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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

425 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 22

Produce Wheat Alcohol

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—At a country town today the Minister for Supply (Sir. Beasley) inspected the site on which one of four distilleries…

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Farmers Want Foxes Shot

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 4

LONDON.—Farmers and cottages in the Heart of the Beaufort Hunt territory. England, want all foxes exterminated…

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New Wheat Price Is Fixed

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Australian wheat growers will receive 4s a bushel at country sidings on the first 3000 bushels of the coming…

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Payment to Wheat-growers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—For the first 3000 bushels of the coating season's wheat Australian growers will receive 4/ a bus[?] at country sidings. An advance…

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"Worse Than on Cattle Train" Coalfield Rail Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 2

Mr. G. Booth, M.L.A., set himself the task at the week-end of inspecting Coalfield trains. He is convinced that complaints…

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Government to Lift Ban Werribee Farm Beef

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—The ban on the sale for human consumption in Victoria of beef grown on the State farm at Werribee will shortly be…

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Orchardists Cut Losses and Leave Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Eighty of 200 settlers, mostly returned soldiers, who were assisted to grow apples and pears in the Young district after…

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Boys on the Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 2

The suggestion made in this column several weeks ago that school holidays should be staggered to allow teachers and…

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Raymond Terrace Dairy Co. Meeting

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 4

All the retiring directors will be reelected unopposed at the annual meeting of the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce Co. Ltd., to…

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A Wu Secretary Says. School Labor for Farms Is Too Foolish

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: A proposal to organise school children and teachers to help on farms was described by the State secretary of…

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Manpower and Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 2

Local manpower committees are to be established at every dairy factory. The personnel will be announced soon, Hunter River farmers…

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£5238 Loss in Year Raymond Terrace Dairy Company

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 August 1942 · page 6

Operations for the year disclosed a loss of £5238, it was stated at the annual meeting of the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce…

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Prime Cattle Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 4

A moderate supply of cattle was forward at the Greater Newcastle saleyards, at Waratah, yesterday. Consignments included a fair proportion of…

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Wool Appraisement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 4

Nenco submitted to appraisement in Newcastle a catalogue of 1442 bales of wool, drawn chiefly from the North-west Plains and Slopes. The selection…

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Plan to Raise Butter Price Opposed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The President of the New South Wales Housewives' Association (Mrs. Eleanor Glencross) sent telegrams to-day to…

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Wool Appraisement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. submitted to appraisement in Newcastle a catalogue of 1958 bales of wool, comprising clips from the North-western Plains, with a…

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No Definite Proposal on Butter Increase

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—The recommendation by the special committee appointed to inquire into the dairying industry for an increase of 3d…

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Mr Dunn Urges Rise in Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday.—While the nation's butter demands would be met, some difficulty might be experienced in fulfilling Britain's…

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"People Packed Like Cattle" Coalfield Railway Services

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 31 August 1942 · page 2

"People are packed into carriages like cattle into trucks," Mr. P. J. Saxton (Kurri Kurri) said at a meeting of the Kurri Kurri State…

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Meeting Manpower Needs of Dairy Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 31 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY.—The release of 6000 men from army for work on dairy farms has been sought by dairy farmers throughout Australia the…

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