Wheat Exports May Fall
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Australia may not be able to meet her commitments under the International Wheat Agreement this year. The Minister for…
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Farming & the land, 1952
731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 37
New Wheat At Silos
About one million bushels of wheat are stored at the Newcastle silos, but probably none will be sent overseas from the port this season. Top picture shows foreman Mr. George Lyon at work in one of the bins…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 9. A.A.P.—The United States yesterday ordered the ceiling prices of wool reduced by 20…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The market at the Sydney wool sales to-day ruled firm, compared with yesterday, for all…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The State's maize yield this season would be much below normal, a Department of Agriculture…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The wheat silo at Inverell would be opened for delivery of bulk wheat to pig and poultry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merino Wool Firm At Sydney Sales
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Values for all descriptions of merinos ruled at about last Thursday's rates at the…
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BRISBANE: Nearly 100,000 cattle are estimated to have died in the Normanton-Georgetown-Boulia…
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Police are investigating the stabbing of six head of cattle on a dairy farm owned by Mr. Amos Rumble, of…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday.—Nearly 100,000 cattle are estimated to have died in the Normanton-Georgetown-Boulia…
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HONGKONG, Jan. 15 A.A.P.-Reuter. — Shanghai mills, which previously depended almost entirely on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →25,562 Bales For Wool Sale
A total of 25,562 bales of wool will be offered at the first Newcastle sale for 1952 from January 29 to 31…
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CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The Federal Government is making urgent investigations into falling crop sowings and the possibility of a serious food shortage in Australia…
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Members of the Newcastle Centre of Wool Selling Brokers of Australian met yesterday to elect a new chairman. From left: Messrs. C. J. Boucher (Manager, Farmers and Graziers' Company Ltd.), R. R. Maitland (Manager Pitt, Son and Badery Ltd.) T. A. Vasey (Manager Nenco, and the new Chairman), H. A. Hall (representative of New Zealand Loan…
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Mr. T. A. Vasey, manager of Nenco, was elected chairman of the Newcastle centre of Woolselling Brokers of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Record Oyster Crop "In 1954"
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The oyster harvest of 1954 was expected to be the heaviest on record, the State…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Values for merino wool at Sydney sales to-day were generally firm compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ian Healy's SUBURBIA, This Week Ex-Farmboy Crooner Is A Dressmaker
When Mr. Stan K. French, of Tirriki-street, Blacksmiths, was going to school, his mates chided him because he made clothes for his sisters' dolls. They chided him more…
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Annoyed at compulsory bulk buying, six farmers set fire to an agricultural cooperative store in the village of…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Prices for bette types of fleece wools were irregular and favoured buyers at the Sydney wool…
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