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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

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

Record Revenue for Wool Clip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—The record revenue of £73,525,280 received for the Australian clip during the past season brings the total obtained for…

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Create No New Camps War Prisoners For Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 July 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—It was not proposed to establish new prisoner of-war camps in country areas, said the Acting Director of Manpower…

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Says Aliens Get More Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.—According to the Western Australian Secretary of the Returned Soldiers' League (Mr. D. M. Benson), aliens in the Civil…

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Cattle Drafting at Local Gymkhana

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 3

Cattle drafting and flag races will be included in the programme for the gymkhana to be held at No. 2 Sports Ground, Newcastle…

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No Extra Butter for Heavy Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The butter allowance for miners and other workers in heavy industries will not be increased…

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Farm Machinery Has Higher Priority

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 July 1943 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday.—Agricultural machinery will be given higher priority. A National Security order issued to-night classifies it and plant…

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Farmers Against Dairy Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 2

The dairying industry award was criticised at a meeting of farmers at Tarro on Saturday night. It was convened by the branch of the…

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Big Increase in Manufacture of Farm Machinery

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 July 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE.— Internal combustion engines and all the soil preparation and harvesting machinery required to enable the…

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U.s. to Increase Wheat Acreage

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.—The United States Agricultures Department expects greatly increased acreages in wheat and corn…

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£409,000,000 for Wool in Six Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Since the British contract covered purchase of Australian wool for the duration of the war and one clip thereafter, she sheep industry…

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Butter Protected From Mould

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 2

NEW YORK.—Eighty-five million pounds of butter will be protected against mould this year by impregnating wrappers and the…

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How Butter Subsidy Will Operate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1943 · page 6

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In clarification of subsidy payments for butter factories in New South Wales, the General President of the Primary Producers' Union…

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Distortion, Says Mr. Forde Soldiers in Cattle Trucks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Reports that Italian prisoners of war traveling across Western Australia had been supplied with sleeping car…

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Farmers Do Own Chores at Annual Conference

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 15 July 1943 · page 3

RICHMOND.—Delegates at the conference at the Agricultural Bureau at Hawkesbury Agricultural College not only serve meals…

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Two Men Injured by Wool Hook

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 16 July 1943 · page 3

Two men, James Hudson. 38. of Railway Street. Wickham and James O'Donohue. 45, of Cameron Street. Hamilton, were…

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Canadian Wheat to Greece

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 July 1943 · page 1

OTTAWA, July 16.—The Trade and Commerce estimates now before the House of Commons includes, says the Canadian Press Association, an…

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Dairying Subsidy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—It is expected that by the end of July £1,500,000 will have been distributed to Australian dairy farmers…

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Stop Press Wheat Investigation

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 July 1943 · page 1

Canberra.—A special committee to investigate the wheat industry is to be set up. It will to similar to the committee that…

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Export Levy on Butter and Cheese Unchanged

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday — At the annual meeting of the Australian Dairy Board, Mr. T. F. Plunkett was re-elected Chairman. Retiring…

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Implements for Farmers Aid Food Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1943 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Plans for the production of agricultural machinery for the Commonwealth Government's food programme were…

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