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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 8 of 63

Butter Prices. "The Cat Out of the Bag."

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 4

Sir,--In dealing with the very important resolutions carried at a monster meeting of dairymen at Lismore on January 28, the "S.M. Herald" (29120), in an…

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Wheat Products. An Inquiry as to Prices. Poultry Industry Threatened. Evidence Before the Necessary Commodities Commission. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

The Necessary Commodities Commission opened an inquiry into the prices of flour, bread, bran, and pollard. Judge Rolin explained that owing to…

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New Dairy Factory

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 2

At the Primary Producers' meeting on Saturday afternoon last, the members of the Dairy Company directorate took the opportunity to appeal to…

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On the Land. Dairying. Fodder Conservation Still Neglected. Bitter Experience That Doesn't Teach

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

"It is extraordinary that, despite the oft-repeated recommendations and experimentation of the Department, so few farmers grow winter fodders, or,…

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Price of Butter. Protest From Jamberoo. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

A meeting of dairymen at Jamberoo entered an emphatic protest against the reduction in the price of butter. A resolution was carried: "That as wages and…

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Wheat Pool. Growers in Conference. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

A representative gathering of Australian wheat growers decided in Melbourne to support the continuance of the compulsory pool; but it was emphatically…

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Wheat and Flour. Export to Japan. Mr. Storey's Comment. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

The Leader of the Opposition said he saw a procession of lorries going down Macquarie street loaded with wheat and flour for Japan. The price of bread had…

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Sals of Butter. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. Massy Greene said the Imperial Government were making, inquiries as to the price at which producers will be agreeable to sell their, butter for the…

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Reduced Butter Price Jamberoo's Protest Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

At a largely-attended meeting of dairymen at Jamberoo (near Kiama) on Tuesday an emphatic protest was entered against the reduction in the…

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A Strike Wanted Butter and Bacon Employees Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

The Butter and Bacon Section of the Meat Preserving and Cold Storage Employees' Union has decided to request the Department of Labor and…

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Grafton Show Big Prizes for Ring Events. Sheep Dog Trials

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

The committee of the Clarence Pastoral and Agricultural Society held a meeting in the pavilion at the showground on Wednesday to deal with…

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Telegrams. Compulsory Wheat Pool. Mr. Hughes' Opposition. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Replying to a deputation of fanners in Melbourne, Mr. Hughes flatly refused to agree to a compulsory wheat pool, on the ground that it was against the Government…

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Wheat Shortage. Position in South Africa an Appeal to Australia. Millers Interview a Minister. Cape Town

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

The Minister for Railways (Mr. H. Burton), replying to a deputation of millers, detailed the Government's representations to Mr. Hughes with a view to…

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Sporting. Warwick Farm Acceptances. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

Liverpool Mile.:--Lothian, Bimeter, Pretly Baby, Ray Wallace, Alilali, Hippasia, Boureong, Slake, Dessert. Warwick Handicap: Lord Marajax,…

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Price of Butter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

The dairymen of the Lismore district recently lodged a strong protest against the. reduction in the price ot butter. Cr. Missingham who called…

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Those Butter Prices. An Able Article. Of Great Interest To Dairymen

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 2

Pharach hearkened unto Joseph - - and there was corn in Egypt Many years ago we met the story of Joseph, the Hebrew, sent to…

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Butter and Cheese. Wellington

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

Representatives of the butter and cheese industry in New Zealand have informed the Prime Minister that they favor a free market subject to any restrictions which…

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Grafton Dairy Company, Ltd. the Year's Figures

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 4

The quantity of butter manufactured by the Grafton Dairy Company, Ltd., for the past year was 1,165,270ibs. (520 tons 4¼ cwts.), which, owing to the adverse,…

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Industrial. Dairy Factory Employees Claims. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 7 February 1920 · page 5

It is announced by Mr. Thompson, secretary of the Meat Preserving and Cold Storage Employees' Union, that it has been decided by the butter and bacon…

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Butter Contracts. Statement by Minister

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. Massy Greene (Minister for Trade and Customs) announced in Melbourne on Thursday: The Imperial Government is making enquiries as to…

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