Wool Mart Waits on Sydney
LONDON, Aug, 29. A.A.P.—Bradford's current wool commitments are well covered and there is a general inclination to avoid further…
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Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 20 of 33
Watched with Field Glasses Cross Claims on Share Farm
John Dalvell Richardson, of Raymond Terrace, admitted in the Maitland District Court yesterday that he had kept a close surveillance over his…
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Evidence that "he had never seen a more neglected farm" was given by the defendant's son in the case at Maitland District Court yesterday…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Frank Watts, farmer, was fined £30, at the Manly Court to-day for illegally slaughtering 10 pigs at his piggery at Narrabeen…
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SYDNEY: Wool prices skyrocketed at the opening of the sales today. An early high of 28¼d was…
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SYDNEY: French and Belgian buyers bid for every lot early in the sales. Bradford too and the local buyers showed strong support…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Feed Racketeering May Kill Off Millions of Sheep
SYDNEY: Widespread racketeering on the drought by speculators holding up feed for higher prices while stock are starving is likely to cause the loss of millons of sheep in the stricken areas of N.S.W…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →68,942 Men to Grow Wheat
SYDNEY: Australia has 68,942 wheatgrowers' licensed for 15,525,000 acres for the 19467-47 season, according to figures released today by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Convoy From Outback to Newcastle
With rail transport rained, these trucks are a life line between the country wool centres and the city. They arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning, one completing a 600 mile journey from Mungundi. Right; Mr. Stevenson and his son, Mr. R. Stevenson,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Graziers Discuss Road Transport of Wool
ARMIDALE. Monday.—A meeting of Armidale and district woolgrowers discussed road transport of wool to market with back loading of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →High Wool Prices at Opening Sale in Sydney
SYDNEY, Monday.—Wool prices to-day ranged up to 70 per cent. above the average at the last prewar sale in June, 1939…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cross-claims by Dairymen
Denials that they had driven any stock on to paddocks on the share dairy of Reginald Ray Yates, of Largo, were given by witnesses at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thousands Of Motor Trucks Move Starving Sheep
SYDNEY.—Thousands of motor trucks today are being driven to capacity day and night transporting millions of sheep from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Many Buyers for Wool Sales
THE WORLD'S principal wool-buying firms have requested reservation of space for their representatives at the Newcastle wool…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Strong competition from Continental buyers plus considerable activity from British and American quarters, resulted…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—From the commencement of the wool auctions yesterday until the end of the year a total of 1,200,000 bales of wool will…
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After a hearing occupying six days, the case was concluded at the Maitland District Court yesterday in which Reginald Ray Yates, of Largs,…
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Record load of wool for Newcastle.—Brought by motor lorry from outside Moree, this load of 110 bales, weighing 16½ tons, is claimed to be a record for road transport. The 365 miles trip was covered in 25 hours' driving time…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Prices were maintained at the wool sales to-day, following spirited bidding from British, French and American buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Farmers Facing Dread Prospect
LONDON, September 4. A.A.P.— The British farmers are in despair. says the "Evening News." The first days of September carried on…
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