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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Newcastle's Wool Season "One Of The Best Ever"

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 6

With Newcastle's 1952-53 wool-selling season almost at an end, brokers are looking back on one of the most successful seasons ever. Already a Newcastle record of 181,000 bales of…

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Dairymen Get New State Award

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Nearly 15,000 dairy industry employees had their minimum weekly wage fixed at £13/6/…

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Wheat Research

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY: Mr. A. T. Pugsley has been awarded the Farrer Memorial Medal for 1953 for wheat…

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Wool Prices Firm

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Prices for merino wool with light vegetable faults were firm at the Sydney wool sales to-day…

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Farmer On Charge Of Murder

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 13 May 1953 · page 3

Police charged a 43-year-old dairy farmer with murder after a man was shot dead at Bunganden, near Bellingen,…

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Merino Wool Values Rise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 9

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Values continued to show a hardening tendency for all merino descriptions carrying…

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Jockeys' Mounts at Warwick Farm

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY.—Apprentice N. Munsie, who won on Pressman at Canterbury yesterday, already has four…

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Junior Farmers' Land Plan

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 7

SYDNEY—A scheme to settle junior farmers on the land was outlined yesterday by Royal…

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Wheat Cargoes for India

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

Two shipments of wheat are expected to leave Newcastle for India next week. The Brockley Moor arrived…

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Surprise Russian Wool Buy

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Thursday.— Melbourne woolbrokers believe Russian competition may be a force at wool sales in the…

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Russia Forces Up Wool Prices

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.— Agents buying for Russia at Adelaide wool sales to-day forced prices for good style…

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Wool On Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 5

When Mrs. Ewen Waterman received guests at the third of the International Wool Secretariat's fashion shows, she her…

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Raised Funds For Israel Farm Workers

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 8

Newcastle branch of the National Council of Jewish Women had made their objective this year the…

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Season's Wool Worth £374M

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 3

THIS season's wool clip is expected to be worth about £374 million. The estimate is given in…

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U.S. Wheat Loan

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 6

WASHINGTON, Mon. (A.A.P.).—Congress will be asked this week to approve a loan of one million tons…

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Water Big Factor In Dairying

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—Lack of water and lack of flood control are prime limitations of Australian dairy production…

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No Fear Of Early Butter Shortage

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—There would be no shortage of butter in New South Wales in the immediate future, the…

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Gift Wheat Plan For Pakistan

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).—The Washington "Post" today suggested the Eisenhower administration…

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Menzies Sees Big Future For Wool

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 7

LONDON, Wed. (A.A.P.)—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said yesterday the wool industry offered an…

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Morisset Junior Farmers' Show

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 6

Junior farmer from Awaba, Wyee, Lake Eraring, Mannering Park and Morisset have decided to hold a show at…

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