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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

585 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 28 of 30

Junior Farmers Hold Field Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 3

Junior farmers attended a field day at the farm of Mr. S. Parish, of Wallalong, near Hinton, yesterday. Mr. Parish is seen…

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Wallsend Junior Farmers' Show

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 10 December 1948 · page 10

Wallsend Junior Farmers will hold their 12th annual spring show at the Plattsburg District Rural School tomorrow…

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Wheat Ships Back-up in Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 December 1948 · page 3

Wheat ships are beginning to bank up in Newcastle. The Ocean Valour is expected to sail for the United…

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Dairymen Seek Extension of Price Till 1957

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The dairying industry considered that the Commonwealth Government's guaranteed price should be maintained until…

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Walflsend Junior Farmers' Show

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 December 1948 · page 8

More than 300 exhibits were displayed at the Wallsend Junior Farmers' 12th annual spring show which was held at…

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Release Of Wheat "Too Slow"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 1

The position regarding the release of bulk wheat in Newcastle is unsatisfactory and the delivery of wheat from the…

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Wallsend Junior Farmers' Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 December 1948 · page 3

Members of Wallsend Junior Farmers' Club had won prizes at Newcastle and Sydney shows, the District Supervisor of Junior…

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Wool Values Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The trend in sellers' favour continued when Sydney wool sales were resumed to-day. Most descriptions sold at about…

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Trucks Held Up By Silo Wheat

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 2

Because 1,000,000 bushels of wheat in Newcastle silos was 150,000 bushels in excess of the capacity of the bays, the release of trucks was…

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Record Sugar Crop For Queensland

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE. — Last year'S State sugar crop record will be exceeded by £5 million this year…

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Coal Trucks For Wheat

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY: To speed up wheat exports attempts will be made to bring in bagged wheat in coal trucks, while miners are…

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Italy Buys Wool At 147d.; Record For Mainland

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Italian wool buyers paid 147d a lb., an Australian mainland record price, at the wool sales to-day…

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Russia "Farming Out Shock Troops"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Dec. 14. A.A.P.—The British-licensed newspaper "Telegraf" said to-day that the Russians were attempting to camouflage…

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Farm Murders Behind "Iron Curtain"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. A.A.P.—Several Communist officials have been murdered by peasants in a bitter struggle behind the "Iron…

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Search For Prison Farm Escapee

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 December 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Police in Queensland and New South Wales are looking for Brian Henry Bowles, 20, who escaped from a…

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Aust. Wool Rug for President Truman

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Wednesday (A.A.P.): The Australian Ambassador (Mr. Makin) today presented to President Truman…

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Wool Brings 152d. At Melbourne Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN mainland record price for wool was broken in Melbourne and Sydney yesterday…

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Wheat, Timber Lifted When Coal Haul Ends

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Seven thousand rail trucks would lift timber and wheat as soon as the transport of coal had been…

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Mew Plan To "Bleed' Wheat Into Ships

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY: A new plan to "bleed" bagged wheat into ships fitted for bulk cargoes is to be tried at Glebe Island. Purpose is to reduce the fleet…

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Dairy Experts "Accepted Now"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 3

About 20 years ago departmental officers and dairying experts were looked upon with suspicion, but to-day they were welcomed by…

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