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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

439 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 22

How to Use Your Butter Ration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 2

THERE are three simple but vital rules for getting the most out of your butter ration—(1) Use your entire 8oz. each…

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We Can Spare Butter For Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 2

Australians may congratulate themselves that they enter the second year of rationing with added restrictions only on butter…

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What to Do with Your Butter Ration

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 3

Eight ounces of butter per head per week is adequate for good nutrition and you will find you can make it stretch if you follow the simple suggestions set out here. Butter is necessary in the daily…

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Butter Ration ½1b. A Week; Coupons For Drapery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 1

From to-day every person in Australia is rationed to half a pound of butter a week. E coupons in new ration books will be used for butter. Clothing coupons must be surrendered for towels, towelling, sheets, sheeting, pillowslips, and certain types of tablecloths and soft furnishings from to-day…

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How Butter Coupons Can Be Given Special Provisions For Establishments

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 3

The method of butter rationing is similar in many ways to tea rationing. Special arrangements have been made for service personnel, residential establishments, institutions, persons living in isolated areas, hospitals, and invalids…

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Public "Got Wind" of Butter Rationing; Week-end Rush for It

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 3

Shops all over Newcastle were rushed at the week-end and lost night before and after tho Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Keane) had announced, in a national broadcast, extension of rationing in this country, particularly…

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Collective Farm Plans

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 7 June 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Some Federal leaders ore seeing visions of Australian outback life and industry relieved of its rigors by…

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Getting Along Minus Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1943 · page 3

Mrs. Meletios, secretary of the Merewether-Junction Adamstown Red Cross branch, which is holding a party to-morrow, suggests…

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Watersiders Want More Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1943 · page 3

The weekly butter ration half a pound a person will be to tally inadequate for wharf laborers working on the Newcastle…

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Children Need Their Full Butter Quota

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.—In fixing the butter ration at 8oz. a week, the Commonwealth Government paid full attention to the nutritional needs…

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Butter Rationing Cause of Only Pit Hold-up

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 June 1943 · page 3

A protest against the severity of butter rationing was responsible to-day for the only mining hold-up in the…

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How Canteen Manages Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 3

Mrs. J. G. Owen. co-manager with Mrs. Foley of the WANS Canteen, said that with special care and extra supervision the…

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Butter Causes Hold-up in West

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Butter rationing has led to a stoppage at a second coal mine in New South Wales and to strike threats at Queensland…

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What People Think Wheat Exports

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 2

Commerce and Agriculture Minister Scully is reported as stating: "As soon as shipping is normal, Australia wi[?] resume its place as the world's largest…

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Butter Rationing Adds To Tuck Shop Congestion

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 3

Butter rationing is expected to increase the, difficulties at Newcastle Technical High School's tuck-shop, which was described at…

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Union Demand Grows More Butter For Industry Workers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 2

Further support from all sections of essential workers—mimers, heavy industries, and waterfront—was given yesterday to the demand for an…

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Butter Ration Leads To More Protests [?]y Industrial Unions

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 9 June 1943 · page 3

Two more unions have joined in the protest against the severity of the butter ration. They are the Municipal Employees' Union, which wants the ration doubled, and the Blacksmiths' Society…

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Butter Ration Adjustments Are Expected

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 3

The opinion that adjustments would probably be made in the butter rationing scale to provide additional allowances in cases…

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Miners' Leaders Urge No Strikes Over Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Northern miners' President (Mr. Scanlon) to-night placed before officials of the Rationing Commission…

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Agreement on Dairying Draft Award

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE. — Agreement to most of the provisions in the draft award for the dairying industry throughout Australia was…

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