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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Bonus for Wheat Growers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

Farmers who had wheat in the 1918-1919 pool are to receive a bonus. The New South Wales quota is £27,884, working out at a fraction over 42 per hundred bushels…

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IRELAND. Ad Archbishop's Pastoral. Armed Resistance Unlawful. Secret Societies Condemned. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

Following up the Bishop of Cork's recent pastoral, excommunicating murderers, the Archbishop of Tuam issued a pastoral in which he declares that armed…

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Rural Basic Wage. Committees Visiting Wheat Districts. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

In connection with the Board of Trade Inquiry regarding the rural wage two Committees of members of the Board will next week visit the wheat districts…

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The Wheat Harvest. Financing the Guarantee. £5,00,000 Involved. Sydney Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

A conference of bankers and other financial authorities will be held next Thursday to discuss with the Premier and the Minister for Agriculture the…

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Producers' Problems What the New Year Holds Plea for Organisation. the Butter Difficulties. Clarence Conference Suggested

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 7

We are about to enter upon a new year, and the vagueness of the producers' position was never more vague than at present, so the New Year sets…

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Wheat Harvest. Governor-General's Inspection. the First Bulk Handling. Payment of the State Guarantee. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 5

The Governor-General, Lord Forster, speaking at Albury, expressed himself as greatly interested in seeing primary production carried on under modern methods…

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Wheat Reduced in England. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 5

The Government to-day reduced the price of all foreign wheat by two shillings a quarter…

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Britain's Wheat. Price Reduced; Freight Cheaper. Prompt Tonnage Available. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 3

The Wheat Commission has reduced the price of all imported wheats a further two shillings, making Austra-lian 1066. Freights are very flat and…

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Soldier Settlements. the Single Farm Controversy Minister's Latest Terms. West Maitland

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 3

The Department of Lands has written Mr. W. Bennett, M.L.A., in reply to his representations on behalf of the Gosford branch of the Returned…

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Alleged Cattle Stealing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

At the Casino Police Court on Friday, before Mr. A. J. Peisley, P.M., Alfred George Sullivan, of Coraki, appeared to answer a charge of stealing at Coraki in…

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Cost of Butter Production. Illuminating Figures

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 2

In the Queensland Legislative Assembly Mr. Bebbington asked the Minister for Agriculture the following questions:--(1) Has his attention been…

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Advance to Wheat Growers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 5

The Rural Industries Board this season advanced to wheat growers a total of £181,000 in the purchase of corn sacks the price of which was 15 per dozen, plus…

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Hot Weather Problems. Keeping Butter and Milk Without Ice. What Wet Cloths Will Do

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 3

During these hot days one of the greatest difficulties of the housewife is to keep butter firm and milk cool. Although ice provides the easiest way…

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Queensland Maize Crop

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

The incoming maize crop in Queensland is expected to be an abundant one, and recognising the necessity for helping farmers To protect their interests, the president of…

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Maclean Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

The output of butter for the month of December amounted to 59.674lbs., as compared with 46,648lbs. in the previous month, and 14,729lbs. for December, 1919…

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Snake in a Dairy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 1

A litle daughter of Mr. J. R. Wood, of Mary's Dream, Forbes, a few days ago, on entering the dairy saw a snake helping itself to the milk. Both child and snake…

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STATE £3,000,000 Loan. Open Till February 1. Giving the Farmers a Chance. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

The State Treasurer decided to grant the request of the farmers, and allow the State loan of £3,000,000 to remain open until February 1, in order to give them a chance…

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Grafton Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

The present rate of output of the Grafton Dairy Company is twenty tons of butted daily, besides which there is a more plentiful supply of pigs than for some time…

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Butter Trade with Java

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

According to Mr. H. Koekkoek, a representative of the Gippsland and Northern Co-operative Selling Co. Ltd., of Melbourne, who has returned from a visit to…

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Financing the Wheat

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

The Premier, Treasurer and Minister for Agriculture have conferred with the heads of the banking and financial institutions regarding the financing of the State's…

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