£1000 Worth of Butter Vanishes
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Detectives are searching for 14,112lb of butter and a lorry-driver. The butter, valued at more than…
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Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 21
Two Held on Butter Theft Charge
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man and his wife were arrested in Newtown and charged with having stolen 252 cases of butter valued at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duke's Sash for Sheep Dog Trials
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Duke of Gloucester has presented a sash for the winder of the first national sheep dog trials to be held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miller Foresees Poor Bread W.A. Wheat Weevily
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A leading flourmiller said that before the year was out Sydney people would be eating poor quality bread…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Wool Price
Extra-super A.A.W. wool of the A.S.N. Mirani clip sold yesterday in Newcastle by Messrs. Pitt, Son and Badgery Ltd. on account of Mr. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →W.a. Wheat Harvest
PERTH, Thursday.—The Acting Government Statistician (Mr. Little) said the latest estimate of the West Australian wheat harvest was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£20 Bail on Butter Receiving Charge
SYDNEY, Thursday.—At Central Police Court, Ronald Walters, 31, shopkeeper, was charged with having had in his custody 420lb of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bolwarra Farm Drainage Government Help Sought
Lower Hunter Shire Council decided yesterday to ask Mr. Howarth, M.L.A., to arrange a deputation from the council and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plant Last of Summer Crops
Summer is rapidly waning and with the appropriate plantings of vegetables and flowers suitable for the hot weather…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Found 21Lb. Butter on Doorstep
Returning from the pictures on Saturday night, occupants of a house in Mary street. Glebe, found on their doorstep 211b…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sheep Found Slain Near Sydney
SYDNEY, Monday.—Police went to Kellyville, near Baulkham Hills, following a report that at man was slaughtering sheep. They took…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Fall in Argentine Wheat Production
BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 12. A.A.P.—As a result of one of the worst droughts in recent times, Argentina's wheat production has dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Wanted at Dora Creek Help Open Up Big Farming Area
A deputation from Morisset District Bridge Committee tabled a petition bearing hundreds of signatures at the meeting of Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Farmers Lack Irrigation Equipment
"Irrigation is the only answer to the food production question in the Hunter River district, yet farmers are hampered continually by lack of irrigation equipment." This statement was made by Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Wool Strike Effects Feared
BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Serious interruption with the wool industry, in the event of the Queensland shearers' strike continuing, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Milk Zone Extension "Pure Bluff," Say Dairymen
The announcement that the Federal Government contemplated the removal of the boundaries of the milk zone to test the sincerity of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Jeeps for Farmers, If Surplus
CANBERRA, Friday.—Should any surplus jeeps be sold on the Australian market, requirements of rural producers would be fully considered,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Best Return for Melons Crops in Hunter Need Rain
With water melons selling to 4/ each, an almost unprecedented figure for this late in the season, farmers in the Maitland district who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Wheat Crop Failure
MELBOURNE, Monday.—With a delivery of less than a million bushels, the Victorian wheat harvest has ended…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wound Stolen Wool Around Body
SYDNEY.—For stealing wool by winding it around his body under his clothes. Amos Victor Walker, 31 laborer, was sent to…
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