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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 30 of 87

Season Ends Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 10

The Sydney wool selling season terminated to-day with the market still firm. Of 14,038 bales offered, 11,670 were sold at auction, while 2138 bales were disposed…

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Butter-box Pine New Zealand's Restricted Exports Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 14

Commenting to-day upon the Sydney protest against restriction of the export of Now Zealand white pine timber for butter-boxes, the Commissioner of State…

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Butter Market Prices for Next Week MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 8

The Australian Dairy Produce Board announced to-day that prices for the period from April 24 to April 30 would be—C.i.e.f., choicest salted 105/. unsalted…

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Maitland and District West Maitland Saw Dairy Farms South Australians Visit Hunter District Report for Government

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 13

Accompanied by the Director of Dairying in New South Wales (Mr. L. T. MacInnes) and the Senior Dairy Inspector for the district (Mr. H. P. T. Chapman), a…

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Valuable Work of Farm School "Training Citizens of Empire" London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 1

At the festival service in connection with the Fairbridge Farm schools. Sir Arnold Wilson. M.P., eulogised the school's valuable work in training…

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Cattle Drovers Attacked By Blacks A Century Ago Dangers of Droving to South Australia Five Blacks Shot, Cattle Speared

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 7

Well nigh a century ago, before railways had been spread over the continent, to drive huge mobs of cattle across country was full of high adventure. The following story of overlanding from New South…

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"Come and Get It" Attractive Frances Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 April 1937 · page 12

The life of a man whose determination to succeed conquers all other emotions until middle age is reached is bound to…

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Cattle Stealing Charge

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 7

William Anderson Lamb, alias William Jackson, of Onus-street. Telarah, was charged at West Maitland Police Court to-day that on October…

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Victorian Butter and Cheese Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 6

The Victorian section of the Equalisaton Committee has announced that the final equalisation price for cheese for January was 75-6d per lb. The local…

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Prices Higher Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 8

The seventh series of wool sales opened to-day, when 15,940 bales wore offered. The selection woo a good to overage one, drawn from all parts of the State…

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Fewer Sheep Serious Position in Month No Move to Re-stock Brisbane

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 6

At no period in their history have the North and North-west of Queensland been so depleted of sheep, according, to Mr. Fergus McMaster, a prominent pastoralist,…

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Dairy Board Election Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 8

Messrs. A. W. Wilson and A. H. Davies were to-day elected to the Australian Dairy Produce Board to represent the producers who supply the cooperative butter…

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Dairy Board Election Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

Although a poll for the election of the Australian Dairy Produce Board was held to-day no votes were counted in three of the States. This was due to the…

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Australian Farmers at Maisemore London

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 6

The Gridland family, whose name has been well known to Dominion breeders of beef cattle for three generations, welcomed the Australian…

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Waiwera's Big Butter Cargo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 6

Although the export season is waning, fairly large shipments of better are being taken from Newcastle. The latest was a consignment of 6448 boxes, taken by…

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Butter for Export SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 5

During the week ended April 24, the Commonwealth graders examined for export the following. Butter at Newcastle: 2759 boxes salted and 48…

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Wheat Market Dull in Sydney Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 2

Influenced by reports of a slightly stronger position in America, the Sydney wheat market to-day opened a shade firmer and with a healthier tone…

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Values Unchanged Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 4

Brisbane wool sales were continued to-day, when 15,848 bales were offered. The selection was average to good. The proportion of well-grown wools…

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Police Court Cattle Stealing Charge. (Before Mr. C. G. Carr-boyd, P.m.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 9

William Anderson Lamb, or William Jackson, of Onus-street, Telarah, was charged before the West Maitland Police Court yesterday with having on or about…

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Wheat Slumps Effect of Situation Overseas Operators Are Nervous Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 4

Following adverse reports from overseas markets, wheat slumped 2d a bushel in Syndney to-day, making a drop of 10d in the last fortnight. Merchants state…

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