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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

425 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 22

Power Alcohol From Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—In the heart of a vast wheat tract somewhere in New South Wales, the Minister for Supply and…

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100,000 Children Collect Caucasian Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 July 1942 · page 3

LONDON, July 26.—While Rostov is fighting for its life, an urgent call is being made on collective farmers of the Caucasus to collect the bumper…

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Talks on Dairy Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Dairying problems of Australia and New Zealand will be discussed In Sydney an Thursdays at conference of the New Zealand…

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Freeze Citrus Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 July 1942 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday.—A conference of more than 800 citrus growers, representing the Central Coast and Hawkesbury River, to-day agreed…

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Cattle Dearer Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 July 1942 · page 6

A smaller supply of cattle was forward at Greater Newcastle Saleyards. Waratah, yesterday. Consignments included only a sprinkling of prime…

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"Farmers Must Overcome Prejudice to Women"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 August 1942 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Farmers would have to overcome the prejudice that women could not do a job as well as men avail themselves…

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Grant for Elimination of Wheat Areas

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1942 · page 6

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister tor Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced that the Government had approved the advance of £897,000 during the present…

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Want More for Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. W. Cambridge, M.L.C.) said to-day at the annual…

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Farmers Benefit by Industrial Scale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 August 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.— All garments which the industrial workers could buy at special low coupon rates in retail…

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Huge Wheat Harvest

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 12 August 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK Tuesday (AAP): In a race against wind and sun, all granaries and buildings are being used to store North Dakota's…

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Immense Factory Breaks the Skyline Will Make Munitions Where Cattle Used to Graze

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 August 1942 · page 2

SOMEWHERE IN THE NORTH a munition factory—the mother house of a lot of smaller factories— has broken the skyline with its…

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Wool Appraisement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 6

The second wool appraisement of the season was held yesterday in Newcastle Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. Newcastle, submitted approximately 2200…

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Pastoral Letter on Pope's Dispensation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 2

A pastoral letter from the Bishop of Maitland (Most Rev. Dr. Gleeson) will be rend in all Catholic churches in the Maitland diocese…

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11 Nominations for Butter Factory Board

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 6

Eleven nominations have been received for five vacanies on the Board of Directors of Bowthorne Butter Factory. Three of the candidates were formerly directors…

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Junior Farmers' Field Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 August 1942 · page 4

A Junior Farmers' field day has been arranged for this morning at Mr. Armstrong's orchard. Raymond Terrace. The Chief Citrus Growing instructor for the…

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Wool Appraisement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. submitted to appraisement in Newcastle 970 bales of wool, comprising clips chiefly drawn from the North-western Plains and…

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Junior Farmers Display At Raymond Terrace

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 August 1942 · page 4

Mr. R. J. Benton, who visited America on behalf of the Commonwealth Government just before the war to study and report on the citrus industry,…

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Women in Wool Stores

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 August 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Stating that labour was urgently needed in the wool industry and that members of the Women's Land Army could help, the…

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Dairy Workers May Get Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 August 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Minister of Commerce (Mr. Scully) revealed that a now award to give workers in the dairying industry…

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Cattle Rates Still High

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 August 1942 · page 4

Only a small supply of cattle was forward at the Greater Newcastle saleyards at Waratah yesterday. The supply included a fair proportion of bullocks and…

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