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Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250

Fine for Dealing in Stolen Butter

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 2

James Henry Trammell (76), oyster vendor, was fined £5 at Newtown Court today on a charge of receiving, on or about February 5 at Petersham, one cwt. of butter he knew to have…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 1

All overseas quote are for Thursday, February 15, 1945, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Dried Fruit Crop Light at Mildura

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 11

MILDURA, Monday. -- Falls of rain of up to half an inch on Saturday will do very little harm to tho dried fruit crop,…

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Dried Fruit Crop Light at Mildura

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 February 1945 · page 11

MILDURA, Monday. -- Falls of rain of up to half an inch on Saturday will do very little harm to the dried fruit crop,…

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Wheat Ration For Starving Sheep

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 10

CANBERRA, Monday. -- Wheat will be made available on a strictly rationed basis to feed starving sheep, the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) announced today…

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Starving Sheep to Get Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Monday.—Wheat to feed starving sheep is now to be made available on a strictly rationed basis in the expectation that the drought will break soon…

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Imported Butter Charges

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 2

BELFAST, Tuesday. -- Mrs. Catherine McKee, of Belfast, was sentenced to a month's imprisonment for possessing four pounds of…

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Sheep Prices Lower

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 12

Yesterday's sheep supply totalled 35,401 head. A large percentage of inferior stock was included Prices of sheep and lambs eased, and lower grades were cheaper…

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"Queues Breeding Sheep"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Speaking in Carlisle, Major-General Sir Edward Spears, M.P. (Cons.), said that wartime queues are drilling the…

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"Queues Breeding Sheep"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Speaking m Carlisle, Major-General Sir Edward Spears,'M.P. (Cons.), said that wartime queues are drilling the…

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"Queues Breeding Sheep"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.--Speaking in Carlisle, Major-General Sir Edward Spears, M.P. (Cons.), said that wartime queues are drilling the…

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£5 Fine For Butter Sale

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 10

A shopkeeper received butter allegedly stolen on February 5, it was stated at Newtown Court…

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Wheat Quotations Overseas and Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 4

All overseas quotes are for Saturday, February 17, 1945, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney…

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Britain May Soon Use More Wool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

A recovery in the consumption of wool in British mills is probably not far ahead, Winchcombe Oarson Ltd. reports. The end of the European…

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Three Found Dead On Farm

The Sun · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 3

AUCKLAND, Tuesday.--Ralph Buchanan, 40, and his children, Lane Buchanan, 12, and Gay Buchanan, 10, have been found…

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Dried Fruit Crop Down 40 Per Cent

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 4

MILDURA. Tuesday.--This season's dried fruit crop of sultanas and currants probably would be 40 per cent, down on that of 1944, Mr. Peter…

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Dried Fruit Crop Down 40 Per Cent

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 4

MILDURA. Tuesday.--This season's dried fruit crop of sultanas and currants probably would be 40 per cent down on that of 1944. Mr. Peter…

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Gordon Edgell Crop Results

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 5

Improved prospects for the second half of the financial year, particularly at Cowra, are reported by Gordon Edgell and sons Ltd…

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Wheat Release To Sheep In, Arid Areas

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 4

Only drought-stricken areas, where no other feed was available, were to benefit by the release of wheat for sheep [?] the…

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No Limit On Wheat Crops

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 6

There will be no limit on the sowing of wheat this season, the Commerce Minister (Mr…

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