Wool Council Plan to Help Industry in Queensland BRISBANE
The Queensland Government is considering the appointment of a wool council to act in on advisory capacity, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. F. W…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1938
1,575 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 79
Light for Farms Northern Electricity Plan GRAFTON
The Minister for Works and Local Government (Mr. E. S. Spooner) has informed the Minister for Mines and Forests (Mr. R. S. Vincent) that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Limited Migration Farm Labourers and Domestics Federal Cabinet to Consider Melbourne
While no scheme for mass migration has been suggested, a plan for limited acceptance of British assisted Migrants will be considered at the next meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farm Workers Shortage in Germany Italians and Poles to Fill Places London, January 10
Under an agreement between Germany and Italy, 30,000 Italian farm workers will arrive shortly under an eight-months contract, says the Munich correspondent of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Western Farmers' Appeal "On the Verge of Starvation" Sydney
To a deputation of south-western farmers who to-day told the Premier that many in their area were on the verge of starvation. Mr. Stevens…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Butter for Export Sydney
In the week ended January 8. Commonwealth graders examined for export the following quantities of butter—Sydney 20,484 boxes salted 396 unsalted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany Best Buyer Brisbane Wool Sales BRISBANE
The wool sales were continued to-day with a selection of 10,509 bales. The selection was average. Keen competition prevailed throughout. Germany was the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Freights Australian Fares Well Shipowners Surprised London, January 11
The City editor of "The Times" says that within a week the premium over the minimum for wheat freights from Australia has risen by 2/ to 7/ a ton…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Nearly Starving Farmers in South-west Plea for Assistance Government Action Expected SYDNEY
Many farmers in the south-west of the State are on the verge of starvation, according to members of a deputation which saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →£25,000 to Help Farmers Buy Fodder and Seed; No Acreage Bounty Sydney
The Premier (Mr. Stevens) told a farmers' deputation from the south-west portion of the State to-day that £25,000 would be granted immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cattle Discase Declining
London, January 11.—The foot and mouth discuse to declining in Belgium reports the Brussels correspondent of "The Times" The improvement is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Record Production Gloucester Butter Factory GLOUCESTER
Eclipsing the figures for November, when a record was established for the Gloucester Butter Factory, production figures and the amount distributed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rates Unchanged Wool Sales in Brisbane BRISBANE
The wool sales were continued to-day when 11,693 bales were offered. The selection was an average one. Continental operators, particularly from France and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →No Wool Jugglery Indignation in Bradford London
Australian allegations that Bradford engineered an artificial situation by which wool prices were forced down will…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wheat in Demand Overseas Sales Are Brisk Sydney
Australian wheat cargoes at present are dominating the world market. For the past week, sales have been particularly brisk and yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Australian Wheat More Sales to Europe LONDON, January 11
Six more vessels have been chartered to load Australian wheat for Europe at freight rates of 7/ to 7/6 a ton, says the City Editor of "The Times."…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bar Beach to Be Remodelled Cathay Visits Newcastle Better Approach to Beach Taking Cargo of Butter to U.k
The bad approaches to Bar Beach, which at present mar a popular surfing beach, will be given attention when the comprehensive remodelling scheme at The P. and O. Royal Mall steamer Cathay (15,225 tons) arrived at Newcastle from Brisbane this morning on its first visit to the port. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cargo of Butter
The P. and O. Royal mail steamer Cathay, of 15,225 tons, called at Newcastle yesterday and shipped more than 5000 boxes of butter for the Untied…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Increased Wheat Acreage Canberra
The final estimate of the area sown with wheat in Australia for the 1937-38 season is 13,748,000 acres, an increase of 1,453,000 acres or 11 per cent. on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Japanese Wool Problem Tokio
Mr. Kodama, chairman of the Federation of the Wool Textile Association, says in an article in the Osaka "Mainichi," that he expects the State…
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