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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 32 of 37

N.z. Wool Down

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1952 · page 6

WELLINGTON, Nov. 14. A.A.P.-Reuter. — Prices of fleece wools at the first main sale at Wanganui to-day were…

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New Season's Wheat At Silos

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 15 November 1952 · page 3

New season's wheat is now coming into Newcastle silos, and will continue till January, when about one million bushels…

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Quick Wheat Shift Railways' Aim

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Wheat harvesting in the north-west began last week, and the railways had already loaded 981…

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Farmhouse Slaying, Man Held

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A 38-year-old farmer was charged to-day with haying murdered a woman and tried to murder…

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Winning Crop Hard To Fault

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 17 November 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY.—A crop of wheat at Curlewis, near Gunnedah, estimated to yield 56 bushels an acre has…

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Wool Sales At Newcastle

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 3

Selling began in the third Newcastle sale of the 1952-53 wool season late this afternoon…

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Legion Hall As Wool Exchange

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 4

Legion House, headquarters since 1945 of the Legion of Ex-Servicemen—and one of Newcastle's leading dance halls—is expected to become Newcastle's first permanent Wool…

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Wool Sales Close On Strong Note

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 18 November 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—The sixth Sydney series of wool sales closed to-day under very good competition from the…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 2

The market at Newcastle wool sales which continue this afternoon is expected to compare favorably with…

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Wool Exchange Move Pleases

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 3

Mr. F. Burke, of Newcastle, today expressed pleasure that the building: in King St., previously…

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175¼d. Top Bid at Wool Sale

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 8

Five bales of merino wool from Nundle district brought the top price of 175¼d. a lb. at the opening day of Newcastle sales yesterday…

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'Two-Continent' Farmer Vision

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 6

NEW YORK, Nov. 18. A.A.P.—The time when agriculturists of Australia and the United States would be "two-continent operators" was envisioned by Mr. Donald Shand…

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Maize Award To Junior Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 19 November 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Charles Ritter, of Gloucester, won the State championship for maize growing conducted by the…

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Wool Bale Halts Fast Express

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 1

A bale of wool working loose on a passing goods train struck the engine of the Armidale express yesterday,…

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Stop Press Newcastle Wool Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 24

Top price so far at today's Newcastle wool sales was 1361-4d a lb for five bales of AAAA WE sold by Fanners and Graziers on behalf of…

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Recover Wool Wax By New Process

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 5

CANBERRA: An improved process for the recovery of wool wax from scouring liquors has been devised by C.S.I.R.O's Division of Industrial Chemistry…

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Dairy Grant Proves Worth In Pastures

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 20 November 1952 · page 10

SYDNEY: Cows continuing longer in milk, and heifers coming into profit at two years instead of three, are outstanding achievements on dairy grant demonstration farms in the New…

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Big Plans For Wool Exchange

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 2

Newcastle wool brokers will spend more than £30,000 to change Legion House into Newcastle's first permanent…

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Record Price For Lambs' Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 11

GEELONG, Thursday.—An Australian record of 320d for merino lambs' wool was established at the Geelong wool…

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N.s.w. Record Wool Price

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 21 November 1952 · page 11

Wool from Walcha set a State seasonal record for crutchings at the closing day of Newcastle wool sales yesterday. Five bales of super…

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