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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

1,575 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 79

Market Firm Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 6

The Sydney wool sales were continued to-day, when a good selection, comprising 9951 bales, was offered. Sales at auction totalled 8203 bales, and an additional 1466…

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Use More Wool Demonstration at Tyrrell Hall

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 3

The President of the Hunter River Group of the Country Women's Association (Mrs. J. Davies, O.B.E.) will arrive in Newcastle this morning and will spend…

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Terrible Injuries to Farmhand Appalling Experience After Accident Parkes

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 7

Terrible injuries were suffered by James Yorston, a farm laborer employed on Judson's property at Bogan Gate, when he fell under a cultivator…

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Butter Equalisation Price Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

The final equalisation price for butter for Noverther was 132/3 a cwt., the Commonwealth Equalisation Committee announced to-day…

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N.Z. Butter for Germany Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 11

An announcement that an arrangement had been made with Germany whereby that country will take 500 tons of butter for December. January and February, the…

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Nenco Wool Sale Eighth Offering of Season

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 10

Bradford, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium were represented by buyers at the eighth wool sale of the season, held by Nenco…

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Minimum Reserve Wool Price Fixing Move MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

Proposals to fix the minimum reserve price for wool in future seasons were submitted by Mr. E. Nock, M.H.R., at a special meeting of the Australian…

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Australian Wheat Extensive Business in Britain LONDON, February 16

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 11

The extensive business being done in Australian wheat which is now being offered at lower prices, leads the trade to estimate that the proportion of Australian…

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£8,000,000 FALL Australia's Wool Cheque Effect of Overseas Unrest Canberra

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

Owing to uncertainty regarding prices, the unsettled political situation overseas, and the use of wool substitutes, Australia's wool cheque for the first seven months…

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Use of Wool Stimulating Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 12

An interesting display at the Country, Women's Association handicrafts exhibition in Tyrrell Hall is designed to stimulate interest in the "Use More…

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Damaged Butter 959 Boxes in London Flooding MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

The amount of butter affected by the flooding of Hay's wharf referred to in the Dairy Produce Board's report yesterday, has been estimated at 225 boxes sent…

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Market Firm Wool Sales in Sydney SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

Of the 11,457 bales offered at the wool sales to-day 9590 were sold at auction and 721 were disposed of by private treaty…

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Wool Sales Competition Keen, But Intermittent Quality Only Average

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

The eight Newcastle wool sale of the season was held yesterday, when the New England, North and North-west Producers' Co. Ltd. submitted a catalogue…

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Junior Farmers Field Day at Morpeth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 23

Wallsend Junior Farmers held their annual field day and picnic at Morpeth, where members spent an enjoyable and educational time. Through the courtesy…

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Below Estimate N.Z. Dairy Industry Deficit Wellington (N.z.)

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 4

The Minister for Finance (Mr. Nash) announced to-day that the deficit in the dairy industry account, after the first year's working of the guaranteed price,…

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Debts Adjustment Farmers' Relief Act

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 24

By a recent amendment of the Farmers' Relief Act, the period for receipt of applications for stay orders from farmers who want to avail themselves of the…

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Wool Promotion Committee Organisation Set Up in London Paris

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 1

The International Wool Textile Organisation has decided to establish an International Coordinating Committee for Wool Promotion…

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The Farmer's Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 10

A Lower Hunter farmer who visited Newcastle yesterday complained that he and his neighbours were going from "daylight to dark" to keep up with their…

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Grub in Lucerne Hunter Farmers Perturbed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 13

Perturbed at the appearance of a small grub which is attacking lucerne it Largs, Wallalong and Lochinvar, a number of farmers recently made a request that Mr…

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Manning River Dairying Taree

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 8

Manning River Cooperative Dairy Society paid 781 suppliers in January 10¾d per lb. for choicest, 9¾d per lb. for second-class and 1/0¼ per lb. for commercial…

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