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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

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Wool Price Averages Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

The average price of greasy wool at the Sydney wool sales this week established records for the season. the amounts being £24/3/1 a bale, and 19.7d a lb…

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Pastoral Outlook Natural Feed Assured Departmental Report Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 13

The review of the grass conditions and pastoral outlook for New South Wales at the end of 1936, issued today by the State Marketing Bureau, New South…

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In the Wheat Race Adelaide

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

Windjammers are now arriving at South Australian outports. The Finnish barque Pamer is the latest to appear. She will load at Port Lincoln, but…

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Three-day Fever Dr. Henry's Advice to Cattle Owners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

The Chief Veterinary, Surgeon of the Department of Agriculture (Dr. Max Henry) has advised the Maitland Pastures Board Inspector (Mr. E. A. Lucas) that…

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Wool with Sheen Is Sought Rivalry with Rayon Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 7

Jealousy between the Dominions was blamed by Mr. H. M. Christie, chairman of the Wool Publicity Committee of New Zealand, for lack of cooperation between…

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Australian Wool Big Shipment at Boston Domestic Supply Exhausted Boston, January 7

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 10

No fewer than 31,000 bales of wool, one of the largest shipments in the history of the port, arrived from Australia aboard the Thermopylae. The shipment amounts…

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Millions in Wool Improved Tone of Market Reflection in Brokers' Review Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

The improvement in the demand for wool in recent months is reflected in the half-yearly review of the market, issued to-day by the National Council of…

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Unregistered Dairyman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 7

Nelson Searles, Wallsend Racecourse, Wallsend, leaded "Not guilty" to two charges of having carried the business of a dairyman without registration…

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Gold Reef on a Farm Gems on Cornish Beaches

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

Gold in Wiltshire and precious stones on Cornish beaches offer alluring prospects ol wealth to be won at comparatively small cost…

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Branding Cattle

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 7

Francis Bush, of Vacy, was fined £1, with 8s costs, at West Maitland Police Court to-day, before Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, P.M., for having branded…

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Sheep Farming Policy of Japan "Progressive Increase" Tokio, January 10

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 6

It is announced that the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry this year intends to pursue energetically a project for sheep farming, with a progressive increase in…

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Wool Advance May Continue Overseas Commodity Markets London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

Commodities have been somewhat irregular during the week, but activity shows no signs of declining. Wheat is quieter and irregular, but…

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Fell From Aeroplane Farmer's Body Found Letter to Fiancee London, January 9

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 5

The body of Max Wenner, a Shrop[?]hire landowner, who disappeared from a Cologne-Brussels airliner on Monday, has been found, states the Brussels…

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Maitland Sales Cattle and Sheep Cheaper

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 4

About 900 cattle were yarded at the Maitland yards yesterday. Consignments included many medium to heavy weight bullocks and cows. The demand was not…

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Improve Efficiency Butter Factory Managers Federal Scheme Explained Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 10

Explaining the scheme recently inaugurated by the Federal Government for assisting the States to improve the efficiency of their butter factory managers,…

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Wheat From Battlefield Mont St. Quentin Memories Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 8

Ears of wheat grown on tho Mont St. Quentin battlefield have been received in Sydney as a memento of the services of…

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Prices Decline Cattle at Homebush Wethers and Ewes Cheaper Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 4

Lambs in the sheep section at Homebush to-day were unchanged in value, though they were in strong demand. Wethers and ewes were cheaper compared…

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Wool Conference Australia, N.Z., South Africa Begin on Wednesday Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 6

The Minister for Commerce (Dr. Earle Page) will leave Sydney for Melbourne to-morrow night for the dual purpose of attending the meeting of Federal Cabinet…

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Japan Chief Buyer Wool Sales in Brisbane Big Increase in Prices Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 8

Japan entered the Brisbane wool sales to-day for the first time since the trade dispute. Japan's competition was a feature of the sales, its representatives…

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Trapped by Snow Californian Sulphur Miners Fight to Save Citrus Crop Los Angeles, January 11

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 7

With damage to their crops-already estimated at £A125,000, Californian citrus growers continue the fight to save their £A25,000,000 fruit crop from destruction…

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