Wool Clip Up 55,000 Bales
SYDNEY, Sunday.—An increase of 50,000 bales of wool was received into brokers' stores and 55,000 bales in the total…
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Farming & the land, 1950
911 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 46
Cabinet Is Expected to End Tea, Butter, Petrol Rationing Soon
CANBERRA: Federal Cabinet this week will make important decisions on butter, tea and petrol rationing. Federal Ministers expect that petrol rationing will end from…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Butter production in New South Wales rose to 4669 tons in December, but was still 400 tons short of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Record Wool Auction
The largest quantity of wool ever to be offered at a Newcastle sale will be auctioned when the first…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The wool market to-day ruled firm at last week's best rates, although some buyers showed more discrimination…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The State's wheat crop this season is estimated at 83 million bushels or 164,000 tons…
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MELBOURNE: Australia is not taking any steps to renew suspended talks with Britain over the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Wool Federation Wants Continuation Of "Free" Auctions
LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.-Reuter) : Sir Reginald Bailey, retiring president of the British Wool Federation, yesterday opposed any plan to interfere with the system of free wool auctions…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →No Move To Resume Wheat Talks
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Australia was not making any move to resume negotiations with Britain for sale of Australian wheat, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slag Wool Unloaded By Strike Pickets
Striking pickets from Bradford Insulation Pty. Ltd. today unloaded slag wool from two large trucks which had been sent by the firm to take the wool to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lime Service To Hunter Farms Expands
Since it began a mechanical lime-spreading service in September, the Hunter Valley Cooperative Dairy Co. Ltd., has spread…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£115 An Acre For Swan Reach Farm
After having been in the family for 38 years, a farm of 59 acres at Swan Reach, Hinton, was sold by J. Enright at Maitland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Handle Wheat Crop
SYDNEY: The railways foresee no difficulty in handling this year's record wheat harvest of 83 million bushels. A…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Record State Wheat Yield Predicted
SYDNEY: The N.S.W. Government Statistician predicts a record State wheat yield of 20.6 bushels to the acre this season. It is expected that the total…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wool Prices Keep Mutton Off Market
SYDNEY.—High wool prices are keeping the livestock market short of lamb and mutton and meat prices up, the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Bradford Traders Concerned About Higher Wool Prices
LONDON, Thurs. (O.S.R.): United Kingdom wool traders at Bradford feel that wool prices are getting out of hand. One of the most sensational…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Miracle" In Providing For Record Crop Of Pupils
SYDNEY: "Something approaching a miracle" had been achieved in providing classrooms, teaching staff and school, furniture for this year's record school enrolment, the Minister for Education (Mr. Heffron) claimed today. "However, there will be some…
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LONDON, [?] (A.A.P.): International wool buyers crowded the opening of the London 1950 wool…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trials By Sheep Dogs For Newcastle Show
An exhibition of sheep dog trials by Mr. R. Fortune of Timaru (New Zealand) would be one of the best features of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Price Making Meat Scarce
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The high price of wool was keeping the livestock market short of lamb and mutton, and meat prices up, the…
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