Soldier Stayed to Work Farm
SYDNEY, Friday.—When Private Herbert Crampton, 22, appeared before a court-martial on a charge of desertion he said he had worked…
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Farming & the land, 1943
439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 22
Prison Farm Escapee Caught Asleep in Train
SYDNEY.—A man who escaped from Emu Plains prison farm on Saturday and was recaptured at Katoomba last night told police…
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NEW YORK, Monday.— While England and America are building up food stocks for a liberated and hungry Europe, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers Expect a "Dairy Paradise"
Hunter farmers are assured of an early and promising spring. When delegates to the Primary Producers' District Council assembled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hospital Farmlet Saved Scarcity
The Wallsend Hospital vegetable farmlet is unprofitable, according to the Auditor of the hospital (Mr. W. J. Thompson)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Meet at Dungog Locking of Hunter Wanted
The reintroduction of daylight saving was opposed by the District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, which met yesterday at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmers May Apply For Machinery
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Rural cooperative societies formed by groups of farmers throughout New South Wales may now apply for use of farm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Problem for Red Cross
A CIRCULAR from Red Cross headquarters in Sydney, read by the Secretary of Newcastle branch of the Red Cross (Mrs. A. L. Hughes)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Year Raymond Terrace Dairy Company
The quantity of milk received by the Raymond Terrace Cooperative Dairy and Produce Company Ltd. for the year to June 30 last and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. J. J. Price to Retire Gave Lead in Wool Selling
Mr. J. J. Price, who has been associated with the wool selling industry as joint managing director of Nenco for 12 years, and secretary for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tuberculosis in North Coast Cattle
GRAFTON, Friday.—After a member had said that out of 40 of his dairy cows 14 had been found tubercular, the Primary Producers' Union…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Factory's Loss in Half-year
The report to be presented to the 73rd half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne Butter Factory at Morpeth on September 3 reveals that a loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Lost £400 Worth of Stock
A Dora Creek farmer complained that he had lost cattle and poultry valued at £400, said Cr. Gain at the meeting of the Lake Shire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Object to Maitland Plan
The Clerk of Larro Shire (Mr. C H. Hodson) told a meeting at Ra worth that a plan submitted for a Maitland municipality including…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter in Tropics
The manufacture of tropical butterfat spread, developed by Australian scientists, makes it possible to supply fresh butter…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Prices for Fat Cattle
SYDNEY.—"In view of the fixed retail prices of meat these prices are extraordinary." said the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schoolboys Help on Local Farms
In the Gosford district school boys are giving valuable assistance in the making of the cases urgently required for packing fruit…
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A moderate supply of cattle was forward at the Abattoir saleyards. The offering was principally of cows and heifers, with fewer bullocks and steers,…
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ADELAIDE, Thursday.—The acreage sown with barley this season in South Australia, where most of the Commonwealth crop is grown,…
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MELBOURNE.—A large pool of young soldiers, who had completed their initial training. had been made available for rural…
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