Farm Worker Would Bury His Gift "Herald" Service
LONDON, July 21.—If someone gave you £500 to-morrow, what would you do with it? People were asked this in a…
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Farming & the land, 1947
864 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 22 of 44
Australian Wool Clip Averages 25d
The average price paid for the Australian wool clip for the 1946-47 season was £31/6/1 a bale, or 25,151d per lb, representing an advance of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cut In U.S.A. Wool Duty Is Predicted
NEW YORK, Thursday: A 25 per cent. cut in the wool import duty is forecast by the "Journal of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gloucester Butter Output Up
GLOUCESTER, Friday.—For June cream suppliers to Gloucester Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. were paid 1/7¾ for choicest and 1/5¾ for second grade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Dairy Stock Sale At Shortland
One hundred and ten cows averaged £13/17/6 at an auction sale of dairy stock at Shortland yesterday. Top price of £33/15/ was paid for an Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Truman Expected To Sign Wool Bill
WASHINGTON, July 27. A.A.P.—The House of Representatives by a vote on the voices yesterday passed the Wool Bill, continuing the Government's domestic wool subsidy programme…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Wheat From Russia
Prolonged trade talks in Moscow have concluded with a modest agreement under which Russia will send timber and…
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LISMORE, Monday.—Twelve per cent. of human tuberculosis in Australia had been transmitted by bovine T.B., said the Secretary of Lismore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Polish Chief Mate Wants To Farm In Australia
Chief Mate G. Z. Bobin, a Pole, at present in Newcastle on the Empire Swordsman, thinks so much of Australia that he has decided to settle here. On the recommendation of some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bigger Wheat Acreage
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The estimated wheat crop of 15,500,000 acres for 1947-48 would be substantially above prewar averages, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Conference to Discuss Dairy Dispute
A compulsory conference would be held on Friday in an effort to settle a dispute between the union and certain dairy-companies, the Secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Too Dear' To Kill Cattle For Britain
Costs between killing pen and ship were almost £3 a head for it bullocks provided for the Food for Britain appeal, the President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No U.s. Offer to Cut Wool Tariffs
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Government had been given no intimation that America, at the Geneva trade talks, proposed to offer a 25…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian Poultry Farmer Battered to Death: Police Seek Motive
MELBOURNE: No motive has yet been found for the murder of Alan Paul Rose, 30, poultry farmer, in the garden of his bachelor home in Seymour Road, Boxhill. His battered body was found in the hall yesterday by a friend who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Returns Too Low; Farm Labour Put Off
Because of low prices being realised for vegetables some growers who employed labour had commenced to retrench, the District Agronomist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt To End Deadlock On Wool Tariffs
GENEVA, August 1. A.A.P.—The U.S. Under Secretary for Economic Affairs (Mr. William Clayton) will fly from Paris to Geneva…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Milk Production Doubled; 360 Fewer Dairymen
Milk consumption had more than doubled in 12 years, but 360 dairymen within the Milk Zone had gone out of production, the Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Farmer Salvage Totalled £23,045
LONDON, August 1, A.A.P.—Mr. Justice Pilcher, in the Admiralty Court, divided awards totalling £23,045 between the parties to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belmont Butter; Deputation To Minister Sought
The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Courtice) will be asked by the Hunter Federal Council of the A.L.P. to receive a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disappointment At Geneva On Wool Talks
LONDON, Aug. 3. A.A.P.—According to a reliable source there is considerable disappointment and dissatisfaction among the Dominions'…
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