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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 21

U.S. Ends Rationing Of Meat Butter

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 24 November 1945 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Friday.—The rationing of meat and butter in the United States will end tomorrow, the Secretary of Agriculture (Mr…

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Farm Machinery Control Lifted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 November 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—The manufacture and distribution of agricultural machinery has been removed from control with the…

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Maitland Farmers Are "Singing in the Rain"

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 29 November 1945 · page 7

Farmers and dairymen in the Maitland district are jubilant at the rain that has been falling steadily since mid-day yesterday. To 9 a.m. today 32 points were v. registered…

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Cattle Market Firm at Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 7

Every available yard was in use at Waratah saleyards, when a heavy supply of cattle was forward. Consignments included a sprinkling of prime medium…

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Record Price for Wool Clip

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 4

Mr. A. Peterson and Mr. F. P. Boundy, of Pitt, Son and Badgery, Newcastle, examine the top line of the As over Mirani stud clip owned by Mr. A. S. Nivison, of Walcha. The clip yesterday realised the all-time record price for Newcastle, in both appraisement and…

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Wheat Worth £6¾M. for Stock Feed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 November 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Thirty million bushels of wheat, valued at more than £6,750,000 has been allocated for stock feed throughout…

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Oppose New Wool Auction Centres

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 4 December 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—The Australian Woolgrowers' Council is opposed to the establishment of new wool auction centre…

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Give Power to 30,000 FARMS Electricity Bill's Objective

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the course of 10 years an additional 30,000 farms in the State would be served by electricity under the Electricity…

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Producers Want Butter Price Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1945 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Central Executive Committee of the Primary Producers' Association decided again to press for a clear policy…

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Expert Says Our Wool Stands Supreme

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 7

MELBOURNE: Any move by Australia to cut down her wool production because of the threat of artificial fibre would be premature, says a world textile authority, Dr. F. T. Peirce. Dr. Peirce is Australian-born, and…

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Big Potato Trucking Industrial Unrest Helps Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 7 December 1945 · page 2

When 13 trucks were loaded with approximately 200 tons of new potatoes at East Maitland goods yard yesterday, a new record for a daily…

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Jap Farmers To Be Released From Age-Old Bondage

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 10 December 1945 · page 2

TOKIO, Monday: Forty million Jap farmers are to be freed from economic bondage which has enslaved them for centuries of feudal oppression by parasitic absentee landlords, including Emperor Hirohito and his relatives…

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Gift of Sheep for Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1945 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—he Rylstone Shire Council has donated 1000 head of sheep to the Food for Britain Fund…

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"Real Workers Found on Farms"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1945 · page 4

Sir,—What is this unionism that is becoming the curse of modern society and the means of waging war on the community so often these…

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Atom Bomb Sent Cattle Grey

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 8

NEW YORK, Thursday. — Sixty head of cattle, apparently suffering from radiations caused by the blast of the test atomic…

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Ship to Load 3000 Bales of Wool

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

The Sherwood Anderson (7207 tons) will arrive at Newcastle next week to load 3000 bales of wool for shipment overseas…

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Successes in Junior Farmer Competition

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 14 December 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Joyce Padgett, of Withers-street. West Wallsend, was placed second in the girls' section of the Rural Bank's…

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Book Reviews Farms—Slums Of Production

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1945 · page 5

"NEVER AT ANY STAGE in our history was it intended that we should have splendid farms.... It was intended that our farms…

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Dairymen Seek Milk Price Rise

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 December 1945 · page 6

CANBERRA.—A deputation from the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council today will ask the Minister for Customs (Senator Keane), whose…

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Germany Ahead in Butter-making

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 December 1945 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday.—A machine which poured cream into one end and brought out butter at the other end at a rate of 450 kilogrammes an…

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