Argentine Wool for Japan Tokio
The Japanese radio news stated today that Japan was ordering Argentine wool to the value of 1,000,000 yen (about £72,500 Australian)…
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Farming & the land, 1940
861 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 35 of 44
Financial Help for Farmers Sydney
Financial help for primary producers in New South Wales will be discussed with the Federal Minister for Commerce, Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers Advised to Curtail Wheat Acreage Sydney
Farmers in New South Wales have been advised by the Advisory Council of the Agricultural Bureau to curtail acreages sown in wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool-Stacking Machine
A number of mechanical labor-saving devices at the new wool store of Pill, Son and Badgery provide the facilities for a speedy handling of bales and reduce manual labor to a minimum. The photo graph shows one of the electrical machines for stacking wool for storage on a floor of the building, which is constructed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Storage Under Modern Conditions
Portion of the wool stored at the new wool store just erected in Darby-street, Newcastle, for Pill, Son and Badgery, at a cost of £70,000. The building is of four storeys and embodies the latest in modern storage and handling facilities. A feature of the construction is the extensive use of glass in the outer walls and in the roof of the showroom on the top floor to provide a flood of natural lighting. Elevators and chutes in the building facilitate the moving of bales from floor to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Storage of Wool for Appraising
One of the main functions of the new wool store erected in Darby-street for Pitt, Son and Badgery will be the storing of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →6500 Bales to Be Offered Third Wool Appraisement
The third wool appraisement of the season at Newcastle will be concluded to-day, the Secretary of Newcastle Wool-Selling Broker's Association (Mr. J. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Wool Sidings in Use Next Monday Week
The Railway Department announced to-day that two new sidings for handling wool at Lee Wharf would be in use next Monday week…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Family with Noted Pioneer Record Pastoral and Business a C T I V I T I E S
The pastoral history of New South Wales is closely associated with the late Mr. George Matcham Pitt, father of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Modern Wool Store Opened To-day Pitt, Son And Newcastle In Newcastle premises
The largest wool store in the North was officially opened this afternoon by the Mayor of Greater Newcastle (Alderman J. E. Wiggins) in the presence of a large representative gathering of business and public organisations…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Equalised Butter Price
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee announced to-day that the estimated equalised price of butter for September was 144/3.81…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Store Opened
PITT, SON AND BADGERY'S wool store was officially opened yesterday by the Mayor (Ald. Wiggins). He is seen examining some of the wool stored there…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Progress on Wool Stores
Sixty men are at work on the excavations and foundations of the wool store, in Hannell-street, Maryville, for the Central Wool Committee. It will cost…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Selling Board of Advice
The personnel of the Newcastle Board of Advice on Wool Belling was announced by Mr. J. D. MacLeod, managing-director of Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Faith in Future of City Darby-street Wool Store Opened
THE WOOL STORE of Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd., in Darby and Parry Streets, erected at a cost of £70,000, was officially opened yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Cut Crops to Feed Stock Interstate Conference Plan
MELBOURNE, Friday.—An interstate conference convened by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Cameron) met to-day to discuss the season's wheat crop and other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain Helps Dairying
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Reports received by the Dairy Produce Board to-day on production prospects were—Queensland: Beneficial rains fell on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wallsend Junior Farmers Entertain Soldier
Private David Bennett, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bennett, of Wallsend, was entertained at Plattsburg District Rural School last night by members of Wallsend Junior…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Help for Wheat Growers Sydney
Since 1933, the New South Wales Government had made direct advances exceeding £3,000,000 to farmers, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pioneer of Wool-selling (To the Editor.)
Sir,—In reading the report of the opening of Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery's wool stores, in Darby-street, I was amazed at the apparent loss of…
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