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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 47 of 63

Price of Butter. Protests Against Reduction. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

Protests against any reduction in the price of butter-continue, to be made by the dairymen in the Maitland district. At a meeting of the Primary Producers'…

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Case for the Dairy Farmers

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Storey) has .succeeded in making it appear that the rise in butter prices, granted recently by the Necessary Commodities Commission,…

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Tenpence a Loaf. Price Bread May Be. Wheat Marketing Bill. May Precipitate a Crisis. Question of World's Parity. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

It is probable that the Wheat Marketing Bill now before the Legislative Assembly will precipitate a political crisis. The issue which is going to cause trouble…

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The Federal Guarantee. Tamworth Farmers Anxious. Tamworth

Daily Examiner · Monday 27 September 1920 · page 3

A large gathering of farmers met a Tamworth for the purpose of taking suitable action to impress upon the Federal Government, the urgent need for some…

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The Wheat Position

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 4

The Government seems, likely to take up the same position in regard to wheat as it has done in connection with dairy produce. In both cases objections are…

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Increased Cost of Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 4

A Maitland message states that a meeting of Branxton district milk and cream suppliers entered an emphatic protest against any interference with or reduction…

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Price of Wheat. Stabilising the Market. Mr. Storey's Comments. London. Parity Discussed Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 September 1920 · page 4

The Premier, in a statement, said a cable from England in the press to-day, without any attempt at concealment boldly announced a proposed restriction…

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Mr. Storey and Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 2

Mr. Storey is still harping on the high price of butter, and is threatening this, that, and the other thing when the commodities' commission is…

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Butter Prices. the Producers' Position

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 2

As a practical dairymain, I have been following with intense interest the changing phases of the butter position, from day to day during the past few weeks…

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Wool Profits. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 3

It is probable that the bulk of the £7,000,000 to be distributed to wool-growers will be subject to the war time profit tax which is seventy per…

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Handling the Wheat Harvest. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

Mr. Campbell, secretary of the farmers and Settlers' Association, considers the present facilities are more than sufficient to handle the anticipated bumper…

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War-time Profits Tax on Wool Dividend. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 4

It is probable that the bulk of the seven million pounds to be distributed to woolgrowers will be subject to the wartime profits tax, which is 70 per cent…

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Losses on Wheat. Claim Involves £1,500,000. MELBOURNE

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

Preliminary proceedings were taken in the Melbourne Court to-day in the claim by Mark Block, a wheat investor, against the Government in respect of losses on the…

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QUEENSLAND. The Best Crop in History. on the Darling Downs. Will Absorb All the Unemployed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 5

Shortly after arrival in Brisbane to-day the Premier, Mr. Theodore, stated he had received a letter from Mv. F. T. Breunan, M.L.A., Toowoomba, stating that the…

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A Boon to Dairymen. Guarding Against Trouble

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 29 September 1920 · page 3

We all know that any machinery will go wrong some time. That "some time" may mean a lot to the dairyman. Moffat Virtue Ltd., Sydney (of sheep-shearing…

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Wheat Crop. 3,585,000 Acres Sown. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

An official estimate of the area under wheat this year in New South Wales is 3,585,000 acres, an increase of 535,000 acres over last season. There are 17,227…

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State Parliament. Members' Salaries. Wheat Marketing Bill. Premier and the Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

In the Assembly, Mr. Oakes was informed by the Speaker that he did not see why, when he issued a writ for an electoral vacancy, he should not send it…

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Cheaper Wool Freights. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

The shipping combine is reducing Australian wool freights to Italy to the English level. The Commonwealth line is following…

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Dairy Farmers' Meetings

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 4

Well attended meetings of dairy farmers have been held at Dorrigo, Coramba, and Bellingen, protesting against the action of the Government in interfering…

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The Wheat Bill. Cabinet's Perplexing Problem. Labor Party Divided. Minister Leaves for Melbourne. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 30 September 1920 · page 5

Cabinet, for two hours, dismissed the question of the Wheat Marketing Bill and at its conclusion the Premier announced that no decision had been…

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