Dog's Win a Tonic for Sheep Owner
Beauty Bright's win the Lambton Stake at Newcastle Jockey Club's greyhound meeting on Saturday was a fillip to his owner, Mr. S. Wright,…
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Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 21
Wool Shipments for France
LONDON, Jan. 1. A.A.P.—The first consignments of wool to reach France since the liberation, are shortly expected at the great textile…
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SYDNEY, Monday. The only living things thriving in the West's worst drought since 1902 were kangaroos and rabbits, said Mr. Davidson…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Fall in Wheat Forecast
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Harvest wheat estimates are: New South Wales 18 million bushels. Western Australia 13 million, Queensland…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vegetable Crops for Home Gardeners
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Carrots, par-ships cabbages, cauliflowers, onions and beans are likely to be short this year…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Poultry Farmers Criticise Board
Poultry farmers at South Wallsend last night criticised the refusal or the Egg Board to assist in the pre-posed formation of a branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Killed By Train
SYDNEY.—For the third day in succession straying cattle have broken through railway fences and been killed. Two cows last night…
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INVERELL, Wednesday.—Of approximately 700 head of cattle which arrived here by train many were dead and many others were too weak…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Instead of the 50,000,000 bushel wheat crop planned for in New South Wales the yield will be only 18,000,000 bushels…
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THERE have been strange scenes in-Parkway avenue-these last two nights. At midnight a lady in negligee was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Crops This Year in Hunter Valley
THE PASTORAL and agricultural outlook on the Lower Hunter River is desperate. No useful rain has fallen since September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.s. to Call Up Farm Workers
NEW YORK. Jan. 4. A.A.P.—Major-General Hershey has acceded to a request from Mr. James Byrnes, head of the Office of War…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairyfarmers Threaten Milk Strike in Week Newcastle Supplies Again Cut To-day
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Unless the Commonwealth Government agrees to pay dairyfarmers 1/10 a gallon for milk retrospective to December 1994, Sydney and New castle will be without milk after…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Home Boys Aid Food Front
GOSFORD, Sunday.—War work by boys detained at the Gosford Farm Home is described in a report released by the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Potato Crop Forecast
SYDNEY, Sunday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said that the overall potato position in Australia was better than it had,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Gosford Farmers Want Water
GOSFORD, Sunday.—Alarmed at the low food production in the Gosford district, farmers are inviting the Chairman of the Hunter River…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most Farm Machines Now Not Controlled
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said the section of machinery control regulations under which a machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Refuse Milk Price Rise Strike Still On, Dairymen's Secretary Says
Request by dairyfarmers for an increase in the return on their milk was refused yesterday by the Acting Prime Minister (Mr. Forde). Mr. Forde said financial reliet…
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Newcastle district poultry farmers are finding difficulty in securing stocks of normal poultry foods, but they can now purchase wheat in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Dairymen To Continue Supplies
The first sign of a break in the dairymen's ranks appeared this morning, when some suppliers to the Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Company's factories told the carriers they would continue to deliver milk…
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