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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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India's Wheat Crop

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 9

LONDON, Thursday.—It is stated that the Indian Government is commandeering the surplus of Indin's wheat crop. No export by private merchants is permitted. The…

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Wheat Grab Protests

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—From every part of the State letters have been pouring into the Necessary Commodities Commission from farmers appealing against the price of 5s…

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Late Wires. Separation. Tweed Farmers Support It Enthusiastically. Price of Butter Iniquity. a Charge of Bias. Murwillumbah

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Tweed Central Branch of the Dairy Farmers' Association was held yesterday. There was a very large attendance of…

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Sheep Vans Derailed. Considerable Damage Done. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

A stock train from Coom[?]t[?] Goulburn was being shunted from a siding on to the main line at Tarago when some sheep vans went off the line, blocking the main…

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Butter Prices Riser. a Whole Penny All at Once. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

A special Executive meeting has revised the butter prices and proclaimed the new rates, which mean an all round increase of 1d per lb…

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Sales of Fodder. Warning to Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 31 May 1915 · page 2

The Fodder Advisory Committee, at present sitting for the purpose of endeavouring to arrange for supplies of fodder to be made available…

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Butter Shortage

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 8

SYDNEY, Monday.—The question of butter shortage was discussed by the Attorney-General on Saturday. In the absence of any regulation of prices, said Mr. Hall, if a…

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Butter Prices

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 4

After a considerable amount of pressure, assent has been given to an advance in butter prices in Sydney. The new scale, which came into force on Saturday, is as under:—…

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Price of Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A special Executive meeting was held on Saturday, when revised butter prices were proclaimed. The new rates mean an all-round increase of…

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The Butter Shortage. None Withheld From Sale. 28,000 Boxes From America. Sydney, Tuesday Night

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

The State Attorney-General (Mr Hall) attaches no importance to the suggestion, that the supply of butter is short owing to the quantity being withheld from sale…

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Union is Strength Coffs and Coramba Butter Factories Amalgamation. Pros and Cons of Co-operation. Interesting Opinions at Conference. Raleigh Invited to Join

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1915 · page 3

Representatives of the Coffs Harbor and Coramba Butter Factory Boards met in conference at the Fitzroy Hotel on Saturday…

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Butter Prices

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 7

The determining of the maximum pirce on butter is still causing considerable discussion between producers and consumers. The advance of one penny per lb. announced on…

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Produce Shortages. Butter, Meat, Flour and Sugar

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Hall states that importation of sugar will be necessary for six weeks from the end of July, and again at the end of March. The Minister…

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Butter Prices. That Farcical Penny Rise. Telegraph's. Condemnation

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

The Sydney "Daily Telegraph" writes: If the advance of a penny a pound granted in the price of butter is intended by the necessary…

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Dairying. Milking the Cow. Some Useful Hints

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 4

While the milking machine, in the care of an intelligent man, may solve the labor problem, it wiil do endless damage in the hands of a careless…

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The Separation Movement. Tweed Farmers in Revolt

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

Last Friday's meeting of the Tweed central branch of the Dairyfarmers' Association commenced a new era for the Tweed. In the past, if not actually…

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Late Wires. Motor Fatality. Farmer Gets 7 Years for Manslaughter. Wellington

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 2

A man named Foshender, a farmer, has been sentenced to 7 years imprisonment for manslaughter in connection with a motor fatality at Invercargill. Foshender…

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The Price of Butter

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 6

If the advance of 1d per lb. granted in the price of butter is intended by the Necessary Commodities Commission as a fair and adequate concession to the producers to meet the…

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Sheep on the Bellinger

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 6

Particulars of some sheep-breeding experiments carried out on the Bellinger River appeared in these columns a few months ago, and reference was made to the success…

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Pastoral and Agricultural. Milking the Cow. Some Useful Hints

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1915 · page 6

WHILE the milking machine in the care of an intelligent man, may solve the labor problem, it will do endless damage in the hands of a…

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