Sydney Wool Market Firm
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At Sydney wool sales to-day the market ruled firm at the previous day's level for all…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1954
803 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 41
Flooded Crops Rot in Heat
With floodwaters receding from farms in the Morpeth area, vegetable crops are putrefying under the hot sun. Masses of vines, cabbages,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Morepeth Farmers' Bodies Found
Police today recovered the bodies of two men drowned in the floodwaters at Ducken-field last Monday morning. They were Lyan Harris…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Farmers Ruined By Floods
Most Lower Hunter farmers would each lose between £500 and £1000 as a result of the recent floods and some losses may even be as high as £4000, it was estimated today. Many were stated to be[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Export Volume, Value Higher
CANBERRA, Thursday.—Australian exports of greasy wool in the first six months of this financial year were well…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wool to Go to Odessa
Shipping agents yesterday announced that a cargo of 2808 bales of wool to be loaded in Newcastle for Russia…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Greasy Wool Prices Firm In London
LONDON, Feb. 25. A.A.P.—Prices for Australian greasy, comeback, fine crossbred and greasy merino wool of 60's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers Assess Flood Loss
Lower Hunter farmers whose land has emerged from flood-water yesterday were assessing the damage caused…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Wool Cargoes For Overseas
More than 20,000 bales of wool are expected to leave Newcastle for the United Kingdom and Continent by the end…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For Trial on Wool Count
SYDNEY, Friday.—A Bondi grocer was to-day committed for trial in Central Court on charges of receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →India Cancels Wheat Quota
SYDNEY, Sunday.—India has suspended buying wheat under the international wheat agreement and will not take…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat Crop Estimate; Sharp Rise
CANBERRA, Monday.—The 1953-54 Australian wheat harvest is expected to yield 199 million bushels—an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Friesian's 1034 lb. Of Butter
SYDNEY, Monday.—A purebred Friesian cow has completed a 273-day lactation during which she produced the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Loadings Create Boom For Wharfmen
Wool loadings on the Newcastle waterfront have created a temporary work boom for wharflaborers and, after a brief period of slackness, the port has returned to the conditions of labor shortage which have characterised it for many months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Erosion Threatens Singleton Farms
Erosion near Scott's Flat at Singleton threatened to alter the course of the Hunter River and cut off hundreds of acres of valuable land, Patrick's Plains Shire Council advised the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool For Europe
Newcastle wool export season is at its peak, following recent successful sales to United Kingdom and foreign buyers. Pictures shows a sling of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Burnt In Rail Truck
Six bales of wool valued at £650 were almost totally destroyed and 22 bales damaged by fire in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dairy Output Decrease
CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Australian dairy production, except for cheese, for the six months to last December…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Huge Crop of Wheat Harvested
SYDNEY: Harvesting of the 1953-54 crop has finished with delivery of 56,500,000 bushels to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →U.S. Wool Boost
WASHINGTON, Wed., (A.A.P.) — The Senate Agriculture Committee to-day approved a bill to…
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