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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Butter Pool. Another One to Be Formed. Providing for a Shortage. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 5

At a meeting of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Food Committee consideration was given to the prospect of a shortage in butter. It was reported…

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Dairying Lands and Repatriation

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Shire Repatriation Executive a recent statement by Mr. Ashford to the effect that there was very little suitable…

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Sensation in Tasmania. Farmer Found Dead. Foul Play Suspected. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

A sensation has been created in the Hamilton district in southern Tasmania, by the finding of the body of John Duncombe, a prominent farmer…

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Tyringham Dairy Co

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 2

An extraordinary meeting of the shareholders of the Tyringham Dairy Co. will be held at Tyringham post office on Saturday next. The business…

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A Farmer Murdered. 'Tasmanian Sensation. Hobart

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 4

A sensation was caused in the Hamilton district in Southern Tasmania by the death under suspicious circumstances at John Buncombe, a farmer, whose body was…

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Macleay River Case. Question of Farm Improvements Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 5

In the Supreme Court, before Sir William Cullen, C.J., and a jury, a case was heard in which Patrick Danilier sued Thomas J. Moore to recover £11326,…

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Dairy Utensils

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 December 1918 · page 6

The wide range of dairy utensils handled by us is not equalled in the State. Our stocks are most comprehensive, and in spite of the war and the difficulty…

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Alleged Wheat Stealing. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

A further adjournment till January 2 was granted in the wheat cases, and the former bail was allowed…

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Butter Pool. Establishing Reserve Stocks. Control of All Supplies. the Committee's Decision. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 3

Steps have been taken by the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool to at once establish a reserve of butter to provide for the next winter's requirements in…

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Bellingen Dairy Co Bacon Factory Decided On

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 December 1918 · page 2

A meeting of the directors of the Upper Bellingen Co-operative Dairy Co., Bellingen, was held at the factory, Bellingen, on Wednesday afternoon Mr. S. J…

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Telegrams. Wheat in Pool. to Be Paid For. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 2

The wheat in pool which the Government has decided to pay for, will involve an expenditure of £13,600,000 in addition to the railway freight and…

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Big Fire in Sydney. Roberts' Hotel Gutted. Farmer's Also in Flames. Damage Estimated at £150,000. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 5

One of the biggest fires for a number of years occurred in Sydney to-night,. when Roberts Hotel, the Crown Studios, and portion of Farmer's, Ltd., caught alight…

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Damage at Farmer's. Severe From Water. Christmas Shoppers Affected

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 December 1918 · page 5

"The water poured down like a titanic shower bath." said Mr. James Chalmers, managing director of Farmer and Co., Ltd.. this morning…

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Sydney's Big Fire. Firemen's Great Fight. Crown Studios Destroyed. Damage to Farmer's and Roberts' Hotel

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 December 1918 · page 5

It is a singular fact that for many years past Sydney has had what has been termed, "A Christmas Fire," an outbreak, big, dangerous, and hard fight…

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New Potatoes. Clarence Farmers' Annual Opportunity

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 December 1918 · page 2

Says the "Town and Country Journal" of December 18:-- Year by year it is evident that many of the northern-river farmers neglect…

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Selling Our Products. Wool and Wheat

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 2

Melbourne messages say: -- It is reported on good authority that a proposal is under consideration for a further extension of the wool scheme…

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Dairying Industry and Margarine

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 December 1918 · page 2

In dairy industry circles which are extensive and financially important in this State the old trouble familiarised as the "margarine menace" is again…

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American Wheat Crop. Cost of the Fixed Price. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Monday 30 December 1918 · page 3

A Washington message says that Mr. A. F Lever, chairman of the Congress Agricultural Committee, has testified that would it cost the United States…

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Live Stock. the American Farmer and Grazier. An Australian's Impressions

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 December 1918 · page 4

"Wherever you get a country where most of the feed is roughage, grass or hay, you find sheep predominant and grazing cattle." The remark was made…

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£14,000 for a Dairy Herd

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 31 December 1918 · page 4

Mr. M. M. Clarke's Sudborne herd of Red Polls was one of the foremost in England, and its disposal is a notable event in the annals of the breed. The 120…

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