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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 47 of 50

The New Dairy Bill. Benefit to Farmers

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 2

The new Dairy Bill, which excited the most strenuous opposition during its passage through the Assembly from Messrs Perry and Nesbitt…

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Next Season's Sugar Crop

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 4

It was announced by the Prime Minister (Mr. Hughes) that the Commonwealth Government had made arrangements with the Queensland Government to purchase…

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National Dairy Show

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 2

Particulars of the National Dairy Show, held at Islington (London), are to hand by last mail, and in each class for salted and unsalted butter, the maximum number of points was…

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The Farmers' Living Wage

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 December 1915 · page 4

Out of the fulness of his heart the Attorney-General confessed to a deputation a day or two ago that "the dairy farmers had a right to earn a living wage." No…

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Butter Shortage

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 2

The butter famine continues in Sydney. Grocers and others are unable to get their usual supplies. The general opinion is that the only factor…

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Butter Export

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 2

In view of export of butter being probable at no distant date, the following replies given to Mr. Massey Greene, member for the Richmond, by the Minister for Customs…

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London Butter Supply

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--The London market has not been greatly disturbed by the announcement of the prohibition of Australian export, though there is a diversity of opinion…

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The Amazing Farmer

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 4

Hit up disastrously by drought and bush fires, the farmers on the North Coast of N.S.W. are appealing to the Government to send fodder, "at landed cost, on long and easy terms, to…

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Assisting N.c. Dairy Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 4

When the drought conditions became so bad that Richmond River farmers met and urged that the Government should assist them with fodder on the…

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Grafton Quarter Sessions. Friday, December 3. Before His Honor, Judge Hamilton. Cattle Stealing

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 4

Charles A. Law, who had pleaded) guilty to cattle stealing, was brought up for sentence. Mr. F. McGuren (for accused)…

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New Bags Imperative. Quirindi 'Farmers' Lost Time. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 December 1915 · page 2

Many farmers who brought their wheat to Quirindi Railway Station on Friday in second-hand bags had to take it back again. The local agents…

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Disposal of Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 3

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture says the authorities sold wheat for December and January equal to 5s 3d for December and 5s 2d for January. It is estimated they…

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Government Stud Farms

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 3

The "Daily Telegraph" states that, by accepting the Hall Walker offer, the Government has pledged itself to embark on some scheme of State horse-breeding of vital…

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Exportation of Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 5

An application was made to the Minister for Customs for permission to export a large quantity of butter from Victoria, but Mr. Tudor is not satisfied, there, will be a surplus…

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The Wheat Scheme. Mr. Grahame Explains. a Rosy Picture Painted. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 3

In reply to a deputation yesterday Mr. W. C. Grahame, Minister of Agriculture, said the wheat scheme was a State and not a Federal one. Mr…

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Assisting the Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 4

The present Government, which by the accident of political circumstances happens to be labelled Labour, is doing what all previous Governments in New South Wales…

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Fodder for the Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 8 December 1915 · page 3

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, from the Director of Agriculture:--"Adverting to your representations…

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Disposal of Wheat

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. At the conference of the Farmers and Settlers Association a motion was agreed to that a representative of the association…

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Caution to Butter Vendors. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 3

Many storekeepers in country districts have been warned that they are not permitted to pass on to the public a half-penny per pound charged by the factory in cases…

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Distributing Fodder to Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1915 · page 2

Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Director of Agriculture:--"Adverting to your representations in relation to the request of the Orara…

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