Ultimo Wool Store Strike Settled
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Settlement was reached to-day in a dispute among 30 salvage workers at the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile…
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Farming & the land, 1946
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 21 of 33
Truck's Border Dash With Molasses For Starving Sheep
Attempts by the graziers of Wee Waa to smuggle grain and molasses across the Queensland border to save their starving sheep from perishing reached its climax today when a truck driver made a successful dash into N.S.W. with 79 drums of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prices Still High at Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Thursday.—French, British and American buyers dominated to-day's wool auctions. Strong competition kept prices on a par with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →109 Bales of Wool on 40ft Lorry
The biggest load of wool to enter an Australian city by road arrived in Newcastle yesterday when a 10-wheel truck delivered 109 bales to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain to Pray for Fine Weather to Harvest Crops
LONDON, Thursday: The situation of Britain's harvest is so grave that a national day of prayer for fine weather to save it from complete ruin will be held on Sunday, says the "Daily Telegraph." After a week's almost incessant rain, acres of land throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Sale Centre Due to Nenco
THE holding of wool sales in Newcastle on Wednesday and Thursday next week will mark an important commercial advance. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Court Sentences Captain of American Farmer
NEW YORK, Sent. 6. A.A.P.— The Coastguard Court found Captain Arthur P. Cronin. Master of the freighter, American Victory, guilty of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton Model Dairy
ELECTRICITY on the dairy and for irrigation has revolutionised the Upper Hunter. At "Grambalang" estate of R…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Use Radio-active Sulphur to Keep Sheep Fit
SYDNEY, Sunday.—Experiments in combating worms and other parasites in sheep will be undertaken as soon as radio-active sulphur…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Wool Sales This Week First Since The War Started
Buyers at the Newcastle wool sales on Wednesday and Thursday will represent the entire wool-buying strength of the world. THIS will be the first wool sale held…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Canadian Tie-up in Farm Produce
EDMONTON (Alberta), Sept. S. A.A.P.—The Farmers' Union has called out 20,000 members on a 30-day delivery strike. They have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Britain's Crops Destroyed By Heavy Rain
LONDON, Sunday: While prayers for better weather to save harvests were being offered throughout Britain yesterday torrential rain fell, destroying the last hopes of saving many thousands of acres of crops…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Keen Bidding Continues at Wool Sale
SYDNEY, Monday.—French operators dominated bidding in the opening Stages of the wool sales to-day, when a catalogue of 11,527 bales was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Cattle at Abattoir
The best draft of cattle yarded at Newcastle Abattoir in recent years was purchased at Maitland by M. E. Oldham. They averaged…
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VALUING WOOL before the record sale in Newcastle today.—J. A. Beaurang and T. J. Lehane, buyers for the Belgian firm of Kreglinger and Fernan. (Left) J. H. Raroissien, French buyer for Wenz and Company, and (right) F. Turner and K. Pratley, Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool-buyers Here for Opening Sales
More than 150 wool buyers, accompanied by their staffs, arrived at Newcastle last night. The wool-selling centre will be officially opened at 3 p.m. to-day. Arrangements were made by wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Sheep Crushed to Death in Stampede for Turnips
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.—Extraordinary persistence by a mob of sheep on a Gisborne station resulted in their death. The sheep had been admitted to a turnip paddock for a few hours each day for some weeks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bidding Was Brisk At Opening Of Newcastle Wool Sales
Brisk bidding from approximately 100 buyers marked the opening of the Newcastle wool-selling season this afternoon. In the close atmosphere of the main auction room, many buyers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Shorter Week Would Hit Farmers"
MELBOURNE, Tuesday—A 40-hour week would result in increased costs to the farmer and an merease in the cost of living, Professor S. M…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Auctioning Wool
Mr. Cahill, of Sydney, sold the first wool to be auctioned at the Newcastle Wool Centre, which opened yesterday. Over 100 buyers, representing many countries of the world, attended in the main selling room…
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