Wounding of Detectives Farmer Charged With Shooting
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Detective-Sergeant Martin Purcell alleged in the Police Court to-day that Frank Bach, jun., 29, a farmer, had threatened to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1941
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 20
Wool Dyes Run Short Sydney
"Elephants breath and Mosquito grey will have to go by the board in war-time," said one of Australia's largest manufacturers of knitting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Wool for Japan Matter for Britain, Says Sir Earle Page
CANBERRA Thursday.—The question of supplying Japan with increased quantities of wool was not one for direct negotiation between Australia and Japan,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Big Reduction in Herds of British Cattle London
Britain's beef and dairy herds will be reduced before the autumn by 300,000 animals. Formers will be asked to reduce their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Minister to Inquire Wool Carting Contract to Sydney Firm
The Minister for Transport (Mr. M. O'Sullivan) told a deputation from Newcastle Master Carriers Association in Sydney yesterday that he would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Labour Shortage
LISMORE, Tuesday.—The shortage of farm labour is so acute on the North Coast that the North Coast National Show Society has been forced to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Hitler Forcing Crisis with Russia 100 Divisions Massed Invasion Threat May Be Only Bluff Nazis in Dire Need of Oil and Ukraine Wheat London
From almost all Europe comes mounting evidence suggesting that Hitler is deliberately forcing relations with the Soviet to a crisis. Lining the Soviet frontier, from the Baltic to the Black…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sheds at Honeysuckle Railway Plan Outlined
A plan is being developed by the Railway Department to provide sheds for the handling of wool in the Newcastle area. The sheds will be on harbour side…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Nazi Attempts to Fire Harvest British Farmers Warned
LONDON, June 17. A.A.P.—Warning farmers to prepare for enemy attempts to set fire to the harvest the Ministry for Agriculture advises against…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District Court Dispute Between Share Farmers
A sharefarming agreement entered into in 1926 for the running of a farm known as Waverley at Bolwarra, together with a milk run, formed the basis of cross claims at the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Near East's Farmers and Builders New York, May 16
War in the Near East has interrupted the plans of Harvard archaeologists to discover more about people who lived about 6000 years…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Wool Store
Men at work on a new wool store in Wharf-road, Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Guards Needed to Watch British Crops London
A compulsory order for the immediate formation of village fire-watching squads is urged by the "Dally Mall" in a leading article…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Party in Wool Store for Red Cross
Pitt Son and Badgery's new wool store in Darby Street was an ideal setting for a beer and sausage party, arranged by the Newcastle Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Menzies Sees Cause for Optimism British Blockade Telling; Hitler Wants Wheat and Oil
CANBERRA, Sunday.—"This is a most sensational piece of news," said the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) to-night. "Provided Russia is prepared to fight the aggressor, I see in this new development real cause for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Saw His Wife in Burning House
PERTH, Sunday.—When Harold H[?]llyburton, farmer of Narembee[?]was working in a paddock, he saw his homestead ablaze. Rushing home, he saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Assist Export of Dairy Produce
CANBERRA, Sunday.—Plans for assisting the export of dairy produce in forms which will take least space, such as dried eggs and dried and condensed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Army to Farm Land London, May 17
Mr. Thomas Atkins is going on the eland—all the land that the Army can turn over to food-growing. A War Office committee has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bauxite Found on Farm Property Sydney
Specimens of bauxite, which have assayed up to 57.5 Der cent, alumina (oxide of aluminium), have been found on the property of Mr. G. C…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Feeding Rats on Wool
A meal of sheep's wool is not an improbability for the future, in view of scientific discoveries reported to the…
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