Russian Farmer Says He Is 140
LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.).—Mahmet Buzakov, a collective farmer who lives in the mountain village of…
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Farming & the land, 1949
725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 26 of 37
Prices Maintained at Sydney Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Yesterday's improved levels were fully maintained at Sydney wool sales to-day. Competition was keen and general…
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It would not be practicable to supply water to primary producers at a cheaper rate than to householders, the Hunter District Water…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Greasy merino fleece sold to 94d for five bales of sup. AAA com. E of WJS/ Boorowa, at Sydney wool sales…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Letters To The Editor Beer v. Wheat
OVER the past three or four weeks, produce merchants throughout New South Wales have found it impossible to secure…
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SYDNEY.—A woman who "hates cows" has come to Australia to marry a dairy fanner at Wellington, N.S.W. The woman, Mrs. Leslie Lewis of South Wales, who arrived by the Moreton Bay, said she was to marry Mr. F. J…
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SYDNEY—Chief plant breeder for the N.S.W. Department of Agriculture (Mr. W. Poggendorff) has left Perth on…
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Twenty-eight thousand bales of growers' wool will be offered at the second series of this season's sales which begin in…
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The season's first shipment of wool for Japan is expected to leave Newcastle late next week on the Kafiristan, which is due from…
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SYDNEY.—A wool bale fell between two trucks of a goods train outside Ingleburn early today, derailing three trucks…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The best features of recent auctions were strongly reproduced at the closing sales at Sydney wool sales to-day…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Pollard) said in the House of Representatives to-day that his…
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The first trucking of this season's wheat harvest should arrive in Newcastle during the first week of November, the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Rice-growers in the Wakool district were instructed to curtail their rice crops to 100 acres, although they had…
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Newcastle's second wool sales this season will open in Newcastle on Tuesday. About 28,000 bales of growers' wool will be offered…
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The first wheat consignments of the season are expected to reach Newcastle in the first week of November…
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LONDON.—Sixty Kent farmworkers received awards for long service from Mr. Tom Williams, Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →In Brief Britain Has Many Farm Tractors Hockey Champions Purged By Czechs
Czechoslovakia at the weekend purged its world champion hockey team of three men who made up the greatest attacking forward line in amateur hockey. The three, Vladimir…
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SYDNEY, Monday. — Under strong competition from Yorrkshire and the Continent, with occasional support from local mills on selected…
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About 7000 bales of growers' wool were auctioned this afternoon when the second of this season's wool sales began in…
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