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Central Coast · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Visit By Young U.K. Farmers

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1950 · page 1

Three young British farmers who are visiting New-South Wales will stay at Gosford next week-end…

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British Young Farmers See District

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

A field day was arranged for three representatives of the British Young farmers Club — Peter Brewis, Northumberland; John…

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Heavy Rain Damages Roads And Crops Nearly Seven Inches In Three Days; Traffic Discolated

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 9 June 1950 · page 6

Nearly seven inches of rain, which has fallen since Tuesday, has flooded creeks and lowlying areas, held up traffic and damaged roads and orchards throughout the whole of the district,…

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Wool Style From London

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 5

A suit and coat ensemble from London. The suit is of a donegal tweed in brown flecked with violet, and the coat, with its huge collar is of royal violet wool fabric…

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Wool Styles For Men

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1950 · page 5

Single-breasted coat in a new pattern-ground colour in light brown with a subdued plaid in blue and rust. New lightweight flannels and tweeds cut in business suits…

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Progressive Farmer's Lecture To Lisarow Meeting On Overseas Tour

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 21 July 1950 · page 3

"The most interesting and informative lecture I have ever heard," remarked one speaker after Mr W. H. Bruce had given a lecture, illustrated with coloured slides, at Lisarow Hall on his tour of…

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Junior Farmer Essay Contest Winners To Get 200 Chicks

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 3

Two hundred day-old cross bred chickens hive been donated for a Junior Farmers' essay competition on rearing…

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Sheep Killed By Town Dogs At Showground

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 5

Two of the four sheep used by the Gosford District A. and C. Association for keeping grass down at the Showground were…

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Agricultural Page Freak Crop Of Potatoes

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 20 October 1950 · page 3

When the eyes from 5lb of cooking potatoes were planted out in a garden at Cooranbong (north of Wyong) they produced 1¼ cwt. of excellent potatoes. This was the experience of…

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Social.. "Baa Baa Black Sheep" On November 9 & 10

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 1

Miss Ethel Gabriel, who played one of the leads in "Arsenic and Old Lace" in Sydney, and who has produced quite a number of…

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"Baa Baa Black Sheep" Well Played

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 2

After a lapse of about 15 years, comedy by local amateur players was presented in Gosford last Thursday and…

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Junion Farmers Attend Lismore Show

The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 5

Somersby Junior Farmers' Club heard a report last Sunday on the visit by 19 delegates to the Lismore show camp…

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