Send Wheat To France, S. Africa; Food Shortages
CANBERRA, Friday.—Part of Australia's wheat harvest, estimated to reach the record figure of 200 million bushels, may be sent to France and…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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Resumption Likely For Soldiers' Farms
SINGLETON, Friday.—It was almost certain that 2200 acres of Carrington Estate would be made available for soldier settlement, the Clerk…
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At the 51st annual meeting of Farmer and Co. Ltd. on Thursday the Chairman of Directors (Mr. H. N. Pope) said the year's trade…
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LONDON, Saturday: Lark pies in Italy mean smaller crops Royal Society for the Protection of Birds decided yesterday. Members had heard a number of protests against the Italian custom…
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SINGLETON, Sunday,—Singleton Junior Farmers' Club has been re-formed. Twenty-three boys and five girls joined. It is expected that membership…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dairymen Decide This Week On Milk Supplies
Dairymen within the milk zone will meet this week to decide whether milk supplies should be withheld from Sydney and Newcastle…
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Neville Bushell, 16, of Cardiff, who won the 1947 State junior farmers' championship for vegetable growing, says that farming is "only a hobby."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Export Cattle To Philippines
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The export of 5000 head of cattle to the Philippines this year has been authorised by the Commonwealth Government, which is…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Victoria's season in the wheat belt this year has been the best for at least 30 years…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Teams of trained British farm workers will probably be sent to Australia if the Government approves a plan being discussed for boosting Australia's food production…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A dairy in Greenacre-road, Hurstville, lost its third verandah to-day during a fierce five-minute windstorm…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday. — The Federal Government hoped to distribute approximately £5,000,000 to wheat farmers who contributed to the…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Several thousand more tons of butter would be available for export to Britain this year than last year, the Minister for…
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SYDNEY.—N.S.W. railway guards have decided to work extra overtime during the wheat season, the secretary of the A.R.U. (Mr. J. Ferguson…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Exports Of Greasy Wool Drop
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia's exports of greasy wool during July and August totalled only 242,128 bales, compared with 659,246 bales…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The market ruled very firm for all descriptions at the Sydney wool sales to-day, the recently improved tone being again…
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More than 30,000 bales of wool will change hands at Newcastle next week, when the second sales of the 1947-48 season are held…
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SYDNEY.—All branches of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council whiCh have held meetings on the Government's refusal to increase…
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CANBERRA: Though there might be a shortage of bags to put it in, Australia should thank Providence for a record wheat harvest…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The miserable subsidies allowed by the Commonwealth Government to dairy farmers meant that in the last few years milk,…
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