Apple and Pear Crops Federal Control Begins To-day MELBOURNE
The Federal Government's plan to acquire the apple and pear crops would operate from to-morrow, said the Minister for Commerce (Senator G. McLeay)…
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Farming & the land, 1940
861 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 44
"Food Supplies Inadequate" Appeal to British Farmers LONDON, February 29
"We are not fully prepared, in my judgment, on at least one vital front—food supplies," said Mr. Lloyd George in a national defence address. Both he and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Strength of American Wheat Washington
Officials are puzzled at the Independent strength of American wheat In recent weeks, the price being 25 cents above the competitive basis for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.S. Wheat Puzzle Washington, March 1
Officials are puzzled at the independent strength of American wheat. In recent weeks it has been 25 cents a bushel above the competitive basis at Argentine,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threat to Australian Produce Rationing Affects Butter Market London
Following: the disclosure that Australia's wool trade may suffer as the result of British control of stocks, it is revealed that the market may also be seriously affected after the war. Not only is the British public becoming accustomed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Control Policy Bitter Controversy in Britain LONDON, March 1
Leaders of the British wool industry fully endorse the attack on the wool control policy by the Chairman of the Australian Wool Board (Sir Dalziel Kelly)…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →£500,000 Grant for States Help Transfer Wheat Growers MELBOURNE
The Commonwealth Government has approved a grant to New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and West Australia of £500,000 towards the cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Farm Youth Charged with Putting Rocks on Line Melbourne
Kevin Fanning, 19, farm labourer, of Bulla, who was alleged to have admitted to the police that the placed rocks on the railway line near Sydenham on…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Slight Decrease in Price Groceries, Meat, and Dairy Produce Control As Big Brake Sydney
According to a statement issued to-night by the Premier (Mr. A. Mair), based on a report by the Deputy Prices Commissioner (Mr. McCulloch), there had…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Europe's Big Crop of Armies Millions Now Under Arms LONDON
With the recent calling up of 200,000 men. the Rumanian Army now totals 1,600,000—the largest in Rumania's history. The…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wingham Butter-fat Test Wingham
In class 83 of the butter-fat test at Wingham Show, Mr. Syd. Smith's cow was first. In the 24 hours she produced 3.182lb of butter. Mr. A. E. Fowler's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Growers Criticise Federal Govt. Sydney
The Federal Government was criticised to-day at a meeting of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council for its secrecy on the sale of wool to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Big Wool Cheque for S.A. ADELAIDE
This year South Australia will receive its biggest wool cheque for six years, according to figures released yesterday by the Government Statistician…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Japanese Freighters to Lift 200,000 Tons of Australian Wheat Sydney
A small fleet of Japanese freighters has been placed in the Australian service to lift 200,000 tons of wheat, which Japan bought at the end of last year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Artificial Rise in Wool Australia Warned May Permanently Damage Industry (Australian Associated Press.) LONDON, March 3
Australian wool interests will be well advised to sound a warning against the artificial rise in prices, which may permanently damage the Empire's wool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Relief for Farmers Hit by Drought Muswellbrook
Settlers of Denman decided at a public meeting to seek Government help for those adversely affected by the drought. Mr. D'Arcy Rose, M.L.A., said the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Hold-Up In Wool
THERE is force in the statement of the Australian Wool Board's President, Sir Dalziel Kelly, that the policy of the British Wool Control Committee is "short-sighted and selfish." He declares that British wool control "is administered from Bradford and,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Ships to Take Wheat Sydney
Japanese freighters in Australia and others on the way are expected to carry away by the end of the month half the Australian wheat, totalling 200,000 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Maitland Record Butter Production Half-yearly Profit £2662
For the six months ended December 31, 1939, the Bowthorne Cooperative Butter Factory established a record for butter production. The output was 530 tons,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Increasing Wool Costs Growers Seek Automatic Price Adjustment Agreement with Britain Sydney
A resolution seeking the insertion in the terms of sale of the Australian wool clip to Britain a clause making for automatic adjustments in the event of wool…
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