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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

535 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 27

Tuck Shop Gets More Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 2

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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British Farmers Plan Tour of Dominions

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 25 October 1944 · page 4

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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Extra Butter Was Refused

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 27 October 1944 · page 5

The Commonwealth Department of Health has recommended that diabetes mellitus is the only illness for which extra…

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State Must Import Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1944 · page 3

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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Dr. Schacht Must Stay on Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1944 · page 1

STOCKHOLM, Oct. 27. A.A.P.— The German financial expert (Dr. Schacht) has been released and allowed to proceed to his farm…

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Mechanisation Will Stay on Hunter Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1944 · page 2

FARM mechanisation is well established in the Hunter Valley. According to men on the land, it has come to stay…

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Guard Wool Industry Five-Point Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Commonwealth Government has completed plans to protect the wool industry against threats of alternative…

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Police Say Farm Blind for Thefts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—It was alleged in Kogarah Court that Charles Alexander Maxwell carried on his pig farm at Menai as a blind—it was…

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Cultivating Will Help Crops

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 November 1944 · page 4

Rain is needed urgently for summer vegetable crops. The dry weather has been reflected in recent production. This means that the home…

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Wants Motors for Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1944 · page 6

A blanket release for 20 motors for driving milking, chaff, irrigation, milk cooling plants and daily heaters was urged by the Electrical Engineer…

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Did Not Know He Was Arrested Hinton Farmer's Story

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1944 · page 6

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…

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Sheep Killed When Train Hits Float

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 November 1944 · page 1

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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Dehydration Project Presents Problem For Hunter Farmers t-

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 7 November 1944 · page 6

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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Drought Grips Australia Wheat Poorest for 24 Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Drought conditions have affected the wheat harvest to such an extent that it is anticipated that this season's crop…

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Transport of Wool Not Cut by Coal Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) said in the Legislative Assembly that, despite the coal shortage, the…

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Dairymen Advised to Demand Better Deal

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 8 November 1944 · page 3

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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No Coal, Wheat for Distillery

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 9 November 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The General Manager of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Mr. C. W. Rothe) said that production at the…

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Cricket Challenge Is Chance For Wool Brokers

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 November 1944 · page 14

Through a challenge issued by Mr. Vince Woodman, captain of the Graze[?]s team, an opportunity has arisen for the [?]…

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Butter Output Below Estimate

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Food Control said from January to August production of commercial butter in Australia totalled 80,000 tons, of…

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Wheat Short Mills Told to Drop to Two Shifts

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 November 1944 · page 4

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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