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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

1,000 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 28 of 50

Depletion of Dairy Herds

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.--Victorian dairymen are asking the Government for financial assistance to renew depleted dairy herds. Seventy-three dairymen within a radius of…

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The Record Wheat Crop

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1915 · page 2

This year the United States promises to surpass last year's record in wheat production. Canada will, it is said vastly increase her output and directly the Dardanelles are forced…

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Price of Butter

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 July 1915 · page 4

Mr. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated 14th July, 1915, from the Private Secretary to the Attorney-General:--"Mr. Hall is in receipt of the letter dated…

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The Price of Butter

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 July 1915 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated 14th July, from the Private Secretary to the Attorney-General: --…

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The Butter Shortage. an Acute Stage Reached. Grocers and the Government

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- The butter position in the Sussex-street wholesale market has reached an acute stage. So great has the shortage become that more than 80 per cent…

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A Set-back to the Russians. Furious Counter Attack on the Germans Germany Guarantees Turkey an Indemnity of £200,000,000. Welsh Coal Strikes Continue. Coal-owners Leave Settlement in Hands of the Government. Farmers' Conference Suggest Tax on Amendments. Wounded Australians Welcomed in Sydney. Scarcity of Labour on Dairy Farms. Farmers' Conference. Further Resolutions Carried. Tax on Amusements

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- The Fanners and Settlers' Conference adopted the following resolutions: -- That in order to stimulate production…

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Labour on Dairy Farms. Minister's Statement Challenged. Farm Delegates Indignant

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Delegates to the Farmers and Settlers' Conference resent the Minister for Education's comment upon the report on the employment, of children on…

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The Price of Butter

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 3

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated 14th July, 1915, from the private secretary to the Attorney-General:…

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Price of Imported Butter

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The steamer Colusa which arrived from San Francisco brought 1000 cases of butter,for the Government. It is expected the price will be about 3d per…

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Excluding German Wool Buyers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 7

The names of German wool-buying firms have been removed from the seats in the wool room at the Royal Exchange, Sydney; When the war-broke out German wool buyers were…

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The Wheat Supply. Imported Chickwheat Available

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. Voider, chairman of the Wheat Acquisition Board, has arranged with the Attorney-General for an ample supply of wheat for chickwheat…

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Butter Prices Again Advanced. Retail Is 10d Per Lb

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The Executive Council has issued a proclamation advancing butter prices on the recommendation of the Necessary Commodities' Commission as under:…

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Prices of Foodstuffs. Bacon, Butter, and Cheese. Advance Asked

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--The contemplated increase by bacon-curers in the price of bacon was made the subject of inquiry by the Necessary Commodities Commission to-day…

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The N.s.w. Dairy Conference

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 4

The tenth annual conference of the Co-op. Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association will open in Sydney on July 26 next. The Minister for Lands will officially open the…

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The Clarence Electorate. Opening of the Campaign. Mr. G. Morrison, the Farmers' Candidate, Leads

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 8

The first shot in connection with the Clarence by-election, to fill the vacancy created by Mr. John McFarlane's death, was fired last night, and for the next fey weeks there…

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The Butter Shortage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 2

The State Government fell in badly through tinkering with butter prices. They created a shortage by making a statutory selling rate of Is 3d retail, and the protest of dairy…

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Handling the Wheat Crop. Arrangements for Transhipment

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The Federal Attorney-General has been informed that vessels, controlled by the Navy Department will be able to lift 250,000 tons of the coming…

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The Imported Butter. Equal to Third Grade

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- Although the butter which arrived from America on Monday was discharged to-day, the commodity was not distributed by the State Government, but was…

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Fixing Produce Prices. Criticism by Mr. Wade. Loss on Wheat Transactions

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 3

Mr. Wade moved that, in the opinion of this House, the manner in which the Necessary Commodities Control Act is being administered is harassing to producers, discourages…

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Price of Butter

Daily Examiner · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 4

In conversation with our local representative, Mr. C. Dunlop, the well-known manager of the Pioneer Dairy Co., at Ulmarra, had a word or two to say in regard to the price of…

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