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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Late Wires. Wool Dispute Settled. Sales Resumed at Once. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 2

A conference of the wool brokers and wool buyers was held to-day, and, after a full discussion of the matters in dispute, everything was amicably…

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The Price of Butter. Representation on N.C.C. Wanted. Attorney-general Interviewed. Sydney. Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 2

A deputation from dairy farmers and other producers (as the result of a meeting recently held at Bangalow) was introduced to Mr. Hall by Mr. G…

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Fixing Butter Prices

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 20 May 1915 · page 8

Determining a maximum scale for prices of butter has aroused a storm of indignation from dairymen on the Richmond. The men who get their living by the industry rightly…

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Latest From Sydney. Butter Market

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—The leading feature of the Sussex-street markets yesterday was the butter shortage. Agents reported there were not sufficient stocks to complete half the…

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Metropolitan Letter. Butter and Sugar

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 3

News of British and French successes on the western front, and the unstinted praise accorded to "Our Boys" in the Gallipoli Peninsula, have inspired a somewhat more…

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Farmers and Settlers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 11

Mr. H. Stewart presided over a well-attended inging of the Tyndale branch of the F. and S. Association on Tuesday. The secretary (Mr. C. A. Watson) read correspondence from Mr…

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Hawkesbury Agrigultural College. Winter School for Farmers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 6

Arrangements have been made for the 1915 Winter School for Farmers to commence at Hawkesbury Agricultural College on Tuesday, 22nd June, and to continue until…

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Maize at Yanco. Spring-Sown Crop Results

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 May 1915 · page 6

Spring sowing of maize on the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas has invariably given bad returns, while mid-season sowing has given payable results. This is accounted for, says…

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Wheat

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 3

Mr. D. R. Hall's seizure of local wheat "in the name of the King" has failed of its ostensible purpose. He can't keep the mills going till the new crop is available…

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The Butter Shrinkage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 8

As showing how the serious shrinkage in butter production really is in the Richmond. Tweed area, the following figures are taken from a summary presentad on Tuesday to the…

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The Wool Sales

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 3

The dispute between the wool-buyers and the wool-selling brokers has been happily settled, and sales will be resumed. The terms of the agreement have not been…

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Charges of Corruption. Wheat Acquisition Bill. Royal Commission Report

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The report of Mr. Justice Ferguson, who sat as a Royal Commission to inquire into the allegations of corruption against Ministers and members…

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The Wheat Grab. No Evidence of Corruption

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 2

The report of Mr. Justice Ferguson who was appointed a Royal Commissioner to inquire into allegations of corruption in connection with the…

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Scramble for Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A scramble for butter supplies was the chief feature at the dairy section in Sussex-street markets yesterday. Deliveries for the day only…

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Butter Inquiry. New South Wales Cream to Tweed Factories

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 27 May 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Further inquiries were made by the Necessary Commodities Commission this afternoon into the supply, price and grading of butter. A report was…

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Butter Factory Pay

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 4

The Upper Bellinger Co-operative Dairy Co. received from suppliers during the month of April 36,097lb of butter, the price paid being—…

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Sheep Instead of Cows

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 6

The "Daily Telegraph" on Friday said:-- "When Mr. F. Reading, of Bangalow, made the remark the other day before the Necessary Commodities…

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The Butter Shortage. Increased Price Next Monday. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

There was a great scarcity of dairy produce again to-day only fifty per cent of the orders for butter being executed. The increase in rates which…

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"3d. Per Lb. War Tax." What the Clarence Dairymen Pay

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 5

Speaking at the opening of the Patrotic Fair at Brushgrove on Wednesday, Cr. D. McIntyre, President of the Harwood Shire Council, said that the…

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Farm, Dairy, Pasture. Cream Sterilisation. Butter Process Experiments

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 6

In view of the attention that has been centred in New South Wales during the past twelve months or so upon the question of pasteurising, and neutralising of cream,…

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