"All-out Job for Farmers"
SINGLETON, Wednesday.—The General President of the Primary Producers' Union (Mr. G. Gordon) told farmers at Singleton that he…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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Stormdiggers Help Farmers
LONDON, January 13. (Air Mail).—"Storm diggers" in Britain are (ravelling from Army camp to Army camp this winter…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sheep Dearer; Cattle in Demand
A fairly light supply of cattle was yarded at Newcastle Abattoir saleyards, Waratah, yesterday. Consignments consisted mainly of plain quality cows…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Areas to be Limited
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Drastic curtailment of areas of wheat to be sown in Australia in the coming season are certain to be imposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Sheep Show
SYDNEY, Friday.—The sheep show will not be held in Sydney this year. This was decided to-day by the Council of the New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Skins for Russia Appeal by Miss Beeby
More than £30,000 had been collected in the last six months for medical aid to Russia, Miss D. Beeby, of Sydney, told a gathering at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. Scully to Report on Wheat Control
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The War Cabinet did not reach a decision to-day on the question of wheat control, but referred the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Must Maintain Production Farmers Lack Labour
"One of the big problems to-day, I think, will be to provide essential foodstuffs not only for our military forces but for the civil population of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bran and Pollard for Farmers
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) said that for some months he had been cooperating with the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →RANOWICZ: 'Mad' Polish Farmer Leads Guerrillas Seizes Tanks From Germans
The German High Command has found many worries in the rear of its armies spread over the vast front in Russia, writes Anthony Preston in the "Evening News."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scorched Earth and Farmers
Some primary producers consider that a scorched earth policy in the event of invasion is impracticable, it was revealed at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Send Us Wheat or Coffins" London Wed [?]
"Send us wheat or coffins." This grim request has been sent to Athens from the Greek island of Syra, where shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. May Have to Call on Child Farm Labour
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Mr. Fay Hunter, chief of the farm placement section of the United States Employment Service, asserted to-day that it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of £2470 Raymond Terrace Dairy Company
Operations of the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce Co. Ltd. for the half-year ended December 31 resulted in a loss of £2470…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Decision on Butter Price Next Week
CANBERRA, Thursday.—It was likely that a decision by the Prices Commissioner on the application for an increase in the price of butter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Prime Heavy Sheep Dearer at Waratah
There was a full supply of cattle at Newcastle Abattoir saleyards at Waratah yesterday. The bulk of the offering comprised cows and heifers of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Appraisement
Nenco yesterday completed the appraisement of catalogue No. 39, consisting of 2744 bales. The wool was drawn from all parts of the north and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exemptions for Sale of Farm Lands
CANBERRA, Friday.—In certain exceptional circumstances the sale of farming and pastoral lands will be exempt from the provisions of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ban Horseracing, Say N.Z. Farmers
AUCKLAND (N.Z.). Sunday.—The New Zealand Farmers' Union has requested the Government to stop immediately all horseracing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Price Alarms Bowthorne Factory
"We note with alarm the decision of the Price Fixing Commissioner not to grant any increase in butter selling price, which…
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