India Seeks Full Wheat Needs From Australia
CANBERRA, Friday.—India was prepared to enter into a bilateral agreement with Australia to purchase up to 750,000 tons of wheat a year…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1947
864 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 18 of 44
Sheep for Nauru
Sixty merino wethers were shipped to Nauru Island by the Inverbank on Sunday. The sheep will be used for food. The waterside worker pictured took a firm hold on one wether as he guided it to the wharf for loading. The Inverbank carried five goats, which will be offloaded at Ocean Island and sent Tarawa…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Wool Tariff
The United States Congress has reached a compromise which abates the tariff on wool proposed by the House of Representatives,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Truman Call To Veto Wool Barriers
WASHINGTON, June 16. A.A.P.—"The hope of framing rules of conduct in world trade which will permit our free enterprise system to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Selfish German Farmers Trade Food For Valuables "Herald" Service and A.A.P.
LONDON, June 16.—"German cows have pearl necklaces and sleep on Persian rugs" is the bitter comment of 1,500,000 people living amid the ruins of Hamburg…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Output Drops
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Butter production throughout Australia in April dropped by almost 3000 tons. compared with March, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Rights to Wheat Crop Debated in Court
SYDNEY [?] the High Court today, evidence was concluded in a test case concerning the rights of Australian wheat grower to claims against the Federal Government for the compulsory acquisition of their wheat harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Indian Wheat Talk "Satisfactory"
CABERRA, Tuesday.—Discussions between the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) and himself on increased grain shipments to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fully Firm at Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There was been competition from the Continental sections local mills, Yorkshire and the United States at Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Crop Experiments At Katherine River
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—The Government Experimental Station at Katherine River was experimenting in the cultivation of tobacco, tomatoes,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Trade Firm
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Under good competition from all sections, the wool market remained firm to-day at prices prevailing yesterday for…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£32M. Rise in Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Australia's wool clip for the 1946-47 selling season has nearly reached the £90 million mark…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Don't Want Dubbo Wool Stores
DUBBO, Wednesday.—Graziers have asked the Federal Government not to open the wool stores erected at Dubbo. They feel they could get…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Ropes; Dairy Fodder Delayed At East Maitland
Six trucks of green [?]ucerne hay, loaded at East Maitland railway goods yard yesterday, will not be moved until to-day because no ropes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wingless Grasshoper Worries Farmers
MOREE, Wednesday.—A new type of grasshopper, wingless, has been found in the black soil plains. Although it has not done much harm…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Young Farmer Faces Charge Of Murdering Father And Sister
MELBOURNE: James Henry Napper, 23-year old ex-serviceman, pleaded not guilty when his trial began in the Criminal Court today before Mr. Justice Gavan Duff and a jury on charges of having at Sale on February 17…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales Close in Sydney
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The demand was strong and general at the Sydney wool sales to-day for any good lengths free or nearly free lines, but burry…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Black Wool At £350 The Bale
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The auction of a miniature bale of black wool from Sambo, pet lamb of Prince William, raised…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Beetles Eating Out Northern Farms
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Black beetles had put hundreds of acres out of production in the Manning River district, Mr. C. R. Bennett…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Wool Bill Passed
WASHINGTON, June 20. A.A.P.—Undeterred by repeated official warnings of serious repercussion on America's foreign policy, and the almost certain prospect of Presidential veto, the Senate by 48 votes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →