Newcastle Wool Sales Top Price Was 19¾d
The New England, North and North west Producers' Company Ltd. (Nenco) yesterday submitted a catalogue of 3037 bales, at the seventh sale of the season…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1939
1,421 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 72
Vessels May Load Wheat Local Shippers Hopeful Elevator Now Full
Four vessels chartered to load oversea consignments of wheat at Australian ports may take grain at Newcastle shortly. The Tremoda (4736 tons) has been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Help Farmers Sydney Talks Praised in Commons "Empire As a Working Partnership" London, February 2
Many references were made to the Empire Producers' Conference in Sydney, in the course of a debate in the House of Commons to-day on agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Mother Earth" Farmer's Essay Wins Scholarship Three Years at Hawkesbury Sydney
Clifford Emery, 20, of Gerringong, has won a three-year scholarship at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College for an essay on "Mother Earth." The…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Shock for British Farmers Dominion Meat in England London
The refusal of Australia and New Zealand to restrict their mutton and lamb exports came as an acute disappointment to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Silo Wheat Tenders Sydney
Five firms have successfully tendered for portions of the 1,250,000 bushels of old wheat which still remains in the terminal elevators. In…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Firm, But Quiet London Butter Market MELBOURNE
After widespread activity on the previous day, the London butter market on February 2 was firm, but quiet, at the advanced price of 121/ for unsalted…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Wool Price Averages Sydney
The average price of greasy merino wool sold in Sydney this week was £12/16/8 per bale and 10.5d per lb…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Meat Exports Dominions' Refusal to Restrict British Farmers Shocked London, February 2
The refusal of Australia and New Zealand to restrict their mutton and lamb exports has caused acute disappointment to British farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Young Woman Murdered Brutal Attack Brother Was Found Unconscious On Lonely Farm TENTERFIELD
Clad in a blood-stained nightdress and dressing gown, Miss Constance Sommerlad, a member of a well-known Tenterfield family, Was found murdered early to-day in a farmhouse, about 4 miles from the township…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Women As "Saviors of Wool" Sydney
Women are hailed as saviors of the wool industry by Sydney traders who know just how they buy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Value of Wool Displays at Royal Show SYDNEY
The superiority of wool over artificial textiles will be demonstrated by the Royal Agricultural Society at the Easter Show. The Assistant Secretary (Mr. Skidmore)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenterfield Farm Murder Woman Battered Brother Critical Man Charged with Stealing Truck Tenterfield
Miss Constance Sommerlad, 38, niece of Mr. E. C. Somerlad, M.L.C., was murdered on a farm four miles from Tenterfield…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Henneberry to Fight "Red" Farmer Sydney
Fred Henneberry's manager (Mr. Stan Sheldon) to-day signed articles for Henneberry to fight the Californian middleweight "Red" Farmer 61b., "give or take a pound" at noon on the day of the fight under a forfeit of £75. This will be Farmer's first…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Strong Demand Improved Sydney Wool Market SYDNEY
An average to good selection, comprising 10,932 bales, was submitted at the wool sales to-day. At auction 10,254 bales were sold and 404 bales were disposed of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Expand Production North China's Wheat Output TOKIO, February 6
The Minister of Finance (Mr. S. Ikeda) told the Diet that plans were progressing to greatly expand the wheat production of Manchukuo and North China…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unshrinkable Wool New Method of Production LONDON, February 6
A new method of producing non-shrinkable wool by using "enzymes"—completed substances in living cells—is disclosed in a report by the Department of Scientific…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Henneberry Meets Farmer Sydney
Articles were signed to-day for a fight between Fred Henneberry and the Californian middleweight, "Red" Farmer. The bout will be held at the Sports Arena…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Fuel From Coal or Crops Sydney
A telegram urging the Federal Cabinet to provide for the manufacture of motor fuel from coal, and from crops…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmer's Boy Rose to Indian Throne and £2,000,000 Income Bombay
A farmer's boy by birth, the Gaekwar of Baroda, one of India's proudest and richest rulers, died to-day at the age of 85. Lifted from the squalor of Indian…
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