Crop Subsidy Plan to Go by Board
MELBOURNE, Friday.—No oats or barley would be available for stock feed until next year's harvest; consequently the Commonwealth plan for…
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Farming & the land, 1944
535 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 24 of 27
1200 Sheep Not Killed Judge Tells Abattoir Men to Resume
More than 1200 sheep were not killed at Newcastle Abattoir yesterday when mutton slaughtermen ceased work over a dispute for double…
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CANBERRA.—Dairymen may soon be relieved from the necessity of using gas units on their delivery trucks…
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Difficulties experienced by farmers who were unable to secure machines at the opportune time could be overcome by arranging a…
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CANBERRA: More than 96,000 persons are to be provided for new civil employment as a result of Government decisions to reduce the direct…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Make More Wool Products In Australia
CANBERRA—With only 10 per cent, of Australian wool now used in local manufacture, the Government aims at diverting more wool…
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WASHINGTON. Wednesday.—The United States has sent a shipload of Australian wheat to Bolivia in an effort apparently to counter…
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MELBOURNE.—When a doctor was called to a dairy farm one and a half miles from Kooweerup, Gippsland, he found Francis Frederick…
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MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Appraisement of Australian wool this year had reflected the drought conditions, the Chairman of the…
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Nenco reports that the catalogue for appraisement. No. 88 consisted of 2008 hales drawn principally from the Northwest west slopes and plains, and some from…
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ADELAIDE, Friday.—The Secretary of the Whyalla branch of the Ironworkers' Union (Mr. Brazel) described as entirely unfounded a…
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SYDNEY, Sunday. — Riverina farmers are leaving their drought-stricken selections in the hope of earning enough money harvesting…
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Unable to get sufficient foodstuffs, poultry farmers in the area had to sell hundreds of their flocks said Cr. T. A. Johnson at the meeting…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Acting Prices Commissioner (Mr. M. E. McCarthy) emphasised that in view of the prevalence of…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The stock feed position in the State was satisfactory, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said in the…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. — Australia was facing a nationwide drought disaster and he was pleased the Commonwealth had intervened,…
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A good supply of cattle was forward at Waratah. It was a useful quality offering and included a good showing of bullocks and steers. Vealers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →If Knitting Wool Were Coupon Free
Lifting a rationed commodity from the coupon rating in some cases would result in people holding coupons for goods which could not be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Want Cheaper Water Hunter Farmers Dissatisfied
Dissatisfied with the rejection of their claims for the reduction of the excess water rate by the Hunter District Water Board, members of…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—More than a million bushels of wheat a week was being used as stock feed, said the Minister for Commerce (Mr…
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