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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 21

Nazis Made Liquor and Butter Out of Coal

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 2

LONDON, Sunday: Extracted from coal, alcohol which could be drunk as a beverage as well as used in industry, was…

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Dairy Pioneers Honoured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 7

Presentations were made to Messrs. L. B. Fisher and R. J. Pepper, of the Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Company, yesterday. Mr. Fisher…

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Army Tyres for Farms

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Many Army tyres would be released to meet the needs of thousands of primary producers and others who required…

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Assured Market for Wheat Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.—Allowing for the satisfactory working of the International Wheat Agreement, Australian wheatgrowers would have…

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Empire Proposal on Wool Marketing Assist Growers for Years

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Thursday.—Plans for a joint wool-marketing organisation by the British, Australian, New Zealand and South African Governments were announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in the House of…

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Timber Strike Leaves 4,500,000 Eggs On Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 August 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE: Nearly four and a half million eggs may fee left on farms if the tim ber strike continues through next week and cause a short age of cases. The hold-up of case timber is also…

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Butter Factory Had Lean Time

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1945 · page 4

Production figures chow that the first six months of this year were the worst since the society began accepting milk for city purposes, says…

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Dry Spell Benefits Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 1 September 1945 · page 4

The comparatively dry spell proved a [?] dairy farmers and vegetable growers Mr G. T. Dawson…

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Stability for Growers Under Wool Plan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 3 September 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Sunday.—Under the Empire Postwar Wool Realisation Plan, there was an assurance that for the first time in Australia's…

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Women Shorn of Hair Like Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Sept. 4. A.A.P.—French War Crimes Commission investigators have captured two women who were former S.S. guards at the notorious…

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Poles On Trial For Burning Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday A mass trial of 50 Poles charged with the burning of seven farms and the death of eight Germans will start on Friday…

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Cold Weather's Grave Effect on Fruit Crop

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 8

SYDNEY - Practically all Weather Bureau stations on the highlands slopes and several on the plains today reported that temperatures…

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Wool Appraisements at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 5

On Thursday, Messrs. Pitt. Son and Badgery, Ltd., appraised 3000 boles at Newcastle, drawn principally from the North-Western section of the State. Top…

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Want Farms for Soldiers' Widows

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 2

Newcastle branch of the Australian and Allied All Services' Association decided to ask the Federal and State Governments that widows of…

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Milk Use Increase Causes Drop in Butter Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 2

Increased consumption of milk and a deterioration of capacity in herds, particularly within the Hunter River Valley, was responsible for the…

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Heavy Damage to Crops by Frost

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 4

Early crops in Hunter Valley and northern farming districts have suffered severely during the past few weeks from frosts which killed or…

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Argentine Crops

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 15

BUENOS AIRES—According to an official crop report which has been made public by the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture, the moderate rains…

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Wool Appraisements at Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. submitted a catalogue of 1978 bales of wool at Newcastle appraisement sales, comprising clips drawn from the North-western and…

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Farmer Fined £100 For Tax Breach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 4

Alfred Henry Slade, farmer, of Williamstown, was fined £100, with 11/ costs, by Mr. C. G. Carr-Boyd, S.M., at Newcastle Summons Court…

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Claims Rank Butter Tastes Like Tallow

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 September 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Butter that was rank and tasted like tallow was being sold in Sydney, Mrs. Quirk (Lab., Balmain) alleged in the…

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