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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

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20,631 Bales Wool For Newcastle Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 2

The second wool sales will open at Newcastle next Tuesday when 20.631 bales will be offered. More than 250 buyers and clerical staff will be…

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Newcastle's Biggest Wool Sale To Be Held Next Week

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 6

The biggest wool sale in Newcastle's history will be, heL on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons next week. Offering will total 20,361 bales. The Quantity is much larger than…

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Security Bonds Ideal Investment, says Port Melbourne Dairyman High interest rate with absolute security of investment appeal to this keen young businessman

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 6

Interviewed at his modern, well-kept dairy in Port Melbourne, Cr. J. W. Woodruff had an interesting Loan story to tell. A typical,…

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Yearlings at Scone Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1946 · page 4

Yearlings are full of curiosity, and these two youngsters on a Scone stud farm came over to see what the photographer was doing. They brought their friends with them…

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Record Wheat Crop Expected

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—With an estimated yield of 148 million bushels, a record wheat harvest for Australia this season could only be…

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Wool To 46d In Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Greasy merino fleece sold to 46d for five bales of E. and D. White Rock-Rylestone at the Sydney wool sales to-day…

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Fear Wool Dispute May Spread

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 9 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Negotiations for a settlement of the dispute between Dalgety and Co. Ltd. and the Clerks' Union have been unsuccessful…

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More Ships in "Black" Wool Dispute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two more ships became involved in the "black" wool dispute to-day because the Clerks Union claimed that Dalgety's…

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Wool At 38¾d On Last Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 11 October 1946 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Greasy merino fleece sold to 38¾d for six bales of AJM/Otranto (Barraba) at the Sydney wool sales to-day. This…

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Wool Offerings Exceed Expectations

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 2

More wool than expected has been sent to Newcastle. It was proposed to sell 78,000 bales at six sales before December 31, but the increase has…

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Non-Servicemen Got Wool Jobs; Court Challenge

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—A former servicemen, Edward Saunders, 47, who was a Commonwealth wool appraiser before the war, was one of nine…

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Unirrigated Potato Crops Failure Again

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 12 October 1946 · page 4

Unirrigated potato crops in the Hunter Valley would be a failure for the fourth year in succession, the District Agricultural Instructor (Mr…

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More Wheat Allowed To Poultry Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 6

For October, November and December the Commonwealth authorities had granted poultry farmers in New South Wales a general increase in…

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Newcastle Wool Sales Postponed

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 3

Wool auctions scheduled for today in Newcastle were postponed because buyers were unwilling to operate, owing to the…

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Hot Job for Wool Buyers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 15 October 1946 · page 2

Wool buyers and their staffs, numbering about 250, arrived in Newcastle yesterday. Most buyers began inspections at Pitt, Son and…

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More Wheat for Poultrymen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 2

An increased wheat quota to all users had been granted by the Wheat board, said the President of the Hunter Valley District Council of the…

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Pigs, Cattle, Aircraft In Timor Cargo

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 2

A big consignment of potatoes, four pigs, 20 milking cow, a large quantity of motor, oil, 80 tons hangar material, and two aeroplanes…

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Wool Men Refuse to Buy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 3

Wool buyers and clerical staffs are seen leaving the Newcastle Wool Exchange yesterday following a decision by buyers not…

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Wool Buyers Refuse to Operate at Newcastle Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 2

Believing that industrial trouble threatens the movement of their purchases, wool buyers, within a few minutes of the scheduled opening time for second Newcastle sales yesterday, decided not to operate…

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Newcastle Wool Sales Again Postponed Buyers Fear Inability To Ship Purchases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 16 October 1946 · page 6

The wool sales listed for this afternoon in Newcastle were again postponed. Buyers met a few minutes before the scheduled opening time and…

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