Britain Calls Up Farm-workers
LONDON, Dec. 12.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hudson) announced that 10,000 agricultural workers were to be called up for the forces. "Their departure…
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Farming & the land, 1941
388 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 20
Woman Murdered on Farm Search for Boy
BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Police and a blacktracker are endeavouring to locate a 15-year-old farm boy who is missing, from his place of employment following…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—Ernest Leslie Hopper, 15, the farmhand who murdered Miss Verorita Caroline Wille, 47, was found dead to-day at Ormeau. He had…
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The wool store on which Messrs. Stuart Bros. pry. Ltd. are engaged in Darby-street will add to the facilities of Newcastle storage for another 80,000…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Wool tops have been gazetted as declared goods in order to give stability to both spinning and topmaking sections of the woollen…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Drought Hits Queensland Dairy Farmers
BRISBANE, Friday.—Milk yields are normally at their best in the coastal belt of Queensland at this time of the year, but many farmers are obtaining…
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LONDON, Dec. 21.—A man and wife and their two young sons were killed when an R.A.F. plane crashed on to a farmhouse. The plane's crew were also killed…
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GOSFORD: Around Christmas time the honor system adopted by the Child Welfare Department of trusting inmates of the Gosford Farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →May Be No Shipping Space for Wheat
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced to-day that the first advance to wheatgrowers on the 1941-42 crop…
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