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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

425 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 22

More Boys Escape From Farm Home

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 21 September 1942 · page 2

Gosford residents are perturbed by the number of escapes from the Boys' Farm Home. It Is reported from outside sources that…

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Cabinet Approves Wheat Payments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Cabinet has approved of the final payment of 11-3d a bushel for wheat in[?] No. 2 pool, the Minister for Commerce (Mr…

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Wants Hour's Delay in Dairy Transport

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 2

CANBARRA, Tuesday.—"I will give consideration to the request," replied Mr. Curtin in the House of Representatives to-day when he was…

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Wool Carter Found Murdered

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 24 September 1942 · page 3

BRISBANE: William Percival Rogers, a wool carter, was found murdered yesterday beside his motor truck on the Muttaburra…

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Farm Bloc May Beat Mr. Roosevelt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 24 September 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, September 23.—President Roosevelt is in real danger of defeat by the farm bloc, in his efforts to prevent the inclusion in his…

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"Congress Let Country Down" Defeat on Farm Price Issue

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 3

NEW YORK, September 24.—"The President and the nation met a serious defeat when the House of Representatives rejected an urgent…

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Rocky Passage of U.s. Farm Price Legislation

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 29 September 1942 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday: Government leaders in Congress today rejected a new farm bloc proposal to include farmers' costs plus…

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Manpower Solution in Cooperative Farming

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The move by the Commonwealth Government towards cooperative farming was supported by Mr. Abbott (U.C.P.,…

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U.s. School Children May Have to Work on Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 1

NEW YORK. Tuesday: American school children may have to work four or five hours daily on farm work or something else…

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Increased Rates Demanded for Dairying Industry

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 September 1942 · page 2

CANBERRA: A demand that the Government immediately give dairying interests increased rates for butter and other products will…

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Wool Appraisement

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 6

Winchcombo, Carson Limited offered for appraisement in Newcastle yesterday an attractive catalogue of 4200 bales of wool, drawn from the…

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Electricity Extensions to Dairy Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 2

It is hoped shortly to resume the work of extending electricity to dairy farms in the Eagleton and Clarencetown districts…

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Stark Austerity in Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—"If you want to know the best application of austerity in its starkest form, then go to the dairying industry,"…

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Gosford Farm Boys Sent To Gaol

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 1 October 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY: Three youths who ran away from Gosford Farm Home were sentenced to 12 months' gaol to-day at the…

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Norwegian Prisoners Treated Like Cattle

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: Four hundred and fifty Norwegian political prisoners—including clergymen and a son of the famous explorer,…

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Butter Expected To Rise 3d lb

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA: Manpower, prices and wage conditions in the dairying: industry were affected by the proposals to be placed…

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Increasing Demands on British Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 2 October 1942 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday: "He would be a foolish person who would predict whether we are going to sec the end of the war in 1942 or…

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Wool Will Be Unloaded on Saturdays

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1942 · page 2

Because of the importance of releasing trucks quickly and enabling them to be ready for loading on the following Monday, arrangements…

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Farms Survey Returns Urgently Wanted

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 October 1942 · page 2

Farmers who have been sent questionnaire forms in connection with the Australia-wide survey of small…

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Walked Out, But Returned Officials at Wheat Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1942 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—Representatives of the Australian Wheat-growers' Federation, including the President and Secretary, walked…

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