Wheat Crop Makes State Record
SYDNEY, Thursday.—This year's wheat crop has established another record in New South Wales. Never before has the State recorded three…
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Farming & the land, 1950
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Wheat Silo Almost Full
The Newcastle silo would have difficulty in receiving wheat after to-day unless a ship arrived quickly to take a cargo, the Superintendent…
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Wheat is still being received at the Newcastle silos despite the fact that the capacity of 1,000,000 bushels already has been exceeded. Because no ships were available to load wheat till next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →65,000 Bales Of Wool In Stores
About 65,000 bales of growers' wool is in Newcastle stores to be sold at auctions in the next two months…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—Exports of greasy wool rose by more than £12 million to £75,688,000 in the five months ended November, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ministers, Advisers Clash Over Butter, Tea Ration
CANBERRA: Commonwealth Public Servants are having their first clash with the new Ministry over the abolition of tea and butter rationing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Increased Junior Farm Entries For Show This Year
Entries for the Junior Farmers section at the Newcastle Show this year are expected to exceed 1000, an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Butter Rationing
At the very root of the argument whether butter rationing should be lifted lies the hard fact that Australia is not producing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter, Petrol Price Review
SYDNEY, Monday.—Items to be considered for decontrol by a conference of prices Ministers in Sydney next Friday will include…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Values Up
SYDNEY, Monday.—The wool market opened to-day with values for all descriptions ranging from 10 to 15 per cent. above the closing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Loading Wheat for India
The next ship to load wheat in Newcastle will be the Silvana, which is expected to go under the chutes at the silos…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Treasury Not Approached On Tea, Butter
SYDNEY, Monday—The Treasury had not been approached to deal with the financial aspects of the lifting of the rationing of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Many Women Oppose Ending Tea And Butter Rationing
Half the women shoppers interviewed in Newcastle today opposed the possible abolition of tea and butter rationing. They said that prices of tea and butter would rise, ship-…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire Destroys £200,000 Worth of Wool
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Fire destroyed wool worth about £200,000 in a shed at Brooklyn to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Record Wool Cheque For £200M Expected For This Year's Clip
SYDNEY: Australia's wool cheque this year is expected to total more than £200 million—a record for the Commonwealth and about £5,000,000 above the 1948-49 record. Wool prices rose 10 to 15 per…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dionne Quins Fuss Over Sheep
Famous Dionne quintuplets fuss over their pet sheep which has become a firm favorite on their father's farm in Canada. Here Annette puts her arms around the sheep's neck, while (from left) Marie, Emilie, Cecile and Yvonne look on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Spain Has Serious Wheat Shortage
MADRID, Wed. (A.A.P.): Spain must have at least 300,000 tons of wheat before June to maintain the present bread ration. The country also requires…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Accused Of Fitting Cows With False Teeth From Heifers
LONDON, Wed. (O.S.R.) : Cows fitted with false teeth had been sold as heifers to the Ministry of Food in a cruel but ingenious fraud, it was alleged at Hampshire Quarter Sessions. A cattle dealer, Douglas Clay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Assurance On Butter Supply Sought
The executive of Newcastle Housewives' Association will ask the Federal Government to give an assurance that sufficient butter will…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Demand For Wool Is Amazingly Active
LONDON, (O.S.R.): Incredible as it sounds, there were more buyers than sellers in last Bradford market, which was amazingly active and almost excited…
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