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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,013 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 18 of 101

Wheat Conspiracy Cases Accused Committed for Trial. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 2

Reginald Rheuben, Edward Sheedy, William Robinson, and Julian Marks were to-day committed for trial at the Quarter Sessions on a charge of…

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Wool Clip, 1920-1921. Proposed New Scheme. Misses Vital Points

Molong Argus · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1

Existing organisations appear to have met for the well-intentioned purpose of devising workable plans for dealing with the Australian…

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Loss to the Producers Government and the Wool Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 4

That Government control of business must be done away with as speedily as possible, is the opinion of General H. B. Lassetter, managing…

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Farm Engineering. Shallow Boring Operations. What the Water Conservation Commission Offers

Leader · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 3

Extensive reference has been recently made in the metropolitan and country press to the considerable but comparatively little-known benefits…

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From Every Point of View. "Financing the Farmer."

Leader · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 1

Sir,—Mr. John Storey, M.L.A., Leader and campaign director of the State Labor party, has circularised the country press with a letter headed…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land Tbese Notes will be issued every week under the direction of the Honorary Minister for Agriculture. Hon Arthur Grimm) and are based mainly on the experiments of the Department.] Bees and Honey. Pollen and Nectar Substitutes. the Use of Rye Flour

Molong Argus · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 7

The following threefold inquiry recently reached the Department from a Lake Macquarie apiarist: "Is there any substitute for pollen…

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Wheat Guarantee Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 2

The manager of the Australian Wheat Board (Mr. Pitt) states that the Commonwealth Government's guarantee was 5/ a bushel at country…

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Wheat Scandal Conspiracy Charges. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 2

The hearing was concluded to-day of the charges or conspiracy arising out of the wheat inquiry. Those charged were Reginald Arthur…

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Both Wrong Politicians and Meat [?]Oss of 7,000,000 Sheep

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 4

J. W. Allen, secretary of the [?]s' Association has stated that [?] stock figures given in Mr. [?] speeches are misleading, and…

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Cattle From a Bog Rescuer Asks 10/- a Time

The Bathurst Times · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 4

The court at Wagga was treated to a regular side show last week, when James Aloysius. Faires, of Tarcutta, claimed ,£18 10s 6d from James…

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Big Butter Deal. London, Monday Night

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

The British Government has purchased 120,000 casks of Danish butter. The price has not been divulged, but it is believed to 4od per lb…

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Mr. Holman and the Wheat

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 2

The Premier has issued a defence of his wheat policy; it is an amazing document, let us analytic it step by step in tho light of Mr. Justice…

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Our Wool Enormous Losses Through Contracts How the Profiteers Gained Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 9 March 1920 · page 1

Brigadier General H. B. Lassetter, who has returned by the Osterley, contented on the great remanded on the great losses to Australian wool growers involved in the…

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The Wool Sales

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 1

Appraisements were resumed in Sydney on March 8, and will proceed without interruption until March 26, during which time three Series aggregating 95,000 bales will be dealt…

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Farm Manager's Suicide Took Poison and Told His Friends. "Wife's Drinking Habits." Wellington

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 2

Details of the case in which James Dawson, farm manager, fatally took, poison and then rang up his brother and Constable Mitchell and…

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Farming Rabbits Not a Practical Thing. Stock Inspectors Argument

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. McPherson, inspector of stock for the Holbrook P.P. district, ridicules the idea that the rabbit could ever profitably take the place of the…

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Value of Sweet Briar. Essington Farmer's Lament

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 10 March 1920 · page 1

Mr. D. S. Todd, of Essington, protests against the Shire Councils' order to destroy the sweet briar as a noxious plant. Mr. Todd says the country is in a deplorable state…

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"Slavery" Children on Dairy Farms Clergyman's Allegations Casino

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 4

The Rev. John Yates, who is contesting Byron as an independent farmers' candidate, declared at his Casino meeting that child and women…

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Honesty First the Farmers' Standpoint. Progressives' Campaign in Cootamundra Cowra

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 2

In the course of a telling address here, Sergeant Main, one of the Progressive candidates for Cootamundra, remarked that the resumption of large…

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Assisting Farmers. What Mr. Ashford Has Done. Wire Netting Advances

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 March 1920 · page 12

Mr. Ashford, Minister for Lands and Agriculture, who is a National candidate for Wammerawa, has been a consistent friend of the…

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