Butter Coupon Theft Costly
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The 800,000 butter ration coupons stolen from the Rationing Commission's offices in the week-end represent £33,000 to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1945
411 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 21
Wound Stolen Wool Round Body
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man who stole wool from Alexandra Spinning Mills by winding it around his body beneath his clothes was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seed Oats for Dairymen
We have limited quantities of oats and we are distributing them as equitably as possible," said Mr. J. Scarr, manager of Hunter Valley…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cattle Market Firm, Sheep Values Lower
Only a small supply of cattle was forward at the Waratah stock sales yesterday to the usual attendance of buyers. A firm market ruled throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Workers Oppose Strike
BRISBANE, Thursday.—Pastoral workers at Toowoomba, Cunnamulla, Roma. Mitchell and Amby have accepted resolutions that shearers on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat for Stock Feed
SYDNEY, Thursday.—To save delay in dealing with applications for wheat for feeding pigs, poultry, or dairy cattle, applicants are desired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Castle Sun Stop Press Butter Coupons Called in
SYDNEY.—All butter coupons delivered to retailers by the public were being called in for checking, said the Deputy Director of Rationing…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Newcastle Wool Appraisements
NENCO: The catalogue consisted of 3096 bales, drawn principally from the New England district and the northwest slope and plains. The top price…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Yass Wool Clip Record
SYDNEY, Friday.—A Commonwealth wool record in the present appraisement scheme was equalled when 40¾d was obtained on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Check of Butter Ration Coupons
Following the recent theft of 800,000 butter coupons in Sydney, the Rationing Commission is collecting all butter coupons held by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Coupons Collection
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Rationing Commission arranged to collect all butter coupons from wholesalers and factories. The collection was done…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remanded on Butter Stealing Charge
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—No application was made for bail when John Napier, 30, truck driver, at Kogarah Police Court, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Plan Research on Wool
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A research centre similar to that at Torrendon (England), which successfully experimented in the manufacture of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Say More Rain Needed
Heavier rain was needed before the cold weather to ensure crops, Maitland district farmers said last night. In showers after 11 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hunter Farmers Sell Out Low Produce Prices Blamed
Hunter River district farmers in conference at Raymond Terrace yesterday decided to press for a better return for their products,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labour Men Elected to Dairymen's Union
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—All the official Labour candidates at the annual meeting of the Milk and Ice Carters and Dairymen's Union were elected…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Wheat Stocks Are Allocated
CANBERRA.—Wheat stocks held by the Australian Wheat Board on February 10 totalled 86,000,000 bushels, the Minister for Commerce. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bowthorne Butter Output Halved
Butter produced by the Bowthorne Co-operativ Butter Factory at Morpeth for the six months ended December 31, 1944, was less than half…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Three Farmers Infected with Anthrax
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—After skinning the carcases of cattle which had died from the disease, three Victorian farmers were infected with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No Hedges on Farms Surprises for R.N. Sailors
There were many surprises for the party of 60 English naval ratings which visited Maitland at the weekend at the invitation of Maitland…
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