Wool Exchange To Be Ready Soon
Work is expected to begin almost immediately on the changing of Legion House into Newcastle's first permanent…
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Farming & the land, 1953
693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 35
Young Farmers To Visit U.S.
SYDNEY, Monday.—Three young Australian farmers will leave Sydney by plane on Wednesday for the United States…
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LONDON.—Seven pounds a week minimum wage for farm workers was urged at a conference representing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Record Wheat Yield
MELBOURNE.—A record yield of 54.9 bushels for a northern Wimmera zone wheat crop was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Higher At Adelaide Sale
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—At Adelaide wool sale to-day prices for fine and medium merino fleece wools were 5…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Belgian Wool Firm Seeks Site
Belgian interests are behind a move to establish a new wool scouring and carbonishing plant at Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →U.S. Nylon 'Threat To Wool'
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— Production of new synthetic fibres—dacron, orlon and terrylene, all members of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Wool Firm To Sell Next Season
Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., one of Australia's largest wool brokers, will begin selling in Newcastle in the new season in September…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle May Rank Third As Wool Selling Centre
Entry of one of Australia's lar gest wool brokers into the selling field at Newcastle will boost the city's position from about sixth to third wool selling centre in the Commonwealth Goldsbrough Mort and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Sent To Gaol
LISMORE, Tuesday.—Harold Frederick Vidler, 43, farmer, of Wongavale, in Lismore Court to-day was…
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 14. —A record 5,836,000 head of cattle were on United States farms and ranches at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Strong Wool Competition
LONDON, Jan. 14. A.A.P. —Competition was strong when the January series of London wool sales opened…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pontoon, Sleigh To Move Crop
A tractor-drawn sleigh, a home-made pontoon raft, a wich-drawn trolley and a lorry are being used by farmers of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Roles Of Farmer's Wife
LONDON. — The farmer's wife was "one of the most essential pieces of the human equipment of any…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →More Farm Colleges Demanded
SYDNEY.—Youths who could Become food producers were being frustrated because of restricted…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Drive To Oust Rice For Wheat
SINGAPORE.—A big drive to popularise the use of wheat as a substitute for rice is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Expert To Visit Rice Farms
DARWIN, Thursdays.—The principal engineer for rice projects in Malaya (Mr. McNee) would be visiting rice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmer Killed In Jeep Crash
A Gloucester farmer was killed when his jeep left the road and plunged 60 feet down an embankment into a creek 28 miles from Gloucester last night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Shipments From Newcastle
SYDNEY, Friday.—Between 5 million and 6 million bushels of wheat, and possibly more, will be shipped overseas from…
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A farmer was killed when his jeep left the road and ran 60 feet down an embankment into a creek near Gloucester…
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