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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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

Students Unload Wheat, Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—University students are assisting to unload wheat and wool at Darling Harbour goodsyards. The students…

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Fellmongery to Aid Wool Trade

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 2

Establishment at Newcastle of a fellmongery, wool-carbonising and scouring works is essential to develop the city's wool industry. Newcastle is the only big wool…

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High Price Of Wool Likely To Continue

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.): Australia and other wool producers can face 1949 with confidence that the consumer demand will keep the prices of their product firm…

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Tractor Power on Hunter Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 6

Power works many of the Hunter Valley farms. Bill Brown is seen at the wheel of tractor drawing the header gathering the grain at a wheat property near Scone…

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Farm Isolated By Bull's Death

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1948 · page 3

LISMORE, Wednesday.—Because of the death of a stud Guernsey bull imported by the State Department of Agriculture in…

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Wool Prices Down By Next Easter

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY'. A sharp fall in wool prices next Easter is expected by most of Australia's major wool buyers. The price decline is antici-…

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Need More Rain, Say Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 31 December 1948 · page 2

Good, soaking rain fell all over Newcastle and Hunter Valley districts yesterday and last night. Crops, which badly needed rain, will benefit. Falls up to 80 points were registered up to 10 o'clock…

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