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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 34 of 63

The Courts. Farmer and Grazier. Alleged Malicious Prosecution. Horse Stealing Charges. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

In the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice Wade and a jury, James Brennan, farmer, commenced an action against James Doyle, grazier, claiming £1000…

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Farmers and Graziers Optimistic. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

Reports from the country indicate that farmers and graziers are now optimistic that sheep feed is practically assured for the rest of the winter…

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Farmers and Settlers. Annual Report. Subjects for Consideration. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 June 1920 · page 4

The annual report of the Farmers and Settlers Association states that the executive wished to reiterate the statement made last year regarding the need for…

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Payments to Wheat Pool. Alleged Serious Discrepancies

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

The Minister of Agriculture (Mr. Dunn) has found what are apparently serious discrepancies in the returns of stocks of flour in this State, as a…

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Australian Butter. Purchase by Britain. Terms Considered Satisfactory London

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

The butter delegates arranged with the food controller to buy Australia's surplus at 240 per cwt f.o.b., for butter grading 90 points, with an extra shilling for each…

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The Butter Deal. Excellent Terms. Encouraging High Quality. London, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

The Australian delegates have completed the contract with the Food Ministry for the purchase of the Australian surplus butter next summer. The…

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Crop Records. What Carr's Peninsula Did

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 4

Mr. S. Everingham, of Coraki, says that when it comes to a matter of records the Clarence and Richmond has the rest of the State "licked to a…

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The Premier's Assurance. Use of the State Loan Drought-stricken Farmers and Silos

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 4

The loan being floated by the State Government locally for £2,000,000, which closes at the end of this month, is for the purpose of providing…

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Dairyman's Death Suffocated in Bran Mash

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 3

At an inquiry at the Coroner's Court in Sydney on Wednesday into the death of Edward Eager, 40, a dairyman, of Croydon-road, Hurstville,…

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Expediting Wheat Inquiry. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 5

The State Cabinet wishes to expedite the wheat inquiry, and conferred with Mr. Justice Pring. The stumbling block is the continued illness of Georgeson…

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Australian Wool Industry. Period of Uncertainty. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 5

Although within two days of the close of the existing wool contract with the British Government the trade is as much in the dark as ever regarding what is to…

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New Butter Contract Sale of Next Season's Surplus. Favorable to Producers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 5

The New South Wales section, of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Pool issued a statement in which it was stated that the London delegates had been in touch…

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Insufficient Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 5

The quantity of wheat being imported into New South Wales is inadequate to keep the flour mills working even one shift…

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700 Sheep Poisoned Fatal Box Tree

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 1

That the leaves of the box tree are fatal to stock was proved a few days ago by Mr. R. Barton, of Elong, says an Orange message. He was droving…

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Wheat Shortage. Mills Close. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 3

The quantity of wheat being imported into New South Wales is inadequate to keep flour wills working even one shift per day…

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Butter for Britain. Will N.z. Action Favor Danish?

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 4

The decision of New Zealand farmers to distribute butter and cheese through the British Wholesale Co-operative Society has disagreeably…

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Wool for Europe. Bradford's Big Deal. to Supply Idle Factories. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 3

It is reported that a Bradford syndicate has bought a hundred thousand bales of colonial wool. These were originally intended for the last…

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Late Cables British Markets Violent Fluctuations. Wool Trade Pessimistic Produce Lines Duller London, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 3

The strongly pessimistic outlook in the wool trade continues. The trade anxiously awaits the opening of the next series on July 7th…

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Control of Millet Crop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 4

A movement has been started among the millet growers in the Hunter district to secure better market conditions. It is stated that shortly after it is bought by…

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Palmer's Island Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 June 1920 · page 4

The manager of the above factory has received the following letter:--Dear Sir,--As we have now re-examined quite a lot of the butter that has been…

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