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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 61 of 63

The Wool Cup. Shortage of Storage Accommodation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 5

There are 140,000 bales of wool stored at Wentworth Park which was bought by the Imperial Government. Now that the' demand has ceased the Imperial…

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Wool. a Record Price. Conference Melbourne. Open Trade with Germany Advocated. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 December 1920 · page 5

At the wool sales a record price of 46½ d. was obtained for nine bales. of super combings from Yass. The wool conference: opened in…

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Butter Prices. Decline in Dairying Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 5

The refusal of the Commissioner of prices to advance the price of butter was criticised in the Assembly to-day. Mr. Bebbington said the Commissioner…

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Wheat Crop. Handling and Stevedoring Decision of the Board. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 4

The deputy chairman of the State W[?] Board has announced the of the Board to abide by its decision to control the whole of the handling and…

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Wool Market. Conference m Melbourne. British Government Contracts. Proposal for Termination. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 5

A scheme for the disposal or the carryover of wools, amounting approximately to two million bales, was outlined by Sir John Higgins at an important conference…

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Chinese and Banana Farms

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 4

Mr. T. J. Swiney, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Department of Lands:--Your representations to the department that aliens, especially Chinese,…

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Maclean Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Thursday 9 December 1920 · page 4

During the month of November the Maclean Dairy Company manufactured 46,648 pounds of butter. This is an increase of over 300 per cent, when compared with…

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Ministry of Munitions. Sales of Surplus Property. the Colonial Wool Problem. Supplies for Austria. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 5

A White Paper on the work of the Ministry of Munitions states that up to November the sales of surplus Government property from the Armistice were…

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Dairying Matters. Suitable Cattle for Districts. Grafton Experiment Farm. Price-fixing of Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 5

At the quarterly meeting of the Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union several important resolutions were discussed and dairying matters naturally…

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Dorrigo Butter Co. Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 2

Doubtless it was with feelings of relief that dairymen generally received the decision of the Commodities Commission in regard to the…

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QUEENSLAND. Dairy Company's Request. to Minister for Agriculture. World's Parity for Butter. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 4

A deputation from the executive of the Co-operative Dairy Companies' Association interviewed the Minister for Agriculture to-day, asking that the fixing of butter…

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Wool Sales. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 5

10,954 bales of colonial wool were offered and 8000 withdrawn owing to indifferent buying. The sales were chiefly medium and greasy merinos…

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The Wheat Harvest. Meeting of Farmers and Settlers. the State Guarantee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 5

At a meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association at Cowra Mr. Twigg, a well-known grower, proposed that, failing the State Government agreeing to pay, 26…

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Primary Producers' Union. Butter Inquiry. Judge Rolin's Summing Up

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 3

On the 31st August last this Commission made an order fixing the price of butter at 275/4 wholesale per cwt. and at 2/9½d retail per lb. These…

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Telegrams the Farmer's Disabilities. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 4

Mr. Somer, secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, told the Select Committee on Agriculture that the principal disabilities of the farmer were lack of…

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Heavy Rain Inland. Damage to the Crops

Daily Examiner · Saturday 11 December 1920 · page 5

There is much concern in business circles regarding the effect of the heavy rain inland upon the wheat crop. Mr. Campbell, general secretary of the Farmers and…

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Wheat Losses at Coonamble

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 5

A message, from Dubbo says over five inches of rain have fallen and enormous losses have been incurred at Coorawong, in the Coonamble district, where a 35-bushel…

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Peanuts As a Crop. an Opportunity

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 3

For peanuts winch have been in demand hitherto only for roasting, and the confectionery trade there has now arisen according to the N.S.W. Agricultural…

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Letter to the Editor. That Hospital Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 13 December 1920 · page 3

Sir,--If "Fairplay"will attend a meeting of the committee of the Hospital to be held at, the Copmanhurst Shire Chambers on Tuesday, at 8 p.m. I will see that he…

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Wheat Crop. The State's 2s 6d Guarantee. Mr. Dunn's Visit to Melbourne Awful Effects of the Storm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 14 December 1920 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture returned from Melbourne yesterday after having attended a, meeting of the Australian Wheat Board. He also again consulted…

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