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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

425 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 22

First Dairy Declared Protected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A large diary at Yan Yean, near Melbourne, supplying hospitals and other large public institutions, has been…

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Volunteer Labor For Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: An appeal for volunteer farm labor to lessen the possibility of a food shortage is planned by the NSW Minister for…

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Wool Board Appointed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Appointment of members of the Australian Wool Hoard was notified in the "Commomwelath Gazette" to-day. They will…

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Questionnaire for Dairymen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—More than 90,000 dairyfarmers are being asked this week to prepare statistical returns on which a survey of the…

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Farm Labour Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 3

A warning that the summer harvest rest in the Hunter River area would be below normal was given yesterday by Mr. Stan Masters,…

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Local Committees for Dairying Industry

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday. — Local committees were to be set up to investigate dairy farm problems, the Deputy Director of Manpower (Mr…

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Record Crops in Usa

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The Department of Agriculture estimates that the harvest will bo the largest in 10 years. The…

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"Let Farmhands, Not Jockeys, Out of Camps"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 July 1942 · page 3

"If they want to give any men in the Anny a week-end off to do civilian work, why don't they Rive it to boys who have been…

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"Cattle Punchers' Padre" Dead

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 July 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Monday (AAP): The death has occurred at the age of 76 of Prebendary Anstruther Cardew, at one time known as…

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May Sleep in Sheds Wool Workers Cannot Get Accommodation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

Twenty wool workers for whom accommodation cannot he found in Newcastle man be permitted to live in sheds adjoining a new wool stole…

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Cattle on Record Trek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

UNDISCLOSED OPERATIONAL BASE, Somewhere in Australia, Wednesday.—Large herds of cattle are taking part in the greatest cattle…

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Boys on the Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 2

School teachers of New South Wales have shown an appreciation of the national emergency by offering to help farmers in…

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Poultry Farmer Fined £40

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 July 1942 · page 4

For having tailed to furnish a complete return, Samuel Gatt, a Belmont poultry farmer, was fined £40, with costs totalling £3/11/, by Mr…

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T.B. Found in Cattle in Upper Hunter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 July 1942 · page 6

SINGLETON, Friday.—The Stock Inspector to Denman-Singleton Pastures Protection Board (Mr. F. Trevitt) told the directors that tuberculosis was…

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Dairymen Tells of Long Hours

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY.—A dairyman told Mr. Oram. SM, at Homsby Court to-day that since the war he had worked on an average of 20 hours…

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Girls Succeed As Farm Hands

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 21 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Country district reports show that farmers regard Land Army girls as farmers in a much more favorable light, said…

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Wool, Cloth for Comforts Coupon-free Now

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 2

MELBORUNE, Tuesday.—Knitting wool, flunelette, calieo (bleached and unbleached), poplin and rayon piece goods, for comforts…

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High School Boys For Farms: Parents Cautious

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 2

A suggestion that organised assistance by high school boys should be arranged in such work as shearing, fruit picking…

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Cattle, Sheep Dearer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 4

Only a small supply of cattle was forward at Newcastle Abattoir sale-yards, at Waratah, yesterday. The bulk of the offering consisted of plain…

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Farmers to Form Labour Pools

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 July 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—To arrange for the best use of the remaining manpower in rural production, labour pools will be formed between groups…

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