Wool For Japan; First Since 1939
The first shipment of wool from Newcastle to Japan since 1939 will leave on board the E. and A. liner Nanking this month…
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Farming & the land, 1948
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Warder Shot Prison Farm Escapee
BRISBANE, Monday.—Police recaptured two prisoners from Numinbah prison farm on the New South Wales border four hours after they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Some Wool Values Irregular
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The market revealed the conditions of previous days and there was again a tendency in buyers' favour for many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →11,500 Bales For Wool Sales
Six brokers will offer 11,500 ales at Newcastle wool sales next Wednesday and Thursday. The offering will include good spinners…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Price Of Butter Pleases Hunter Farmers
Hunter district farmers in conference at Maitland Town Hall yesterday expressed appreciation of one increase in the price of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Prices Pegged
WASHINGTON, Thursday (A.A.P.). — The International Wheat Conference has fixed maximum and minimum prices…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tasmania to Have Own Dairy Farms
HOBART, Thursday.—The Tasmanian Government proposed to establish State dairy farms to produce milk for Government Institutions,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →U.S. Wheat Farmers May Need Subsidy
WASHINGTON, Fri. (A.A.P.): The U.S. may be obliged to subsidise wheat exports as a result of the five-year international wheat agreement. The terms of the agreement…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Wool Received, Sold, Shipped
For the first seven months of the 1947-48 wool season, more wool was received into the stores, sold, and shipped than for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turning Swamps Into Farms
The drag-line excavator operated by the Hunter Valley Rural Cooperative Society was rapidly converting swamp lands into valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wheat Agreement Price 12/ to 6/
The international wheat agreement meant an Australian price of 12/ ranging down to 6/ in five years, said the Prime Minister (Mr. Chifley) in Canberra yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales Off Until Shipping Normal
Because of the tie up of shipping as a result of the Queensland rail strike, wool sales in Sydney, Newcastle, Goulburn and Brisbane have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Sales Off In Eastern Australia
Wool sales in Sydney, Newcastle, Goulburn and Brisbane have been cancelled because a shipping tie-up has resulted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →85M. Bushels Of Wheat Delivered
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—About 85 million bushels of the State's wheat crop had been delivered, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →EDITORIAL World Wheat Moves
THE international wheat agreement concerns more than wheat growers. It is one of the first big international moves to try to put an end to disastrous inflation and to meet Europe's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Shipment of Butter To-day
When the City of Dieppe sails from Newcastle to-day she will carry almost a complete cargo loaded at Newcastle, including the big…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Farmers for Australia
CANBERRA, Thursday. —Forty Dutch migrants would leave Holland for Australia at the end of March, the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Surplus Almost Sold
MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Practically the whole wheat surplus had been sold, said the Acting Chairman of the Australian Wheat Board…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crops Flattened By Downpour
Although nearly fourinches of rain were recorded from some parts of the district during the heavy storm at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canteen Butter Ration Cut
Goninan's delegates reported to Newcastle Committee of Management of the Federated Ironworkers' Association last night that the…
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