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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 6 of 63

Wheat Pool Credits. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

A Melbourne message states that all the wheat pool accounts are now in credit, New South Wales to the extent of £62,000 Victoria £118,000, South Australia £36,000,…

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Wheat for Poultry Feed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

Owing to the depleted stocks of inferior wheat, the Wheat Board decided that the remaining stocks shall be used solely for poultry feed…

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Wheat Supplies From Victoria. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

In response to an urgent telegram from Mr. Holman, Mr. McPherson, Victorian Treasurer, to-day took steps to expedite the despatch of wheat from Victoria, and…

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Wheat Shortage. Offer From Japan. 810½ for Third Quality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

The Victorian Wheat Commission has been offered 810½ per bushel for 250,000 bushels of third-quality wheat for Japan, but owing to the serious shortage,…

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Dorrigo Dairy Go. Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

For the month of December, 1919, the output of butter was 39¾ tons. Payment will be made at the follow[?] rates:—Choicest 1/5¼, first 1/5,…

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Wheat Shortage. Important Conference to Be Held. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

The Acting Minister for Agriculture received advice that an important conference of the Australian Wheat Board will be held in Melbourne next Tuesday to…

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Wheat Prosecutions. Charges of Conspiracy. Arising Out of Recent Inquiry. Five Men Before the Court. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

Five men--Reginald Rheuben, John Brunton, Edward Sheedy, Rupert Coombes and Selby Churchill--were before the Central Police Court to-day,…

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Price of Bran and Pollard. Affect on Poultry Farming. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

A meeting of the Cumberland Labor Council decided to forward a protest to the Government regarding the undue increase in the price of bran and pollard…

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Wheat Prosecutions. Further Charges of Conspiracy Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

At the Central Police Court to-day Thomas Smith, merchant, appeared to answer a charge of having at Sydney on divers days between November 1, 1917,…

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Wool Profits Committee. Full Report to Be Published. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

The "Daily Mail" understands that the reports of the committee on wool profits is likely to be published in a few days, exactly as presented, enabling the…

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Encouragement of Production. Dairy Supervision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. Mark Morton, M.L.A., speaking at Kiama Show luncheon, contended that the producers should be encouraged in production, and should be allowed to find the…

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Sheep Poisoned by Blue Couch Grass. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 5

Two hundred head of sheep, being portion of a mob travelling to Canowindra, died on the Forbes road owing to five sheep eating blue couch grass…

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Export of Wheat. Tonnage From Australia. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 5

The Shipping Controller asked all British shipping companies to supplement their cargo tonnage by carrying Australian and Argentine wheat, suggesting…

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Dairy Produce in London. Trade Control Movement. Representative Committee. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 3

A movement is afoot among the importers of colonial butter and cheese and the wholesale traders in those commodities for securing combined…

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Timber for Butter Boxes

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Careful examinations have proved that Victorian mountain ash is in every way suitable for making butter boxes. Mr. H. R.:Mackay, a member of the Forestry…

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Further Wheat Payments. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

The Commonwealth Government has decided to make further payments, involving £34,000,000, in respect of the 1917-18 and 1918-19 wheat crop…

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Wool Profiteering. Strong Denunciation Specific Instances Quoted. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

Mr. H. J. Maekinder, M.P., speaking at Bradford, denounced profiteering in wool. He declared that the Government made over £60.000,000 profit thereon last year…

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Sugar Crop Acquisition

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

The Premier had no announcement to make on Thursday (says the Brisbane "Courier") respecting the proposed acquisition by the Commonwealth…

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Dairy Produce Bonus

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

It is announced that, by an amendment of the regulation governing the Federal, dairy produce pool, producers (manufacturers) supplying butter or cheese to the…

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High-priced Wool Demand Exceeds Supply

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

The Wool Committee's report states that among the causes contributing to the present prices of raw material are the excess of demand over…

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