Start on Another Wool Store
More than 700 piles, each 25ft. in length, will be driven into the earth to support the foundations for the wool store to be erected in Annie-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1941
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 20
Buy From Dairy Farmers Parents' Council Plan for Cheap Milk
To extend the purchasing power of the £20,000 grant for providing free milk in schools, the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Associations will ask…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hitler's Crop of Dragons' Teeth Exiles Of Europe Share In Fight For Freedom
LONDON, August 26.— The task of the Belgians in developing a free fighting force has been much more difficult than that of the Dutch. Vichy treachery led to the loss of most of Belgium's gold reserves, while the members of the Government escaped barely an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman and Work on Farms
SYDNEY: "If the fanners want pickers they should help us to arrange quarters." said Miss Alice Scott O. C. W.A.N.S. to-day answering the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wimmera Farmer Tops Army Exam
CAIRO, Sunday (From John Hetherington).—A young Wimmera farmer —Russell Beal—won the Wavell prize for the most brilliant pass at an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Germany Claims to Have Perfect Wool Substitute
LONDON, Monday (O.S.R.).—Germany claims to have produced a perfect ersatz wool, which, "will make post-war Europe independent of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool for Hot or Cold
LONDON, August 4 (Air Mail).—Within the last few weeks the International Wool Secretariat held a display of wool service wear…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Concentrated Butter for Troops
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Concentrated (dehydrated) butter was being used experimentally for the fighting forces in the Middle East, said Senator Foll,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Problem Wool Storage in Newcastle
"I understand the storage of wool is a serious problem with Newcastle firms," said the Parks and Building Surveyor (Mr. Patterson) at the Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rain Will Save Potato Crop
Farmers in the Maitland district are delighted with the rain which fell yesterday and last night. They say that, providing the winds, which have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Attacked by Dingo Pack
BRISBANE: J. Kennedy, a farmer of Emu Vale fled on horseback at the week-end from a pack of dingoes which attacked him while he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rain Means Money for Farmers
"The rain has done a tremendous amount of good." said a Maitland produce merchant to-day commenting upon the general fall of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Man; Gaol, Fine
LONDON, August 30 (Air Mail).—Described by the prosecution as "a foundation stone in a block market," a Cheshire farmer and cattle dealer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Problem of Wool Storage
It was understood that the storage of wool was a serious problem for the wool firms, the Building Surveyor (Mr. R. H. Patterson) reported to Greater…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Press for Increase in Wheat Export Quota
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australia's representative to attend the international wheat conference at Washington next week has been instructed to press for an…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Compensation for Farm Tenants
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) sought leave ill the Legislative Assembly to introduce a bill to provide for the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Wool Stores
Preliminary steps are being taken for the erection of additional wool stores at Wickham This work will be undertaken by the contractors for the State Wool Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War Prisoners Run a Poultry Farm
LONDON, Friday. (A.A.P.).—Confined within a walled compound at Sulmona prison camp, in Italy, British officers devote most of their time…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Release Farm Workers for Wheat Harvesting
SYDNEY.—A suggestion that farmers' sons and other men needed for Catherine the wheat harvest be released from compulosory military…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alleges Live Sheep Skinned at Homebush
SYDNEY.—A suburban butcher told the Parliamentary select Committee to-day that it took three and a half minutes for pigs to die after they had…
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