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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

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POP— Bumper Crop

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 7

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Wool Sales Resume On

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY: Although wool brokers' stores opened today for the first time since the…

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Bulk Wool Carried by Air

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 1

PERTH, Wednesday.—The first bulk wool transported by air in this State came direct from Noonkambah Station, in the Kimberleys, to…

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Wool Prices Down in N.z

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thurs.—Judging: by values at the Christchurch wool sales today, the golden times are over for…

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Wool Cargoes 'Will Take Month To Clear'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Shipowners' representatives said to-night that it would take a month to clear the backlog of wool…

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In Brief Italian Demand For Our Wool Trial In Tug For World Cruise

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 31 March 1949 · page 8

Italy was a great and growing market for high grade Australian wool, said the Count Du Selle au Real today. The count, who buys Australian wool for Italian mills, arrived by plane…

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Price Cut Expected For Wool

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: Foreign wool-buyers said in Sydney to-day they expected a slump in Australian wool prices…

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Fortnight Delay Likely In Wool Removals

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.— Sydney woolbrokers' stores opened to-day after the storemen and packers' strike, but it will probably be a…

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Dollar Leak In Sale Of Wool Is Stopped

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY: Australia has been able to effect a big cut in dollar losses as a result of measures against Continental woolbuyers who were reselling Australian wool purchases to the United States, it was stated…

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Farmers Hope For Dry Spell To Prepare Land

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 1 April 1949 · page 5

Excessive rain this month had had an adverse effect on agriculture and pastoral interests, the District Agronomist (Mr. G. T. Dawson)…

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Missing Farmer Found Dead

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 2 April 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE. — A body, believed to be that of Ernest Gustavo Schuenemann, 30, married, dairy farmer, of…

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Accumulated Wool To Be Cleared As Soon As Possible

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY.—Wool brokers and buyers have agreed to operate at top pressure from now until June 30 in order to clear as…

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Butter Factory to Make Baby Food

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—England's biggest baby food firm, Cow and Gate Ltd. will take over the Raleigh Butter Factory on the North Coast…

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Reduced Wool Exports Affect Trade Balance

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.—Australia's unfavourable trade balance with North America increased from less than £500,000 at the end of…

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Wool Brokers Expect High Sydney Prices

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Wool - selling brokers said today they expected high prices for best style fleece wool to operate at the…

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U.S. Women Go Back To Wool Swimsuits

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 8

NEW YORK, Tues. (O.S.R.): America is rediscovering wool swimsuits—warm, wearable and quick-drying. For real water fans, wool…

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Wheat Grows In Ship's Hold

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE.—Wheat is growing in a hold of the Canadian freighter Haligonian Duke, which has been delayed in Melbourne for 45 days. A patch of wheat, several inches in height, has sprouted…

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60,000 Bales Wool To Leave Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 3

The first consignment of wool from Newcastle since the middle of February will leave tonight and during the next few weeks approximately 60,000 bales are scheduled to be shipped to…

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Yanco Farm May Become College

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) said in the Legislative Assembly to-day that he was trying…

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Electricity For Millions Of Farms In U.S.

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 12

WASHINGTON, Wed. (O.S.R.): Millions of American farms have received central station electric power during the past 14 years under the United States Rural Electricity Administration programme…

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