Dairymen Combat Price Reduction
SYDNEY: Dairy farmer delegates from all parts of the Sydney and Newcastle milk zone are meeting in Sydney…
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Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 19 of 21
Wool Storage Problem
Many thousand bales of wool are stated in Newcastle, and there is a shortage of shipping to export them. Wool stored at Newcastle has been…
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Bullocks end steers formed the bulk of the offering at the Newcastle Abattoir saleyards at Waratah, Vealers were heavily supplied and the quality was…
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The President of the council (Mr. W. W. Elkin, Newcastle), who was chairman of the meeting in Sydney, said on his return to Newcastle…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—Dairy farmers in the Sydney and Newcastle milk zone will hold out for a price of 1/8 for milk, it was announced…
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PERTH, Thursday.—In the past nine months. Mr. C. H. Harker, almost inaccessible Python Park, 12 miles from Yampi Sound, where the…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—Heavy storms in the Tamworth district to-night flattened some wheat crops, and the harvest in other cases will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike May Affect Butter Exports
BRISBANE, Friday.—The export of butter to England is seriously threatened because of a shortage of steel wire for binding the butter…
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WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Saturday.—Australian and New Zealand butter should now be sold as such in England, said Major J. R. King…
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TAMWORTH, Friday.—With his clothing burnt off him, and suffering from extensive burns to the body, Roy Alexander Campbell, 38,…
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BRISBANE: Discovered attacking dairy cattle at Rocklea, a large Alsatian dog which has been a serious menace to property owners was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Poland Receives Wool From Australia
LONDON, Nov. 18. A.A.P.—Warsaw Radio announced that an American ship arrived at Gdynia with a cargo of Australian wool and other…
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CANBERRA, Sunday.—Allowances and holidays to inexperienced trainees in farm work under the Commonwealth reconstruction…
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Sir,—I wish to heartily support the City Health Officer, in his claim that the Hunter District Water Board's policy is centred around…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Preparation of plans, the calling of tenders, and the construction of wool appraisement centres at Townsville and Rock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Petrol and Sugar Stolen From Butter Factory
Nearly 118 gallons of petrol and a large quantity of sugar have been stolen from the Bowthorne butter factory at Morpeth. Thieves smashed a rear door to enter the premises. The petrol pump tank was emptied…
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A wharflaborer denied in Newcastle Police Court today that he had said to the police, when arrested on a ' butter stealing charge, "Did you…
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Convicted at Newcastle Police Court on a charge of having had in his custody at Newcastle on October 26 8lb of butter, reasonably…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Russia Wants Wool for Timber
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Negotiations have been proceeding for some time to have large cargoes of Russian timber shipped from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thrip Threatening Tomato Crop
Thrip is threatening early tomato crops at Newcastle. It has already done considerable damage to gladioli and roses, but a well-known seed…
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