Too Little Butter for Higher Ration
SYDNEY, Monday.—Butter production was insufficient to enable any increase in the butter ration, the Controller of Dairy Products…
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Farming & the land, 1944
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Felt Toys and Butter Boxes Were Not Before the Chair
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—There were heated and frequent clashes between Mr. Abbott (G.P., N.S.W.) and the Chairman of Committees…
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LONDON, Sept. 26. A.A.P.—Flying bombs crossed the eat coat of England before midnight. they came from an east-north-easerly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Releases Of Men For Farm Work
SYDNEY.—The Army would probably take about a month to reconsider applications for release of soldiers for dairy farming which it…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday—A long-term sale and purchase arrangement covering meat and dairy produce is to be entered into between the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) promised Mr. Howarth, (D.P., Maitland) in the Legislative Assembly that he would consider…
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The Deputy Director of Rationing (Mr. W. B. Hudson) advised the District Council of Parents and Citizens' Association that the commission…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Potato Crop Worst For Years
LONDON, Friday. Germany's potato harvest is hte worst for many years, including last year's which was officially stated to be 1,000,000 tons below that of 1942. The Stockholm correspondent of…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A considerable quantity of wheat would have to be imported by Victoria in 1945, said the Chairman of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grandma Was Better Informed on Wool
SYDNEY, Monday.—Grandmother was better informed on the wearing qualities of fine woollen fabric than the modern Australian woman, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Low in Wheat Crop
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Australia's wheat crop this season is expected to drop to a record low of less than 60,000,000 bushels because of drought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cut in Canada's Butter Ration
CANBERRA.—Canada's weekly butter ration has been reduced from 8oz. to 6oz. weekly for the remainder of the year, it was announced by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Want Cheaper Water
If Hunter Valley vegetable farmers were to increase their production, cheaper water should be provided for irrigation, a deputation…
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MEXICO CITY, Oct. 3. A.A.P.—Flood workers reported that a woman gave birth to a child while marooned, with her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stop Press Relief for Wheat Farmers
CANBERRA.—A grant of £3,000,000 to drought-afflicted wheat growers, half to be borne by the States, was announced by Mr. Curtin this…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Plan for Mobile Squad to Work Farms
THE FORMATION of a mobile farm labour squad under the control of Maitland District War Agricultural Committee was suggested…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germans Retreat in Belgian Farm Carts
Picture taken by a Belgian photographer showing how the Nazis retreated through a town in Belgium. Residents ignore German soldiers moving slowly across a square in a horse-drawn farm cart. Allied bombing and strafing deprived the Nazis of their motorised equipment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Says Wire for Farmers Unsuitable
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Barbed and other types of wire being released to farmers were unsuitable said Mr. Drummond (C.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Yield Lowest for 30 Years
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Because of the drought, Australia is facing one of the worst wheat shortages in its history. Certain food…
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HOBART, Friday.—A recipe to make butter go further given to a restaurant by the Rationing Commission defied the State's health laws,…
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