Tuck Shop Gets More Butter
Cook's Hill tuck shop received its extra butter ration this month, Mrs. V. Hartney told Cook's Hill Parents and Citizens' Association…
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Farming & the land, 1944
535 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 27
British Farmers Plan Tour of Dominions
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Delegates of the National Farmers' Union will leave Britain at the end of this month on a tour of Canada. New…
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The Commonwealth Department of Health has recommended that diabetes mellitus is the only illness for which extra…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—New South Wales would have to import about 10,000,000 bushel of wheat to offset the anticipated deficit between this…
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STOCKHOLM, Oct. 27. A.A.P.— The German financial expert (Dr. Schacht) has been released and allowed to proceed to his farm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mechanisation Will Stay on Hunter Farms
FARM mechanisation is well established in the Hunter Valley. According to men on the land, it has come to stay…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government has completed plans to protect the wool industry against threats of alternative…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Say Farm Blind for Thefts
SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was alleged in Kogarah Court that Charles Alexander Maxwell carried on his pig farm at Menai as a blind—it was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cultivating Will Help Crops
Rain is needed urgently for summer vegetable crops. The dry weather has been reflected in recent production. This means that the home…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wants Motors for Farmers
A blanket release for 20 motors for driving milking, chaff, irrigation, milk cooling plants and daily heaters was urged by the Electrical Engineer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Did Not Know He Was Arrested Hinton Farmer's Story
When asked to drive Constable Pearce to Clarencetown Police Station on the night of September 1, he did not know he was arrested, said Cecil…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sheep Killed When Train Hits Float
LEETON, Monday.—Two men were injured and hundreds of sheep were killed when the South-west Mail-travelling at 45 miles an hour,…
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At the new Morpeth factory, they will tell you that dehydrated vegetables taste "just like fresh ones" when properly prepared. Some servicemen who have eaten them say they are terrible— others like them…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Drought conditions have affected the wheat harvest to such an extent that it is anticipated that this season's crop…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transport of Wool Not Cut by Coal Shortage
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the Legislative Assembly that, despite the coal shortage, the…
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SINGLETON, Tuesday.—Singleton district dairy farmers were told at a meeting that, like the miners and other unions, they should force the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The General Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Mr. C. W. Rothe) said that production at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cricket Challenge Is Chance For Wool Brokers
Through a challenge issued by Mr. Vince Woodman, captain of the Graze[?]s team, an opportunity has arisen for the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Butter Output Below Estimate
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Food Control said from January to August production of commercial butter in Australia totalled 80,000 tons, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Short Mills Told to Drop to Two Shifts
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Australian Wheat Board has told flour mills that, because of toe shortage of grain, they must reduce their…
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