Wheat Loading Rate Agreed To
SYDNEY, Monday.—Differences arising over the payment of loading charges on wheat shipping have been settled…
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Farming & the land, 1949
725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 16 of 37
Farm-raiding Lions Hunted
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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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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Market Firm
SYDNEY, Tuesday—Under strong and sustained competition, the wool market to-day ruled firm at last week's best rates. Continental end…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All Wool Pullovers
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.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →H. J. Ginges Wednesday Bombshells. Ladies' All Wool Cardigans
Ladies' All Wool Ribbed Cardigans, long sleeves and two patch pockets, featuring latest coat style, in sizes S.W., W., O.S., and all…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gun Battle In Italy With Farm Strikers
ROME, June 14. A.A.P.—Police and carabinieri last night fought a gun battle against 2000 striking farm labourers in Bologna…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nepean River Breaks Banks, Floods Farms
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…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pushbutton Farm On Way In U.S. "Herald" New York Service
NEW YORK—Pushbutton farming is on the way with gadget, that.— Dig, lift, top, sack, and tie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Share Farmer Given £346 Damages
SINGLETON, Friday.—In Singleton District Court, Lawrence Clive Prior, farmer, Redbournberry, claimed £400 damages from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pushbutton Farm On The Way
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…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool To Go On Show
SYDNEY, Sunday.—An international wool secretariat exhibition of the latest scientific developments in wool and its uses would be on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Italian Farmers Kill Non-striker
ROME, June 19. A.A.P.—A non-striking farm hand was killed when strikers fired from a road block near Siero, Fuardanella, Police…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sales of Wool Increase In Newcastle
Newcastle again increased in importance as a wool-selling centre last season, when 16,696 more bales of growers' wool than in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Surfers Rescue Sick Farmer
Newcastle Surf Club went from Maitland to St. Peters, near West Greta, last night, to bring Mr. William Bailey, 65, a farmer, to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Here For Wool
The Nankin arrived in Newcastle this morning to load 2210 bales of wool for Japan. It is expected to sail on Friday or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Invalids May Get Extra Butter
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—A butter ration to allow additional butter for invalids would probably bo agreed to where satisfactory…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Flood victims would not go short of butter and tea if they lost their coupons in the floods in New South…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heat Wave Threatens Crops In U.S.A.
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…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool for Japan
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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