Russia Sixth Best Wool Customer
CANBERRA, Monday.—In the first six months of the financial year Russia shipped from Australian ports more than 22 million lb…
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Farming & the land, 1949
725 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 37
Bagged Wheat Falls From Truck; 3 Hurt
SYDNEY, Monday. — Three people, including a two-year-old child, were injured when struck by bags of when which fall from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butter Factory Employees May Stop Work
Extreme dissatisfaction existed among members of the Meat Industry Employees' Union at northern butter factories following recent announcement of a new award, the Northern Secretary of the union…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Merino Wool to 178d in Sydney
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Greasy merino fleece made a new Sydney record of 178d lb. at the wool sales to-day. The price was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Farms For £2000 Dairy Grant
Hunter District farms selected for demonstrations in connection with the Commonwealth dairy grant were announced today by the District Dairy Officer (Mr J. W. G. Smith)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Largest Post - War Shipment Of Japanese Wool Next Week
The largest wool shipment to leave Newcastle for Japan since the war will be loaded on the Eastern and Australian Line vessel Eastern in Newcastle on Monday. The shipment totalling 750…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Factory Discontent; Week-end Talks
Representatives from butter, cheese and milk factories from Newcastle to the Queensland border will confer in Newcastle on Sunday and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →151d. For Merino Wool
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Under general and sustained competition, the wool market to-day ruled equal to the best point of the week for all…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Farms For Dairy Demonstrations
All parts of the Hunter Valley are represented in farms selected for demonstrations under the scheme sponsored by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Butter Ration Lasts Better
ONE result of the heat: People are finding their butter ration lasting better. A grocer said yesterday:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No Wheat At Silos For Month
No wheat is expected to reach Carrington silos for about a month When the Hopecrest sails from Newcastle with 8900 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sugar Cane---Elite Crop Of The North
THE biggest sugar producer in the world is India, which has five times…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Seed Crops Ruined By Rain
Lucerne seed crops in the Hunter Valley, which were expected to yield about 100 tons, had been ruined by excessive rain, the District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russia "Farming in Arctic Circle"
LONDON, Feb. 13. A.A.P.—Moscow radio said Russia was growing grain, seed grasses and vegetables within the Arctic Circle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bright Outlook For Crops In Hunter
SYDNEY: Good rains in January have transformed the agricultural and pastoral situation in the Hunter district. This is revealed in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ban To-day On Wool Handling
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Deliveries of wool for shipment overseas from Sydney will cease to-morrow, when a ban by 3000 members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Heads Flying Family
Mr. C. Bendall, of Denmead (Hampshire), is an English land man who makes a business of combining agriculture and aviation. From his private airport, Farmer Bendall files to cattle shows and sales all over England. Most of his 12 children also fly in some way…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Now In Wool Handling Issue
Newcastle branch of the Store-men and Packers' Union decided last night to endorse the Sydney decision to refuse to handle wool…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Ships Held Up By Wool Strike
SYDNEY.—Six overseas ships loading wool for Britain, America and Scandinavia have been delayed by the Storemen…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Load Only 1300 Of 22,000 Bales Wool
In Newcastle to load approximately 22,000 bales of wool, the Newbrough will be able to take on only about 1300 bales before becoming involved in the ban imposed by the Storemen and Packers'…
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