Wool Allowance Cut Shearers Lose £10 Week
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. J. R. Donovan, a Federal Conciliation Commissioner to-day announced reduced wage rates for shearers, crutchers,…
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Farming & the land, 1952
731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 37
Junior Farmers' Field Day
The annual meeting of the Hunter Junior Farmers' Regional Council decided last night to…
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If Bowthorne Butter Factory did not amalgamate with the Hunter Valley Company it would have to find about £50,000 for new plant, the manager (Mr. J. B…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Prices Firm
SYDNEY, Wednesday. — Values for all descriptions were firm at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Bulky skirtings…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fight to Save Sheep in Snow
The heaviest April snow for 15 years has fallen on the Southern New South Wales Alps. Graziers in the Klandra district are trying to rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Cuts for Wool Classers
SYDNEY: Big wage cuts for wool classers in all States except Queensland were announced by Federal Conciliation Commissioner Mr…
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WASHINGTON, April 30. A.A.P.—Foreign wool imports had depressed the U.S. industry and forced some textile…
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CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Federal Cabinet decided today to make the 20 per cent. depreciation allowance for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →4M. Cattle Facing Starvation
DARWIN, Thursday.—It was questionable how many of the four million cattle in the drought stricken areas of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep Killer Cost Owner £60
A verdict for £50, with £10/19/ expenses, was awarded against Reuben Jones, of North Rothbury, at Maitland…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—All the best features of the previous day were again in evidence at the Sydney wool…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Department of Agriculture was receiving applications for admission to short-term…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Quota Reduced
LONDON, May 2. A.A.P.—Australia's wheat export quota for the current crop year has been reduced from 2,414,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Letters To the Editor Dairy Merger
SUPPLIERS and shareholders are asking for rumours of the proposed dairy factory merger to be clarified…
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CANBERRA: At least 10 legislative measures, including provision for tax concessions to primary producers, will be put before members when the House of Representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers Drown Their Cockerels
SYDNEY: A big fall in egg production and a scarcity of poultry meats next year were predicted yesterday by Associated Poultry Farmers of Australia assistant-secretary, Mrs. G…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Butter Factories Approve Merger
Meetings of shareholders of both companies yesterday ratified a proposal for the merger of the Hunter Valley Co-operative Dairy Co. and Bowthorne Cooperative Butter Factory Ltd…
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BERLIN, May 6. A.A.P.—A Government spokesman in Bonn said the West German Government had approved the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U.K. Gives Dollars For Wheat
LONDON, May 6. A.A.P.—Half of Britain's bread was made from wheat bought from dollar areas, the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Call-ups Worry Farmers
Dairy farmers in the Hunter Valley are complaining that the call-up of their sons for military service is interfering…
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