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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Stud Sheep "On Way To Japan"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 1

TOKYO, March 5. A.A.P.-Reuter.— Yokohama Port authorities said to-day they expect a shipment of 332 Australian…

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Prices Hold At Wool Sales

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 6 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Merino and crossbred wools were again firm at Sydney wool sales to-day…

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Farmers To Make World Tour

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.— Plans for a world-tour by 36 Australian farmers, representing every phase of primary…

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Brisbane Wool Market Keen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1953 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.—The standard at Brisbane wool sales, which opened to-day, was generally less attractive…

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Sheep Changed Sex From Eating Too Much Clover

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 20

Changes of sex in human beings, widely publicised lately, causes wonderment, but in Australia's sheep world there was a spectacular epidemic of it ir the early 1940's. It is still manifest in a…

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State Plan For Farm, Fodder Competitions

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY: State — wide farm and fodder competitions will be sponsored by the Royal Agricultural…

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Sheep Dearer At Waratah

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 9

Fewer lambs and sheep were forward at Newcastle Abattoir saleyards, Waratah, yesterday. Neat lambs were of good trade…

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Butter May Rise 5d 1b

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE: Price of butter might increase by 5d 1b. to 4/6½ from July 1…

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Fibre's Threat to Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Thursday.—The synthetic fibre industry offered a real threat of considerable magnitude to the Australian wool industry, Dr. Cameron (Lib., Qld.) said in…

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Wool Cheque Up £40M. On Last Year

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.— Australian exports of greasy wool in the first seven months of this financial year realised…

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Wool Conference

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 4

The Chairman of Newcastle Wool Selling Brokers (Mr. T. A. Vasey) will be one of the New South Wales delegates at…

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Reports On Butter Discounted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1953 · page 3

Reports that the price of butter might rise 5d a lb in July were discounted by the Minister for Commerce and…

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Sydney Wool Sales Records

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY: A record quantity of 80.000 bales of wool—worth on the latest Sydney averages just on…

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Stop Press Sydney Wool Sales

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 12

SYDNEY: Exceptional buying by the United Kingdom caused wool values to rise nearly 5 per cent. early at Sydney sales today…

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Sydney Wool Rates Rise

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.— The market tended to harden at the opening to-day of the 13th series of wool sales…

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Wheat Talks

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 8

CANBERRA, Tuesday. —State Ministers for Agriculture will confer with the Federal Minister for Commerce…

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Wool Continues Firm In Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 8

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Values tor all classes were fully maintained at Sydney wool sales to-day…

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Firm Market For Wool

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The market ruled fully firm at yesterday's rates at the Sydney wool sales to-day…

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New Pact On Wheat "Unlikely"

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—It was unlikely that there would be a new international wheat agreement, the Chairman of…

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Call-ups 'Hard On Farmers'

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 9

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The right of appeal the Government proposed to allow conscientious objectors to…

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