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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

1,722 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 87

Difficult Time Poultry Farmers Seek Bounty SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 6

A deputation from the Australian Egg Producers' Council waited on the Assistant Minister for Commerce (Mr. H. V. C. Thorby) yesterday and brought…

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Case of Anthrax Wool Worker Victim HOBART

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 8

A case of anthrax in a man was reported in Hobart to-day, and the Department of Health is taking precautions to prevent the disease from…

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Irregular Market Wool Sales at Sydney SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 4

Further irregularity was noticeable at the wool sales to-day when a good selection, comprising 13,598 bales, was submitted. At auction 10,360 bales were…

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Dr. Page Confident Success of Referendums "Issues Very Clear" Protect Farmer from Unfair Competition ARMIDALE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 9

Confidence that the referendums would be carried was expressed by the Minister for Commerce (Dr. Earle Page) in a speech at Armidale to-day…

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Shot on Farm Armed Search in Bush for Man Melbourne

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 7

Mrs. John Reynolds, a young married woman living with her husband on a dairy farm some miles out of…

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Local Wool Sale To-morrow

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

At the seventh wool sale of the season in Newcastle to-morrow, Nenco will, submit a catalogue of 1675 bales drawn from the Northern Tablelands,…

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"Three Days Sickness" Epidemic Among Cattle Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

Sweeping down from Queensland, a disease known as three day sickness, has attacked cattle in widely separated parts of…

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Canadian Wheat Britain Stops Shipments OTTAWA, January 25

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 8

It is announced that the British Government has halted the shipment to the United Kingdom, tinder the 6 cent wheat preference regulation, of Canadian…

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Market Firm Wool Sales in Sydney SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

At the wool sales to-day a good selection, comprising 12,405 bales, was submitted at auction. Sales at auction totalled 11,090 bales, while an additional 1279 bales…

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Buyers From All Sections Good Wool Sales Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 6

Keen competition from all sections of buyers was a feature of to-day's wool sales. Japanese Buyers bid freely for…

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Dairy Industry International Show in Berlin Advertising Milk Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

Having as its object a demonstration of the state of the dairy industry in various countries of the world, an international dairy exposition will be held in…

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Missed by Police Victorian Farmer Drove By Mine Tragedy Echo Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 7

An amazing story was told to-day by Mr. P. A. Greenaway, farmer, of Rushworth, who was sought by the police of all States for a week for information…

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Manning River Dairying Taree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

The Manning River Cooperative Dairy Society paid 622 suppliers 10¼d a lb for choicest, and 9¼d a lb for second-class butter during December, the turnover…

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Woman Shot On Victorian Farm Police Hunt for Man Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 8

While milking cons on her husband's property, between Nilma and Darnum, this morning, Mrs. John Reynolds, 24, was wounded in the elbow and thigh by…

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West Maitland Dairy Yards

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 6

West Maitland Council is to proceed with the proposal for the construction of dairy yards and a selling ring on the Bonar Street section of…

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Prices Maintained Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 6

Of the 12,918 bales submitted at auction at the wool sales to-day 10,930 bales were sold. An additional 1700 bales were disposed of by private treaty. The…

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From Scotland Valuable Cattle Arrive U.S. Consignment To-morrow Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 7

Forty-eight head of cattle valued at £20,000 arrived in Sydney from Scotland to-day. They were in splendid condition when they landed…

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Dawn Arrest Victorian Farm Shooting Attempted Murder Charge Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 10

At dawn this morning police arrested a man suspected of having shot Mrs. John Reynolds at her husband's farm at Nilma North yesterday…

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Butter and Water

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 6

The water restrictions and socialised butter are still with us, but our sufferings under each disability are not quite so acute as they were. The water ban, for…

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Butter and Cheese Prices Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 8

The Equalisation Committee Ltd. announced to-day that its estimate of the equalisat ion price for commercial butter for January was 11.7d per lb. The estimated price for cheese…

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