Butter Production Down at Dungog Dungog
The report for May for Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory Ltd. discloses a big falling off in production compared with the same month last year. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
861 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 44
England's Sheep on the Move London, June 8 (Air Mail)
Thousands of sheep have been "evacuated" from pastures near the South-east Coast of England to inland farms, in case of air raids…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Queensland Girls Train As Farmers Brisbane
Queensland's first women's land force plan has been initiated by the Women's auxiliary Transport Service. It is designed to train women for station and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ploughing All Hours Busy British Farmers LONDON, May 5
Ploughmen are plodding homewards in the early morning in Britain these days from fields which have been derelict for 2[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crops Will Be Poor in Europe London
News of great military importance is becoming available concerning European crop prospects. A sharp restriction of production is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brisk Tone at Sheep Sales Sydney
Highest price at the Merino stud sheep sale at Sydney to-day was paid by Colonel Rutledge, of Bungendore, who bought a stud ram for [?]30 guineas from Messrs, H. E. Kater and Son…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mayor Wants More Port Improvements To Handle Wool Export Scheme
The Mayor (Alderman J. E. Wiggins) wants urgent improvements made to the Newcastle waterfront to cope with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Young Women Study Farming Junee
Twelve young women arrived in Junee to-day to study farming methods on "Blilabong," the property of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. C. Beveridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Morpeth Butter Factory
Mr. S. Parish, who is retiring from the directorate of the Bowthorne Cooperative Butter Factory, has indicated that he does not intend to seek re-election…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Not Affected Export of Newcastle Butter
The export of butter from Newcastle has not been affected by the war. The Manager of the Hexham factory of the Raymond Terrace Cooperative…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lower Prices at Sheep Sales Sydney
At Sydney stud sheep sales to-day, rains from the Haddon Rig Stud realised a total of 3595 guineas. The best price otherwise was 500 guineas,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →OVER £110,000 SPENT Model Butter Factory at Hexham
More than £110,000 has been spent on the model butter factory at Hexham. This figure will be increased with the work now in hand, making the factory one…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Mayor to Approach Mr. Martin More Money for Wool Handling
The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) said to-day that he intended to call a meeting to arrange a deputation to interview the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Markets Lost Melbourne
According to the Minister for Commerce (Mr. A. G. Cameron), overseas markets which took 42.5 per cent, of Australia’s exportable wool clip in 1938-39…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Better Facilities Sought Handling of Newcastle Wool
The Mayor (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) may convene a meeting to arrange a deputation to the Minister for Local Government (Mr. L. O. Martin) concerning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japan Could Buy More Wool Sydney
Australians should not worry about the contraction of wool markets in Europe, an executive member of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce said in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Unclean Dairying Premises
Prosecuted by William Victor Crothers, on behalf of the Milk Board, George Philip Wright, of Myall-road, Cardiff South, pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having failed to keep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Weak Bidding at Sheep Sales Sydney
Bidding was very weak at the final day of the sheep sales at the Showground to-day. Many pens were passed in at well below the figures expected. Highest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Extra Money for Wool Appraisement
If suitable arrangements can be made, the Mayor of Newcastle (Ald. J. E. Wiggins) will lead a deputation to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle Red Cross Wool for Knitters
To meet the many demands for wool, the Newcastle Red Cross Society, at its weekly meeting, appointed Mesdames Hughes and O. Gavey to staff the depot…
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