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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Grant In Melbourne On Butter Issue

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY.—Another attempt to settle the dispute over the miners' butter ration, which has lost more coal in the last few days than…

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Butter Cut Only Change in Rationing

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 2

The clothing, meat, sugar, and tea ration scales for the ration year beginning to-day are unchanged…

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Butter Warning Not "Treasonable" B.M.A. Resents Mr. Forde's Accusation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Resentment at the implied accusation of undermining public morale made by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde) when replying to the council's statement on the continued drift in the nutritional…

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"Need It More Than Miners" A.L.P. Protest on Butter Cut

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 3

"Miners are kicking up a row, but the men in the heavy industries with the hot conditions are more in need of butter in their lunches," said Mr…

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Butter, Health and Morale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 2

The British Medical Association entered the controversy on butter rationing merely to repeat a warning which had been given…

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Stoppage Wave Leads to Closure of Coal Board Butter Cut, Protests Against Fines Cause Big Coal Loss

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

Because many Northern collieries were idle yesterday and last week as the result of protests by employees on…

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No Extra Butter for Miners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Government has decided to reject the miners' demand that their butter ration should be…

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May Have No Butter to Send to Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Officials say that Australia may not have enough butter at the end of this month to send any to Great Britain…

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Wharfmen's Butter Protest

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 4

Newcastle branch of the Waterside Workers' Federation decided to protest to the Federal Government against the reduced butter…

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Letters to Editor Butter Ration

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 4

Sir.—The reduction in the butter ration should be accepted without question. The assistance we are called upon to give to Britain is…

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Gaoled for Stealing Butter From Wharf

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Two wharf labourers were sentenced to a month's gaol at the Central Police Court for having, stolen butter from the…

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What People Think Butter For Diabetics

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 2

What do my fellow readers think of this: Diabetics are allowed extra butter. As the authorities put if, they were anxious that the health of these people…

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Steel Works to Farms Release of Men Confirmed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 4

In three appeals by the B.H.P. Company to the Manpower Appeal Board yesterday against clearances given employees by the manpower…

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Discuss Dairying Problems

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Problems affecting the dairying industry will be considered at a special meeting of the Australian Agricultural Council…

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Urge Premier to Act Now Conserve Water for Hunter Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 5

The need for immediate action to provide water for primary production was urged at a meeting of growers and consumers' representatives at…

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Butter and Milk Cuts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 4

Sir,—Why all the fuss about the butter and milk cuts? Why not go without both if victory is the end. How many thousands in Europe are…

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Miners' View on Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 4

Sir.—At least a few words from the miners' viewpoint should be printed on the butter rationing. Hitler. Mussolini, Tojo and Stalin…

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What People Think Pure Wool

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 2

People continue to harp about the merits of "double welt" clothing material. It matters not whether welt is single or double if the fibre is pure…

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Copland To Visit Dairy Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE.—Sectional in-terests, which he recently rebuked for "besieging" him to lift, prices will be visited this week by the Commonwealth Prices…

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Farm Machinery To Be Made

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—A revival of the Australian agricultural machinery industry to help offset the rural manpower shortage is…

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