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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

930 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 47

Two Junior Farmers Show Guests

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 5

Raymond Morton, 19, and Merna Mitchell, 16, members of Millfield Junior Farmers' Club, are among the junior farmer guests…

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Butter "Short In Winter"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Midwinter butter production was likely to be insufficient for Australian needs. The Federal Minister for…

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Wool Sales Deduction Acts Valid

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Full High Court unanimously held yesterday that the Wool Sales Deduction Acts are valid…

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Junior Farmers in World Radio Talk

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Champion junior farmers of Australia, New Zealand, Great Britain and the United States will take part in a…

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Farmhand, 16, Charged With Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 26 March 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The body of George Archibald Bill, 49, single, grazier, of Yarrawalla South, northern Victoria, was found in his…

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Producers Get More For Butter

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—Returns for butter, cheese and processed milk products would be increased by 2.17d a 1b. commercial butter, the…

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Wool Subsidy Criticised "Herald" Service

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 3

LONDON, March 26.—British wool and textile exporters are protesting against Australia's subsidy on wool used for home…

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Soviet Offers Wheat for Indian Jute

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 2

NEW DELHI, March 26. A.A.P.—The Indian Food Ministry is examining a Russian proposal to supply 50,000 tons of wheat in…

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Rise For Dairy Farmers

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA: An increase in the guaranteed price of butter fat to dairy farmers would give them an extra…

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Most Greasy Wool Sold To Britain

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 7

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Britain was again Australia's best greasy wool customer in the seven months ended January 31…

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Dairy Farmer Gored By Bull

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

Rex Reynolds, 64, dairy farmer, of Gatherleigh, Vacy, was seriously injured when a bull gored him yesterday morning…

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Watch Kept for Sheep Thieves

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Police and graziers are keeping a strict watch for sheep thieves in the Goulburn Valley…

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Wheat Shipments, Receival Cease

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 2

No wheat has been received at Newcastle Silo since March 12, and no shipments have left Newcastle since December…

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Night Transport Of Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 7

Ken Nord, Cliff Davis, Don Mills, Jack Park (in cabin) and Bill Bradbery, long distance drivers on the transport of woo, discuss points about a trip to Sydney before starting from King-street last night…

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Work Started On £½M. Wool Store

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 1

Construction has begun on a 0£500,000 wool store at Wickham. The store is for the Farmers and Graziers' Cooperative Grain…

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Indian State To Grow More Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 7

JAIPUR (Rajasthan), March 29. A.A.P.—Rajasthan, a former princely State of Western India, is to develop her wool industry under…

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Newcastle May Rival Sydney As Wool-Selling Centre

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 3

The development of Newcastle as a wool-selling centre rivalling Sydney will be speeded up by the construction this year of a £500,000 wool store at Wickham. Work has begun on the new…

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Two Schools For Farmers

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Two Winter Schools, one for poultry farmers and one for vegetable growers will be held at Hawkesbury…

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Good Condition Of Hunter Dairy Stock

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 7

Dairy stock were in good condition and most herds, transferred after or daring the January floods, had now been…

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Mr. Canabal Wants Wheat

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY.— A leading Spanish business man arrived here unexpectedly today to try to buy 100,000 tons of Australian wheat…

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