Wool Prices Down in N.z
WELLINGTON, Jan. 26. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Flecce wool values dropped from 2½ to 5 per cent. on the recent…
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Farming & the land, 1953
693 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 35
Wheat rayment
MELBOURNE. — The Australian Wheat Board will pay out £11,400,000 on Feb. 17, representing a…
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This week's top price at Newcastle wool sales, 200d lb, bid last Tuesday, was equalled this afternoon. The wool, seven bales of sup…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Germans Given Farm Jobs
Some young West German migrants with rural experiened had been placed as farm labourers, particularly on the…
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Two cargoes of N.S.W. wheat totalling 18,200 tons—one cargo from Newcastle—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Price of Wool Goes Higher
The wool market was at the highest point of the week, at the close of the Newcastle sales yesterday. Brokers said it was at the…
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Two pairs of brothers shard the top price of 200d a lb at Newcastle wool sales this week, The four men, who own…
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CANBERRA, Friday.—The production of whole milk, butter and cheese for the first five months of this financial…
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CANBERRA, Friday.— Arrangements have been made with wool selling brokers and the Australian Wool…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Champion For Sheep Work At Show
One of two sheep dogs to give exhibitions at Newcastle Show had won the Australian championship for five years,…
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LITHGOW, Friday.—A farmer was killed to-day when a tractor overturned. Arthur James Charlton, 48,…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Inverell silo will be open for the delivery of bulk wheat from February 9…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. A.A.P.—Representatives of 42 wheat-importing nations on the International Wheat Council…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool On Defensive Against Synthetics
NEW YORK, American cupboards are rapidly becoming filled with clothes and accessories made of synthetics. Nylon, orlon, dacron, acrilan. viscose, dvnel. ace-…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ship to Take Local Wool
The first ship to carry wool from last week's sales to the United Kingdom is expected in Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aust. Can Fill Orders For Wheat
WASHINGTON, Monday (A.A.P). — A bigger Australian crop will enable 42 nations to purchase full…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3. A.A.P.—Forty-two wheat-importing nations would be able to purchase full quotas of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Firm At Sydney Sale
SYDNEY, Tuesday.— Merino fleeces ruled firm at Sydney wool sales to-day at the improved values of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Farmer Shoots Three Over Sale Of Cows
HUTCHINSON (Minnesota), Tues. (A.A.P.): A farmer, angry because his mother sold his cows, shot her dead, killed his crippled brother and a youth and wounded a lorry driver. He then fought an hour's…
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. A.A.P.—The United States had firmly informed wheat-importing nations that it…
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