16,000 Bales for Wool Sales
The first of the 1947 wool sales will be at Newcastle next Wednesday and Thursday. It will be the fifth sale at Newcastle, and 16,000 bales will be…
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Farming & the land, 1947
864 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 44
Mr. Churchill to Become Farmer
LONDON, Dec. 31. A.A.P.—Mr. Churchill's newest interest is farming. He expects soon to be working 300 acres, and is especially interested…
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SYDNEY.—A threat to organise a nationwide butter strike has been made by North Coast dairymen…
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CASINO. Thursday.—Athol Charles Cooke, 37, of Fairy Hill, near Casino, was killed by lightning this afternoon…
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CASINO: Kevin Cook, 12-year-old son of a Fairy Hill dairy farmer, saw his father blasted by lightning yesterday afternoon. Fairy Hill is eight miles from…
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AUCKLAND, Sunday.—Shipping congestion at the main New Zealand ports, as a result of the waterside workers' refusal to work…
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FLEMINGTON.—As a result of the closing of most butcher shops in Sydney, only 9285 sheep and lambs and 393 head of cattle were offered at Flemington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Snow Buries Sheep In North Wales
LONDON, Jan. 6. A.A.P.—Farmers are digging for hundreds of sheep that are buried under snow in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →For Meatless Days Farmhouse Slices
YOU NEED one thick round of any kind of luncheon sausage per person, at least three-quarters of an inch thick…
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SYDNEY: The future of the milk supply is being discussed today by the Prime Minister's representative (Mr. Nette) and the consumers' representative on the Milk Board (Mr. Denford). Neither Mr. Nette nor Mr. Denford [?]…
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HOBART, Tuesday.—A world record price for greasy merino wool of 153d a lb. was obtained for four hales of wool for the famous…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairymen to Await Government Reply
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Milk zone dairymen have deferred the withholding of milk supplies to Sydney and Newcastle until next Monday, to give the Federal Government time to consider proposals made to a Federal Treasury…
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GLEN INNES, Tuesday.—R. Halt and Sons' bulk vegetable truck attached to the perishable express train from the New England Tablelands has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frost Damaged Crop
ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—A frost in Armidale this morning damaged tender vegetation. At Dangarslegh, a farmer lost 25…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—Mr. Chifley announced to-day that it was hoped a decision on the milk suppliers' claim for a price increase would be available by next Monday night. The Prime Minister added…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Thigh Broken in Farm Accident
SINGLETON, Friday.—David Allen Pike, 18, while working on the farm of his brother, Mr. M. Pike, at Fordwich, had his right thigh bone…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Infectious Disease Hits NewCastle Poultry Farms
An extremely infectious disease of fowls, Laryngo Tracheitis, has been diagnosed in the Newcastle district, the District Veterinary Officer. Mr. W. Webster, reports. Because it causes serious losses, he…
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Members representing the Cessnock, Maitland and New castle District Poultry Farmers' Association will vote against Government control of eggs at a meeting of the State association in Sydney tonight…
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SYDNEY.—The Milk Dairymen's Executive expects a reply from the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) today to the claims submitted last week for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →71½d at Sydney Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Monday.—Greasy merino fleece sold at 71½d for six bales of Waihemo (Boorowa), at the Sydney wool sales to-day. The sales were resumed…
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