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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 20

Dairy Farms Now in Central London

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 5

LONDON, June 7 (Air Mall).—Cows are being milked within the sound— no they rang—of Bow Bells. Blitz or no blitz, two at least of the Central…

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Farmers Want More Petrol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 7

Primary producers should be encouraged to reach peak production, but under the present system production was being seriously decreased, it was stated at a…

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Farmers Protest Against Petrol Rationing

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 3

A certain amount of primary produce would be allowed to rot if some relief were not secured from the present effects of petrol rationing,…

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Record Wool Cheque

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Australia's wool cheque for the year ended June 30 was a record, but the average price of under 12d per lb paid by the British…

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London As Farm Centre: It Raises Good Crops

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.). The heart of London is getting from its own farms hundreds of tons of meat and…

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Dairymen "Shamefully Treated"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 5

Claiming that the dairy farmers are the only body of primary producers in New south Wales who have not been allowed an increased price for their commodity, the…

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Italian Farms Returned Men Want Confiscation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 3

Carrington sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League decided last night to ask the Minister for the Army (Mr. Spender) to prepare legislation to…

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Farmers Will Be Asked to Grow Vegetables

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 3

RICHMOND, Wednesday.—A campaign to encourage farmers in districts with substantial rainfall to grow vegetables in preference to other foods…

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Russians Will Not Leave Crops For Nazis

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.) Russian crops this season are expected to be the richest in Soviet history. Harvesting…

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Soviet's Crops Richest in History

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 3

LONDON. July 10. A.A.P.—It is officially stated that the Russian crops are expected to be the richest in the Soviet's history. Harvesting is going on at full…

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Russia's Bumper Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 1

LONDON. July 20. A.A.P.—The harvest is being feverishly gathered in in all parts of Russia. Moscow reports. It estimates that by July 10 the State had collected…

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Farm Jobs for Land Girls

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 3

"There is an acute labour shortage among primary producers in this area," said the Agricultural Instructor for the Hunter district (Mr. G. T. Dawson)…

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Greatest Sheep Country in World

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Tuesday.—Australia is easily the greatest sheep-raising country in the world the number of sheep now being 123,000,000, the highest on record…

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More Cheese, Less Butter for Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—It seemed certain that Australia would be asked to supply the United Kingdom with about 57,000 tons of choicest and first-grade butter and 40,000…

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Improve Tenant Farmers' Lot

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Agricultural Holdings Bill, to be introduced in the coming Parliamentary session, will improve the conditions of tenant farmers…

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Lightning Strike Move by Dairymen

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday—A lightning strike by country dairymen, disrupting the entire milk supply of Sydney is threatened…

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"Cannot Believe It" Minister and Dairymen's Threat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Health (Mr. Kelly) said to-night that he could not believe that such a tragic step as a stoppage of milk supplies to the…

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Butter Factories to Step Up Cheese Output

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A confernece of executives of 40 New South Wales cooperative butter factories decided that cheese production should be increased…

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Dairy Farmers Defer Decision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.— Representatives of 3200 dairy farmers, who supply 71 per cent. of the city's milk supply, agreed to-day to the suggestion of the Minister…

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Fighting Farmer at Stadium

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 6

Jimmy Jones, Wauchope dairy farmer, who fights Bluey Davis at Newcastle Stadium to-night, has been boxing in the central…

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