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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

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Price of Butter. Cost of Production. Interstate Commissioner's Inquiries. Mr. McKENZIE'S Evidence. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 2

The Interstate Prices Investigation Commissioner, Mr. A. B. Piddington, resumed his inquiry respecting New South Wales. Those present included Mr. V…

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Farmers and Settlers. Meeting of Executive Council. Request From the P.P.U. SYDNEY

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 3

The executive council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association has decided to support Dr. Arthur in his efforts to use all available shipping for carrying…

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Dairy Produce. Cost of Production. Investigation by Interstate Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 4

The general secretary of the Primary Producers' Union advises that the secretary of the Interstate Commission has written him to say the Commission will…

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Conveyance of Foodstuffs. Dairyman's Point of View. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. McKenzie secretary of the primary Producers' Union, in a letter to Dr. Arthur, referring to the latter's suggestion that all available vessels should be…

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A Wagga Tragedy. Supposed Murder of Farmer. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 February 1918 · page 3

The body of a farmer named Patrick James Curran, of Coolamon, has been found on a snag in the River…

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Rural Industries. Price of Butter. MR. McKENZIE'S Evidence. Chief Commissioner's Questions. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 5

Before the Interstate Commission, Mr. McKenzie gave evidence, in which he stated the membership of the Primary Producers' Union totalled 10,000, a large…

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A Farmer's Death. Mysterious Circumstances. Airy for Help. Garrotting Suspected. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 5

The death of a Coolamon district farmer has occurred under unusual circumstances Patrick James Curran, a single man, 33 years of age, came to Wagga last…

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C.r. Pioneer Dairy Co. Half-yearly Meeting. Retiring Board Re-elected

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 4

The fiftieth half-yearly meeting, or what is really the annual meeting for business purposes, of shareholders in the C.R. Pioneer Dairy Co., Ulmarra, was held in…

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Dairy Stock

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1918 · page 4

Mr. W. Gow, of Ulmarra, this week secured three head of fine young dairy stock from the Richmond River. One of these, a choice Illawarra bull, was purchased for…

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New Cattle

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. Claude' Yager, of Brushgrove, Clarence River, is. at present spending a holiday here, and is the guest of Mr. Herb. Yager, of Main Arm. Whilst in this…

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Child Slavery. Rampant at Dairy Farms. the Call for Cheap Butter. Evidence Before Interstate Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. Hackett, secretary of the Australian Society for the Protection of Children, giving evidence before the Interstate Commission, stated that the labor of…

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Our Export Butter Trade. and English Margarine

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. L. Lowsby, well known to the Australian butter trade, has returned to Australia after upwards of two years in England. He went to…

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Wheat Elevators. Modification of Contract. Chief Commissioner's Denial. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 3

The Chief Railway Commissioner denies the published statement to the effect that the memorandum containing suggestions of the modifications to the wheat elevator…

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The Mackay Cyclone. Tremendous Damage. the Minister's Report. Farmers Require Assistance. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 February 1918 · page 3

Mr. Jones, Minister for Mines, who has been representing the Government at Mackay in connection with relief matters, returned to Brisbane to-day…

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Unique Cattle Sale

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 4

In October last the Coonabarabran police [?]ized six head of unbranded castle running on Crown lands in the Pillion Scrub. When brought into town the lot were…

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Butter or Margarine. Competition in Britain. an Expert's Warning. Room Only for the Best Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 9

Mr. W. F. Cricheton, British butter expert, commenting on the view expressed by Mr. L. Lowsby in Sydney that the Australian butter producers were likely in…

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Cost of Living. The Commission's Inquiry. Price of Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 8

At the Interstate Commission's inquiry in regard to the cost of living, Mr. McKenzie gave further evidence on behalf of the members of his union. He…

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The Dairy Farmer. Cost of Production. Evidence Before Interstate Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 9

At the Interstate Commission, John Alexander Porter, a dairy farmer, and hon. general secretary of the Country Milk Suppliers' Association, said that at…

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Britain's Food Supply. Some Pressing Needs. Australian Butter and Cheese. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 9

The pressing need for food supplies in Great Britain led to the Imperial Government urging the Commonwealth Government to ship all available surplus stocks of…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Report for January

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1918 · page 2

During the month 52 tons 3 cwt. of butter was manufactured. The proportions of each grade were 87¼ percent, choicest, 12½ percent, first, and…

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