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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

1,575 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 79

Farmers to Confer Meetings in Show Week

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 11

A feature of the Anniversary celebrations of particular interest to visitors to the Newcastle Show will be the…

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Maitland and District East Maitland More Stock Sold Fewer Sheep Yarded at Saleyards Many More Store Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 11

All classes of stock yarded at the Maitland Saleyards during 1937, with the exception of sheep, showed substantial increases when compared with the sales…

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Top Price 24d Newcastle Wool Sales Attractive Selection

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

The sixth 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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Silos Full Surplus of Wheat at Newcastle No Ships Chartered

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 8

The Newcastle terminal wheat elevator, is fill, Consignments have been arriving regularly from country areas until all the bins at the silos have been filled…

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Wool From Yass Season's Record Price in Sydney Yorkshire Pays 29d SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 6

The Sydney season's record price of 20d was realised at the wool sales to-day when a Yorkshire operator paid that sum for five bales of superfine merino…

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Attacked by Bull Farm Hand Recovering BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 11

As Joseph Radke; 80, employed by C Ardrey, a dairyman of Eumundi, walked post a Jersey bull in the milking yard of his employer last night, the animal…

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Police and Dairy Inspectors

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 January 1938 · page 8

The Secretary of the Police Association of New South Wales (Mr. C. J. Cosgrove), who has completed a 2000-mile tour of the country districts, said in Sydney…

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Reforms Sought for Pastoral Industry Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 5

Many far-reaching reforms in the pastoral industry will be sought by delegates to the Australian Workers' Union convention when it meets in…

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Quiet and Firm London Butter Market N.S.W. Production Maintained Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

While Queensland and Tasmania report steadily increasing butter production, and Victoria and Western Australia report steadily decreasing production. South…

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More Wool Held Effect of Falling Market £21,028,121 in Half Year Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 14

The unwillingness of pastoralists to meet the falling wood market in recent months raised the quantity of wool awaiting sale at the end of the year to 1,312,283 bales,…

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Trade and Finance Market Review Steady After-holiday Trading Chaff Supply Short Green Vegetables in Demand Farm Produce

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 6

Steady trading continued in the Newcastle form produce market. There was good inquiry for most lines offered, and the market for green wheaten chaff tended to harden…

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Migration Plans Shortage of Farm Hands Lonwon

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 8 January 1938 · page 7

Britain is most anxious to cooperate in promoting migration to Australia, and the Government is working out plans to that end…

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Wheat Price Up Britain's Big Purchases MELBOURNE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 4

The sudden demand by Britain for wheat in the past two days has resulted in the price being increased up to 2d per bushel…

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Pastoral Workers Resolutions for Convention 40 Hours and Higher Wages Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 8

Requests for increased rates of payments in the pastoral industry are included in the motions which will be considered by delegates to the…

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Disappointing Wool Prices Advice to Sellers From Bradford London

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 7

Wool, as an exception among commodities, has been disappointing. Lower prices alter the reopening of the Australian sales has checked new…

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Fall in Values Hobart Wool Sales Competition Satisfactory Hobart

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 3

Compared with the closing rates on the mainland in December the market for the wool at annual Hobart sales yesterday depreciated by 5 per cent. for good…

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Butter Exports

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 2

During the week ended January 8 Commonwealth butter-graders examined for export 9418 boxes at Newcastle. Butter exported for the week totalled…

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Catle Firm Sheep Dearer at Maitland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

"Although there was a large yarding of 923 in the fat cattle section and 120 in the cracker section at the Maitland sale yards yesterday competition was brisk and the market was firm…

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Keen Competition Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 4

The fourth series of wool sales opened to-day with a selection of 13,472 bales The selection was a good to average one Competition was keen. Germany and…

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Newcastle Wheat Silos Full "The Position Should Adjust Itself"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1938 · page 1

Though the Newcastle wheat silos are full and local shipping agents have no definite information of shipments the opinion is held in well-advised…

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