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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
657 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 23 of 33
The City of Khartoum (9955 tons), which has arrived in Newcastle to load 8000 bales of wool purchased by oversea buyers at last week's Newcastle sales, is the most modern vessel to visit the port. She is owned by the Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Co. Ltd., and was commissioned in February…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The second stage of the State Government's soil conservation programme, including decentralisation of the Soil…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Top picture shows a bale of new season's wool in the modern press at John Reid and Co.'s wool store in Wharf-road. It is being to conserve space. It will be shipped to the United Kingdom on the City of Khartoum. The bottom picture shows the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Two ships have arrived at Newcastle and a third is expected to-day to load new season wool for export to America, the Continent and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Competition was again keen and animated at the wool sales to-day when 13,627 bales were offered. Values…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Originally set down for October 1 and 2, the next wool sales in Newcastle would now be held on October 15 and 16. Mr. F. P. Boundy announced this afternoon. Mr. Boundy, who is the chairman…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A competition to encourage the stepping-up of dairy production was decided on by a meeting, representative of show associations, dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Unless there was an immediate increase in the price of butter, there would be a "blackout" in the dairying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—In August over 1,000,000 sheep and 75,000 cattle were transported by rail, of which 250,000 sheep and 15,000 cattle were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BRISBANE, Thursday.—Animated competition, with average prices at par to 5 per cent, above the opening Brisbane rates, marked the closing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle wool sales have been postponed from October 1 and 2 to October 15 and 16. A larger quantity will be sold on the amended dates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—Members of the C.I.B. Arson Squad are searching for a firebug believed to have made a deliberate I attempt to burn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Statistics for July show that 45,327 bales of wool were loaded in Newcastle for export. The total for New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union decided to-day to seek legislation compelling all dairy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Heavy rain in Britain severely affected crop prospects this month. A national day of prayer for fine weather to save the harvest from complete ruin was requested by the National Farmers' Union. Picture shows portion of 3000 miles of grainlands in Britain under water where the uncut corn was laid low by wind and rain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Thursday.—While serving a 12-month sentence on 19 charges of housebreaking, Alexander Henry Mitchell, 17, broke parole and escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Thousands of recently-shorn sheep, weakened in the drought, have died in the Inverell district since the rain began on Tuesday. The rain also arrived too late for 90 per cent, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →As a result of the increased quantity of wool to be sold at Newcastle on October 15 and 16, sellers will open their stores a day earlier, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—Loans on easy terms, with interest at 1½ per cent., would be made available to primary producers who hail suffered losses…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Sept. 22. A.A.P.—The Minister of Food has announced that Britain’s butter ration will be cut from 3oz. a week to 2oz. for some…
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