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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 25 of 37

Alleged Theft Of Cattle Near Cessnock

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 3

The alleged theft of 81 head of cattle from the Cedar Creek area near Cessnock is being…

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Values Up At Sydney Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Values were at the highest point of the week for all description other than broad…

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Farmer Killed "Witch Who Made Wife Blind"

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

PHOENIX (Arizona) Thurs. (A.A.P.): Farmer Joe Chavez, (42) told authorities today that he killed a woman because "she was a witch" and put a curse on his wife that left her blind Chavez told police that…

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Pay Revelations Vex Dairymen

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 13

MELBOURNE: Dairy farmers at a small Gippsland hamlet are annoyed because it has been disclosed that they had received a pay-out of £160,000 in one month…

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Big Scale Thefts Of Cattle

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 1

NEWCASTLE and Cessnock police have recovered 150 head of cattle in rugged bush…

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Trophies In Dairy Farmers' Cricket

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 8

The Senior Vice-president of the City and Suburban Cricket Association (Mr. W. R. Marsden) presented the…

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U.S. Buyers Cautious Fear Of Rise In Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Sept. 19. A.A.P.—Americans will not "rush in" to buy Australian wool, because they fear a rising market…

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Detectives To Report On "Butter-Fat Racket"

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY.—After a 500-mile tour of the North Coast, two C.I.B. detectives are preparing a special report on an alleged butter—fat racket. The chairman of the…

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X-Ray In War Against Wheat Weevil

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

BALTIMORE (Maryland), Sept. 21. A.A.P.—A new scientific method of detecting the destructive wheat weevil in…

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Butter Fat Racket Claimed

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. — Two detectives this week will submit a report to the Acting Chief of the C.I.B…

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5% Rise at Sydney Wool Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Values at the Sydney wool sales to-day, compared with the rates ruling at the close of…

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New Break From Prison Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Two more youths made a break from Langi Kal Kal prison training farm near…

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Spam's £60-Mil. Farming Scheme

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 12

MADRID: Spain's most ambitious agrarian reform scheme, recently approved by parliament, is a 14-year £60-million plan to turn the barren steppes of Estremadura,…

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Dairy Ready For Hill Stakes Run

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 15

SYDNEY: Dalray indicated that he is ready to resume racing in the Hill Stakes at Rosehill on Saturday by running seven furlongs in 1.32 on the Randwick grass today…

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Stop Press Newcastle Wool Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 16

Top price of the sale was reached into afternoon when 120d war paid For Seven bales of AAAE sold on behalf of the angle Camp…

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Country Women 'Satisfied' with Wool Prices

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 10

Happy at the slight rise in wool prices were the country women who came to Newcastle yesterday for the opening day of the wool sales. "I'm satisfied," said Miss…

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Close Crop

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 2

Newcastle City Council decided to lodge more than 100 objections to the plan prepared by Northumberland County Council…

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Dairymen Reject Group Scheme

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 5

Maitland branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council last night rejected a proposal by Paterson and Allyn Rivers…

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£19M For Wheat Stabilisation

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—After collections of export tax are made from the 1951-52 wheat crop, there will be about…

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Shepherd Didn't Want Sheep Red

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 8

BERLIN, Thurs. (A.A.P.) —The West German news agency D.P.A. reports that an East German shepherd…

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