Load 8500 Tons of Wheat for India
The Ocean Vestal (7100 tons) will arrive in Newcastle next week to load 8500 tons of wheat for India. Bulk wheat from Newcastle silos…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 33
Wool Fabrics Used in Gowns By London Designers
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Gowns designed by London's leading fashion house, in delicate fabrics of Australian wool, were…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Financial Aid for Dairy Industry
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Dairy industry assistance will be related to the average cost of production under an amending regulation issued…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Guillotine on Wheat Bill
CANBERRA, Friday.—The Government applied the guillotine to the Wheat Stabilisation Bill in the House of Representatives to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butcher's Horse Justifies Faith of Farmer Trainer
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Owned by a country butcher and trained by a farmer, Valline, once owned by a former Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Special Truck For Limbless U.S. Soldier-Farmer
At left: ARMLESS AND LEGLESS, Fred Hensel, who was wounded while serving with the U.S. Army on Okinawa, drives a specially equipped tractor on his 143-acre farm at Birmingham, U.S…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Prospects Not Bright
SYDNEY.—Prospects for a normal wheat crop in N.S.W. this year were anything but bright, said the Chief of the Division of Plant Industry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →£7M. Wool Profit for Research
CANBERRA, Monday.—The £7 million wartime wool profit earned by the Central Wool Committee would be used for research work and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Loans for Farm Water Supplies
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) had made £30,000 available to enable advances under the Farm Water Supplies Act of 1946…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Trade Trust Fund Bill to Dispose of £7M Profit
CANBERRA, Tuesday.— The £7 million profit made by the Central Wool Committee during the war would be used to industry, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three More Escape From Farm Home
GOSFORD, Tuesday.—Three inmates of the Gosford Farm Home for Delinquent Boys who escaped late last night have not been recaptured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gloucester Butter Production
GLOUCESTER, Thursday.—Last month. cream suppliers to the Gloucester Cooperative Dairy Co. Pty. Ltd., were paid 1/7½ for choicest and 1/15½ for second…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Storm Ruins Vast Areas of England's Crops "Herald" Service
LONDON, July 28.—One of the worst recorded storms swept over England and Wales on Friday night Accompanied by heavy rain and hail,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Sheep Flown From Tasmania
HOBART, Monday.—Sixty more stud sheep were flown from Tasmania to Melbourne to-day. They will be entered in the Melbourne sheep show…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Cattle To Fly Atlantic "Herald" Service
NEW YORK, July 29.—A pure bred Jersey bull calf and two heifers will make history when they take off from Newark…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thousands of Sheep May Die Because of Coal Stoppages
SYDNEY: Coal stoppages are expected to cause the death of thousands of sheep in the drought-stricken North-West this year. BECAUSE of the coal shortage, in sufficient railway trucks are…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Month Dry, But Crops Good
Easter and subsequent rains had been so plentiful that, despite a dry month, Hunter Valley crops would not need rain for about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Contract Will Keep Up Butter Price"
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—A contract being entered into between Britain and Australia for the sale of Australian butter would ensure the price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Wool For Jap Mills
TOKIO, July 30. A.A.P.— An excellent deal for Australian wool similar to that reached for cotton, says the New York Times…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Not Only Better Farmers, But Better Men"
Agricultural high schools not only meant better farmers, but they developed better men, said the District Inspector of School (Mr. H…
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