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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

1,259 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 11 of 63

South Australian Wheat Commission. Adelade

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

There was a sensation at the Wheat Commission in Adelaide when G. Nicholls, manager of the State wheat scheme, refused to answer some questions…

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The Wheat Scandals. Some Pertinent Observations. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

The Leader of the Opposition, in a statement, said the Premier should invoke the aid of Mr. Grahame to extricate him from the tangle he got himself into in…

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Wheat Supplies for New South Wales. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. Valder, Under-Secretary for Agriculture, stated that the wheat supplies were now coming from Victoria at the rate of 600 tons a day…

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The Wheat Elevators. "Mysterious Circumstances." the Teesdale Smith Contract. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 5

The Leader of the Opposition said Mr. Holman in his statements to the press entirely overlooked the most mysterious circumstances in connection with the…

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Dairy Conference

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

March 9 is the date fixed for the conference in Melbourne of leading representatives of the butter and cheese industry in Australia. The conference will…

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The Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1920 · page 3

Mr. C. E. D. Meares' contribution on the marketing position of the Australian dairying industry is timely and helpful. He claims that the genesis of the…

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Butter Prices

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

Our fine old contemporary the "Coraki Herald" takes all those bellowing creatures who dare to suggest, that Mr. Greene and Mr. McRac are…

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Deervale Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 4

Sir,—I notice Mr. A. Beaumont is again trying to prejudice the establishment of a butter factory at Deer Vale, and, as the weapon he uses on…

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Ash for Butter Boxes

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 3

Recently a practical experiment made by certain dairy experts demonstrated that mountain ash war an eminently suitable timber for…

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Wheat Pool. Losses to Farmers. Appointment of the Board. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 5

The Assistant Minister for Agriculture said the personnel of the Board which is to take evidence and assess the Government's responsibility in connection with…

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Letters to the Editor Deervale Butter Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 4

Sir,—It is evident, that Mr. Beaumont is making a desperate effort to prevent the Deervale settlers from meeting and discussing the project of a…

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Butter Prices. Mr. McRAE in Reply. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 3

Dear Sir,--Recent issues of the country press throughout the dairying districts of the State naturally have [?]e reference to the recent fall in…

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Great Day at Tyringham. Opening of New Butter Factory. the Dawn of a New Era

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

Saturday last was the most momentous day in the history of Tyringham. It was a day pregnant with possibilities—a day which marked…

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Outrages in Ireland. a Woman Shot Dead. Raid on a Farmhouse, a Train Held Up. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 5

Six raiders burst into a farmhouse at Ballagh (Wexford), and demanded arms. Mrs. Morris, the farmer's elderly wife, resisted and flourished a spade, and the…

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

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 3

Probably the contest for the Board of Directors, Mr. Geo. Kelly (Swan Creek) being nominated as well as the five retiring directors, was mainly…

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Mr. Storey and the Farmers

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1920 · page 2

With the State elections less than six weeks ahead, Mr. John Storey, leader of the State Labor Parliamentary Party, suddenly remembers that…

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Farmers' Union. Meeting of Queensland Council. Request for Shipping Space. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 February 1920 · page 5

At the quarterly meeting of the Central Council of the Queensland Farmers' Union to-day, Mr. Hart, Central Downs, stated that when the Queensland farmers had…

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Dual Control of Butter

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

An exchange, published in the fanners' interests, publishes an article referring to an interesting situation which is developing between Federal and State…

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Increasing Wheat Production. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 1

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture stated that in view of the rapid depletion of stocks of wheat he had decided on a campaign for increasing the wheat…

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Austria's Dilemma. Only Month's Supply of Wheat. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

"The Times" Vienna correspondent telegraphed that only a month's supply of wheat remains to feed over six million Austrians. Herr Bonner stated that…

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