boxes of butter. It will, be the biggest single…

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Butter Production Decline in Most States Continental Market Steady Melbourne

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

In all States excepting New South Wales, butter production is declining. Light fronts on the Darling Downs, and grass running to need, are causing…

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Wheat Yield 54,837,000 Bushels in New South Wales Expectations Exceeded Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 12

The New South Wales wheat yield for the current season has been estimated by the Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites) as 18,279,000 bags, equivalent on…

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Friendly Rivalry in Butter Ten Pleas Daily for Divorce Denmark's Premier on Australia London, Friday. New State Records Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 1

"I have an uncle in Victoria, also named Stauning, and I should be pleased to visit Australia if I could find the time," said the Premier of This year is expected to be a record for the number of divorce petitions filed in New South Wales. Already the Divorce Office has had…

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Form and Prospects for Warwick Farm Likely Winners Bonnie Legion: Autoland Good Form at Randwick Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 18

Bonnie Legion and Autoland, who ran good races at Randwick during the recent carnival, should show to sufficient advantage at Warwick Farm on Saturday to appropriate the two chief events of the day—the Denham Court Handicap and the…

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Farmer Freed Charged with Murder of Wife BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 12

After a retirement of nearly 6½ hours, the Jury returned a verdict of Not guilty in the cane in which Wilhelm Frederic Brauer, 54, a farmer, was charged in the…

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Domestic Help on Farms Problem of Meeting Shortage Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

Wives of well-to-do graziers and farmers have had to do all their own homework, scrub floors, cook the dinners, do the laundry, and look…

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Sequel to Wool Store Fire Goldsbrough Mort's Litigation Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 5

In the High Court today, Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd. was granted special leave to appeal from a judgment of the State Full Court…

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Trip to London Victorian Young Farmer Selected MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 8

A special committe of the Royal Agricultural Society met yesterday morning to interview the six final aspirants for selection as the young farmer to be sent…

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Warwick Farm Two Good Efforts Goorka and Kinsfolk Win Mohican Narrowly Defeated Sydney

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

Goorka was responsible for a particularly good performance to win the Denham Court Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday. He improved considerably upon his two recent Randwick efforts, but on those occasions he was ridden up among the…

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Cattle Stealing Suspected Reports to Police From Farley

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 7

The disappearance of cattle in the Farley district in the last few days is engaging the attention of the Newcastle police, who believe they have…

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"Definite Pause." World Wheat Position SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

Commenting on the position of the world's wheat markets, the Lindley Walker Wheat Company Ltd. says satistically wheat is in a strong position. The…

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Hardening Tendency Sydney Wool Markets SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

Although the top price paid to-day did not exceed the best figures of last week the wool market, according to the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association, was…

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Successful Wool Season In N. Z. AUCKLAND

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 6

A great finish to a great season has been recorded for New Zealand: wool. Prices showed an advance of more than 4d a lb. compared with last…

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Grafton Meat Works Dairy Company to Control GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

A mass meeting of shareholders of Grafton Cooperative Dairy Company Ltd. to-day carried a resolution by a three to one majority, authorising the Board of…

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