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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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Wheat Loading Rate Agreed To

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Differences arising over the payment of loading charges on wheat shipping have been settled…

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Farm-raiding Lions Hunted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 1

SALISBURY (Southern Rhodesia), June 13. A.A.P. — Hunters are seeking a group of lions which have been raiding farms 25 miles…

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Many N.Z. Farmers On Australian Tours

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: Of 480 passengers who arrived from New Zealand on the Wanganella today, 104 were more than 60 years old. All agreed that they had…

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Wool Market Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Under strong and sustained competition, the wool market to-day ruled firm at last week's best rates. Continental end…

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All Wool Pullovers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 8

Men's All Wool Sleeveless Pullovers in an excellent heavy winter-weight knit. Colours of light and dark fawn, also grey, in sizes S.M.,…

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H. J. Ginges Wednesday Bombshells. Ladies' All Wool Cardigans

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 8

Ladies' All Wool Ribbed Cardigans, long sleeves and two patch pockets, featuring latest coat style, in sizes S.W., W., O.S., and all…

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Gun Battle In Italy With Farm Strikers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1949 · page 1

ROME, June 14. A.A.P.—Police and carabinieri last night fought a gun battle against 2000 striking farm labourers in Bologna…

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Nepean River Breaks Banks, Floods Farms

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY: The Nepean River, 21 feet higher than at 10 a.m. yesterday, broke its banks this morning, flooding hundreds of acres of farm lands around Camden. In many places the river is now more than half…

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Pushbutton Farm On Way In U.S. "Herald" New York Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK—Pushbutton farming is on the way with gadget, that.— Dig, lift, top, sack, and tie…

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Share Farmer Given £346 Damages

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 6

SINGLETON, Friday.—In Singleton District Court, Lawrence Clive Prior, farmer, Redbournberry, claimed £400 damages from…

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Pushbutton Farm On The Way

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 18 June 1949 · page 9

NEW YORK, Fri. (O.S.R.): Pushbutton farming is on the way with gadgets that: Dig. lift, top, sack and tie up onion crops all in one…

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Wool To Go On Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday.—An international wool secretariat exhibition of the latest scientific developments in wool and its uses would be on…

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Italian Farmers Kill Non-striker

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 20 June 1949 · page 4

ROME, June 19. A.A.P.—A non-striking farm hand was killed when strikers fired from a road block near Siero, Fuardanella, Police…

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Sales of Wool Increase In Newcastle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 4

Newcastle again increased in importance as a wool-selling centre last season, when 16,696 more bales of growers' wool than in the…

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Surfers Rescue Sick Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1949 · page 4

Newcastle Surf Club went from Maitland to St. Peters, near West Greta, last night, to bring Mr. William Bailey, 65, a farmer, to…

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Here For Wool

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 3

The Nankin arrived in Newcastle this morning to load 2210 bales of wool for Japan. It is expected to sail on Friday or…

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Invalids May Get Extra Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A butter ration to allow additional butter for invalids would probably bo agreed to where satisfactory…

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Tea, Butter for Flood Victims

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Flood victims would not go short of butter and tea if they lost their coupons in the floods in New South…

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Heat Wave Threatens Crops In U.S.A.

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, June 22. A.A.P.—North-eastern United States is in the scorching grip of a heat wave that is threatening serious damage…

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Wool for Japan

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 24 June 1949 · page 8

The Nankin arrived in Newcastle yesterday morning to load 2200 bales of wool for Japan. The shipment is the biggest to…

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