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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 34 of 37

Dogs Join Search For Farmer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two police dogs left Penrith training kennels to-day to help in the search for a share farmer…

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Farm School Gift

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 26 November 1952 · page 6

SYDNEY.—To commemorate its centenary Goldsborough Mort and! Co. will hand over to the…

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Wheat Fall Kills Overseer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 2

Charles Wentworth Wright, 28, station overseer, of Elmswood, Gundy, near Scone, was killed yesterday when a…

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Can Blend Wool With Synthetics

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 8

CANBERRA: The Australian wool textile industry is not likely to be embarrassed by the successful development of synthetic fibres, according to the Commonwealth…

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Police Believe Memory Failed Missing Farmer Now Safe

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The young farmer who was missing in dense bush near Oberon for four days walked…

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Grape Crops Wiped Out By Disease

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 13

MELBOURNE.—The Murray Valley's worst outbreak of grapevine diseases has already wiped out…

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Missing Farmer 'Went For Walk'

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 3

OBEROW: Bryce Doyle (25), jaunter farmer who disappeared on Sunday, told rescuers that he had decided to go for a walk because he had felt sick…

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Artificial Breeding To Improve Dairy Herds

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 25

The first artificial insemination centre to be operated on a commercial basis in a dairying district in N.S.W. was opened recently at Berry, on the South Coast, by the Agriculture Minister (Mr. E.H. Graham)…

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Rice Crops May Break All Records

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 27 November 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK: A record-breaking world rice crop for the 1952-1953 season is forecast by the United…

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Wool Prices Hold At Sydney Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Values for all descriptions ruled fully firm at yesterday's rates at Sydney wool sales…

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Dairying Diploma

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 28 November 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The following students gained the Diploma in Dairying of the Hawkesbury Agricultural…

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Wheat To Rise 1/11 Bushel

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 29 November 1952 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—The price of wheat sold in Australia by the Australian Wheat Board for human consumption…

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Greasy Wool Exports Up

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 2 December 1952 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday.—Exports of greasy wool for the four months ended October, 1952, totalled more than…

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Newcastle Wool Sales Dec. 16-18

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 2

Newcastle wool-selling firms are preparing for the final pre-Christmas auctions…

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Farmers Asked To Grow More

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr. Cahill) to-day urged primary producers to increase production…

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Casino Farmer Dies

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 3

CASINO: James Mason (68), farmer, of Shannonbrook, injured by a car about three miles from…

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Electricity For Farms Will Aid Food Output

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 3 December 1952 · page 8

The ultimate value of rural electrification in New South Wales would not be measured in terms of the number of farms connected, but in terms of increased primary production, according to the Premier (Mr. Cahill)…

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Cattle, Rice Plans For New Guinea

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 8

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Plans to breed cattle and make New Guinea self-sufficient in meat were…

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Man Suffocated In Wheat Bin

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 1

WAGGA, Wednesday.—Jack Geale, 55, of Temora, was suffocated this afternoon when he was buried under six…

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Escapees Take Over Farm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 4 December 1952 · page 3

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 3. A.A.P.—Five escaped convicts held a farmer's wife prisoner in her home with her two…

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