Sheep Stolen at Homebush
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The first case of sheep-stealing in the metropolitan area for half a century occurred at Homebush State Abattoir last night…
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Farming & the land, 1942
425 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 22
Pastoral Workers May Leave Industries
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Provided they are not employed as tradesmen in protected undertakings shearers, woolpressers and shearers cooks will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Who Avoid Contracts Criticised
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Worth) said to-day that production of vital foodstufrs was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Protest to Cabinet Men Called Up From Dairy Farms
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Emphasising that he could not understand why the manpower authorities insisted upon calling up men from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep, Cattle Dearer
SYDNEY. Thursday.—Competition was keen for 24,651 sheep and lambs stoned at Flemington saleyards to-day. The market for prime sorts,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farms Hit by Shortage of Manpower
SYDNEY: With hundreds of dairy farms closed down and others stripped of essential manpower, primary producers in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Laborers' Release From The Army
SYDNEY.—Release of seasonal laborers from the Army for work on farms will not be granted unless they have undergone three…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Continue Wool Purchase International Body Suggested
MELBOURNE. Friday.—The extension of the Imperial wool purchase scheme to cover three full wool years after the war has been recommended…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New Methods for Dairy Exports
CANBERRA. Friday.—Revised regulations governing the quality of packing of dairy produce exported were announced to-day by the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Stolen From Storeroom
By forcing the lock on the back door, thieves broke into Gordon Matthews's storeroom, at Hunter Street. Georgetown, during the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat for Starving Greeks
Jerusalem, June 28.—A Red Cross ship has left Haifa for Piraeus the part of Athens, with 4600 tons of wheat for starving Greeks…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australia Agrees to Control Wheat Production
CANBERRA: Australia has agreed with the United States, the Argentine and Canada to control wheat production to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Raymond Terrace Dairy Company
Nominations close on July for nine directors of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Co. Ltd The retiring members, Messrs. W. M…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wool Distribution
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Central Wool Committee announced today that on July 31 it would distribute £7,887,348, the equivalent of 14½…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter, Sugar Not to Be Rationed
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There were adequate supplies of butter and sugar, and there was no foundation for rumours that these commodities were to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Committee to Survey Dairying Industry
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The appointment of a special committee to survey the dairying industry was announced to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Five Nations Agree Big Wheat Scheme
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Governments of the Argentine, Australia. Canada, United Kingdom, and United States, at a meeting in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cultivate the Growing Crops
There are many jobs for the gardener to do now, notably the cultivation of growing crops. Pens are better staked. Gum tips,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Dehydration Success
BRISBANE, Sunday.—Peak production of 90 tons of pure fat a week was attained last week by the butter dehydration plant recently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mobile Farm Units Proposed
CANBERRA, Monday.—As a way of meeting rural labour shortages, the Commonwealth and State Governments were considering a scheme…
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