"Racket" In Wool As Dollar Drain u m Q
LONDON, Tues. (O.S.R.). — A racket which is costing Australia and other sterling area countries thousands of dollars will be raised again in Britain's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1952
731 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 37
Farmer Alive And Well After Taipan Bite
BRISBANE, Monday.—A Mackay farmer walked out of Mackay Hospital at the week-end completely recovered from a taipan bite. He recovered because he…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Stop Press Walcha Wool 175d
Five bales of wool from the P. C. Lisle property, Walcha, brought 175d at Newcastle wool sales today, the highest price so far at this month's…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Country Women Keen Spectators At Wool Sales
The busy life of some country women who came to Newcastle this week for the wool sales makes living in a city seem leisurely by contrast…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Butter "Dearer on July 1" Producers Seek Extra 3/7 Lb
Butter and cheese are almost certain to be dearer from July 1. This is an outcome of talks in Canberra yesterday by the Australian Agricultural Council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farm Labour From Holland, Italy
CANBERRA, Tuesday. — The bulk of migrant farm labourers was coming from Holland and Italy, the Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Butter Price Rise Sought
Dairymen at the annual conference of the Lower Hunter and Gloucester Primary Producers' Union decided today to make strong representation for an immediate rise in the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mounties On Trail Of Cattle Disease Source
OTTAWA, Wed. (A.A.P.)—Royal Canadian Mounted Police to-day appealed to the public to help locate a German migrant suspected of carrying the dreaded foot and mouth disease into Canada. The U.S. on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairymen Seek Rise In Butter
Lower Hunter and Gloucester District Council of the Primary Producers' Union decided yesterday to seek an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Govt. To Guard Against Butter "Manipulators"
SYDNEY: The State Government would guard against "manipulators" during the butter crisis, the Prices Minister (Mr. Finnan) said today. He declared: "The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →179¾D Highest at Wool Sale
Fives bales of greasy merino wool from Walcha district brought the top price of 179¾d a lb. at Newcastle sale yesterday and the top price of the current sales…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Young Farmers For U.K. Tour
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Gordon Pepper, 22, of Raymond Perrace, and Francis Blake, 21, of Muswellbrook, are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers Fear Tillegra Dam
Construction of a dam on the Williams River at Tillegra would be the greatest disaster ever to happen in the Williams River District, Mr. R. L. Fitzgerald, Country…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →China Plans Big Farm Programme
HONGKONG, Friday. (A.A.P.-Reuter) — A Peiping Press report says China has adopted an agricultural…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Labour Housing
CANBERRA, Friday.—The provision of accommodation on farms for both migrant and local labour would probably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Wool Over Eyes" Accusation
"The Superintendent of Transport at Newcastle (Mr. Owens) is only trying to pull the wool over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Use Of Clean Wool Down
SYDNEY, Sunday.—World consumption of clean wool in 1951 was 501 million lb less than the previous year,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep Killed By Hailstones "As Large As Cricket Balls"
COONAMBLE.—Hailstorms and gale-force winds caused heavy damage in the Coonamble district during the weekend. Hailstones as large as cricket balls, according…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Kills Stock, Aids Crops
Loses, in some cases severe, occurred among forward springers and young stock immediately after rain began…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Merino Wool To 170d
SYDNEY, Monday.—Values at Sydney wool sales to-day, compared with last Monday's close, were fully firm, with…
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