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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 14 of 37
NEW YORK, Wed. (O.S.R) : A new combination fabric, made from yarn spun from a blend of nylon staple fibre and wool staple by a firm in the Netherlands, has been shown by the Netherlands Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SYDNEY, Wednesday—A school of instruction for 12 men employed in dairy produce factories and in phases of milk and associated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, Thurs.—A picture of the lights of London reflected in the glittering roadway on the Thames Embankment made front page news this week. And it wasn't the scenic charm of a night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CANBERRA, Thursday. — The Commonwealth Government was powerless to stop oversea firms buying butter factories and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, May 26. A.A.P.—A 34-year-old electrical engineer who moved in high society and had titled friends was sent…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Breeders at to-day's sales of British stud sheep at the Sydney Showground said that buyers were GRACIE FIELDS, billed for the final act in a show at the Empress Hall (London), decided she couldn't keep 8200 spectators waiting. So she came on unexpectedly in the first half. Crowds rushed back from refreshment counters…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle's last wool sale for the season will be held on June 7, 8 and 9. The offerings will be 25,000 bales of growers' wool and 10,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 3000 acres of the 1949-50 wheat had been planted in the Upper Hunter, the District Agronomist (Mr. Dawson) said…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Between 1934 and 1948, 24 per cent of the dairy farmers in the Hunter Valley closed up shop and, generally, their properties ceased milk production. The result was a drop in milk production of more than 12,000,000 gallons a year…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FORMATION of patrols by younger men from dairy farms throughout the night was being seriously considered to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Maitland district dairy farmer had told the police that he fired two shots at men whom he suspected of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AUCKLAND, May 29. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Twenty New Zealand farmers will fly to Sydney in two parties on Wednesday and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Planted pastures were progressing favorably and excellent growth was evident in those that had been mowed, states the Hunter River District Dairy Officer (Mr. J. W. G. Smith) in his report on seasonal…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →REYKJAVIK (Iceland), Sun. (O.S.R.).—Mysterious disappearance for the past four years of this country's major "money crop," the herring, is the talk of Iceland…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SYDNEY: A bumper wheat crop this year is assured if present excellent sowing and growing conditions continue. A Government agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LAUNCESTON. — The cost of the Australian wool in an English suit priced at more than £25 in Australia is only…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SYDNEY, Monday.—Australia's butter production was threatened by the drift of young people to well-paid city jobs, with shorter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THIRTY-ONE young farmers from New Zealand (in picture) arrived in Newcastle yesterday for a short visit. After…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ROME, Tues. (Reuter): Land reform proposals of the Italian Prime Minister (Signor Alcide de Gasperi), if reasonably successful, should settle some 200,000 landless families as smallholders with an average…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.).—A Danish delegation is in England to negotiate a long-term butter contract between…
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