Senate Recommends Fixed Payments to Farmers
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Senate to-night agreed to a motion by Senator Latham (C.P., W.A.) recommending that the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1943
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Cattle, Lambs Dearer at Waratah
A moderate supply of cattle was forward at Waratah, comprising mostly plain quality with only a sprinkling of prime light weight bullocks and steers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairy Farmers Repeat Milk Shortage Warning
The manager of Dairy Farmers Cooperative Milk Company Ltd. (Mr. W. J. McNamara) to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Appraisements
Nenco's catalogue of 4774 bales included in the Newcastle appraisement No. [?]5 was made up of wools drawn chiefly from the Northern Tablelands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →"Political Trickery" in Dairy Subsidy
CANBERRA, Friday.—"Political tricksters in the Curtin Government" had deprived the nation's dairymen of many hundreds of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Dog Tactics on Japanese
Using sheepdog; roundup tactics. Flying Officer Geor[?] Lansell, flying a Wirrawoy, kept Japanese penned in a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.s. Men to Help in Growing Crops
LONDON, Monday.—British troops who last year cultivated 8000 acres of land and grew enough vegetables and fruit to feed 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →600 at Mildura to Harvest Dried Fruit Crop
MELBOURNE.—For the harvesting of dried fruit crops nearly 600 farm hands and farmers' sons, who, in the past few weeks have…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boys Not Fairly Treated Headmaster on Farm Camps
"Unless employers who require the services of schoolboys during coming vacations can ensure reasonable facilities for their welfare and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys and Farm Work: Parents Complain
Unless the authorities take steps to sec that living conditions for schoolboys who volunteer for work on the land during…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →500,000 Sought To Harvest English Crops
LONDON. Wednesday.—Appealing for at least 500,000 voluntary harvest helpers for next season's crops, the Minister of Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Nurses Housed Like Sheep"
Conditions of the nurses' quarters at Kurri Kurri Hospital were described as disgraceful by members of the Hospital Board last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dairy Production Above Normal
SYDNEY.—Dairy production in New South Wales this year will be much higher than last year chiefly because the season has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Country Wool Storage Chamber of Commerce Opposition
Newcastle Chamber of Commerce is opposing, on national grounds, a proposal put forward to erect sheds for the storage of wool in certain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fix Wages in Dairy Industry
CANBERRA. Friday.—Immediate action will be taken to refer to the Arbitration Court the question of wages in the dairying industry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Crop Bigger Than Expected
MELBOURNE. —Australia's wheat crop this season is now estimated to be approximately 157,000,000 bushels which represents…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Production Increases
Butter production increased by 94 tons, milk treated by 182,672 gallons, and casein manufacture by 3½ tons at the Bowthorne Butter Factory…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drastic Action Threat Hunter Farmers
Farmers have exhausted every avenue to get justice, the only way left for them is by drastic action, said the president (Mr. R. L…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prime Cattle Dearer at Waratah
Only a light supply of cattle was forward at Waratah yesterday, comprising chiefly cows and heifers, with a showing of light and medium weight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Top Price 25¼d at Wool Appraisement
Nenco reports that appraisement No. 56, the 13th of the 1942-43 season, was finalised in Newcastle on February 25, the catalogue consisting of 2372 bales…
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