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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Took 400 Sheep To Indo-China

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Australian sheep, valued in Australia at 50/, are being imported into French Indo-China for Moslems at a cost…

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San Domenico For Sprint Race At Eagle Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 11

SYDNEY: San Domenico will have his first Brisbane race in the six furlong June Handicap at the Q.T.C. meeting at Eagle Farm on Saturday week…

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Sheep Sales Record at £118,000

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—By the close of the merino sales at Sydney Showground to-day sales had reached a record of £118,000…

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Italy, Holland Lend Wheat To France

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

PARIS, June 2. A.A.P.—The Foreign Ministry announced that Italy and Holland had loaned France 98,000 tons of wheat to…

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In Brief Father Calls Roll: Migrant Family Experiment With Cattle In N.G.

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 4

An English family so large that the father has to call the roll before they move off anywhere arrived in Sydney today on the Orion. They are the Johnsons—mother, father and…

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Less Greasy Wool Bought By U.S.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday. — United States' purchases of Australian greasy wool continue to fall off Statistics released to-day by the…

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Junior Farmers' Field Day

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 4

Plans for a junior farmers' field day on December 8 at the Australasian Missionary College, Cooranbong, were submitted to the…

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Butter, Tea Rationing 'Much Sounder'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.— Commonwealth legal authorities believe that butter and tea rationing regulations are much more strongly…

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90½d for Merino Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Average top-making wools ruled from bar to 5 per cent. dearer at to-day's wool sales. Competition was keen, general…

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37,000 Bales in Last Wool Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

Offerings this week at Newcastle's last wool sale of the season will consist of 27,000 bales of growers' wool and 10,000 bales of…

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Wool Firm At Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 8 June 1949 · page 6

At Newcastle wool sales to-day early prices revealed that the market ruled firm compared with closing rates in Sydney on…

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Expect Big Drop Of Wool Prices

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 3

CANBERRA: Wool is likely to Neline seriously in price in the next two years, federal experts believe…

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"Use Land Or Lose It," British Farmers Told

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 9 June 1949 · page 9

LONDON, Thurs. (A.A.P.): British farmers must make good use of their land or give it up, the War Minister (Mr. Shinwell) told the Labor Party conference today. If farmers were unwilling to…

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Big Catalogues At Season's Last Wool Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 3

A record quantity of 2700 bales of growers' wool and 10000 bales of Australian Wool Realisation Commission wool was disposed of…

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More N.Z. Farmers To Pay Visit

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

WELLINGTON, June 9. A.A.P.-Reuter. —Fifty New Zealand farmers will leave Wellington by the Wanganella on Friday to inspect…

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Wool Sale Figures

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 7

At the Newcastle wool sales this week, 27,000 bales of growers' wool and 10,000 bales of Australian Wool Realization Commission wool…

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Newcastle Wheat Exports End Till Next Season

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

No more wheat would be exported from Newcastle until the next season's crop was ready in about November," the operator in charge of the Newcastle wheat silos (Mr. R. Lyon) said today. All the exportable wheat…

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Soldier Dairy Farm Minimum To Stay

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Federal Government rejected a request by the New South Wales Government to reduce the minimum butter…

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French Expect Reduced Wheat Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 3

PARIS, June 12. A.A.P.—France's wheat crop is expected to be 432,000 tons less than last year, according to an estimate by the…

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Drover Drowned Trying To Rescue Sheep

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 1

NYNGAN, Sunday.—Ronald Albert Tilon, drover, of Tamworth-street, Dubbo, was drowned in Duck Creek, Nyngan, yesterday, while he…

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