Children Released 60 Tons of Wheat
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Children are believed to have released the safety catch of a wheat storage tank at Rozelle railway yards this afternoon…
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Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 33
Sheep-Shearing Contest For London Urged
LONDON, Tuesday.—The Australian Information Officer (Mr. Thomas Dunbabin) wants to stage sheep-shearing contests at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bigger Wool Exhibit at Newcastle Show
Newcastle Show would run a bigger wool exhibit in future, the Secretary (Mr. P. G. Legoe) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Will Challenge Wool Board on Preference Issue
SYDNEY, Monday.—Appointment of 23 non ex-servicemen as wool valuers for the Australian Wool Board is to be challenged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Heavy Frosts Hit Crops
SYDNEY, Monday.—With temperatures well below freezing point, heavy frosts caused havoc among crops in many inland centres of New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Persian Lamb Wool Industry for N.T.
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Plans for developing a Karakul sheep industry in the Northern Territory were discussed at a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Farm House Not Dwelling" Ex-Soldier Fails in Claim
LISMORE, Tuesday.—An ex-serviceman with a wife and six children was refused occupancy of a house, which has been empty for 15…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Schools for Junior Farmers
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Schools for junior farmers, pig raisers and other primary producers are to be held at the State experiment farms the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Wool Sales to Resume
MELBOURNE, Friday.—Wool auction sales, which were suspended during the war, will be resumed in New castle on September 11, at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →2,000,000 Sheep Die In Record Queensland Drought
BRISBANE: Nearly two million sheep have died in the south-west of Queensland during the present drought, described as the worst in 50 years. Sheen are being shorn in the pad-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duchess Visits "Gilbulla" Rehabilitation Farm
THE Duchess of Gloucester flew to Camden yesterday to inspect the Red Cross Rehabilitation Farm, "Gilbulla," at Menangle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Sales in Newcastle September 11
Wood auctions will be resumed in Australia on September 2, when sales will open in Sydney. First Newcastle sale will be on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.s. Pays Record Price for Cattle
NEW YORK. Monday.—The highest prices for cotton, cattle and pigs since the first World War were recorded in the wholesale markets…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Good Prospects For S.A. Crops
ADELAIDE, Monday.—The season's prospects in South Australia were the best for 40 years, the Director of Agriculture (Mr. Spafford)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Stumped Up" for Butter "Herald" Service
LONDON, July 16.—The Earl of Warwick, who has appeared in Hollywood films under the name of Michael Brooke, gave evidence in a case in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Egg Production Hit; Wheat Supplies Short
As a result of the cut in wheat supplies, many poultry farmers in the Hunter Valley had not received supplies of wheat for six weeks, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lascars Leave Dutch Ship to Kill Own Sheep
BRISBANE, Wednesday. — Six Lascar seamen from the Dutch ship Bontekoe, waiting for coal in Moreton Bay, killed 200 sheep with full…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Advances For Farmers to Build Dams
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—To provide water for farming and grazing, advances up to 90 per cent. would be made by the Water Conservation and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Costs on 40 Hours
SYDNEY Cost to the fanner of a 40-hour week was discussed in the Arbitration Court today…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stonewalling Alleged House Crossfire on Wheat Bill
CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Opposition had deliberately set out to stonewall the Wheat Stabilisation Bill, the Minister for Commerce…
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