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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,088 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 105

Dairy Factory Destroyed. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

The Wyong Co-operative Dairy Co's, factory and ice works, and a quantity of butter and cream, were destroyed by fire…

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Proposed Butter Factory. At Woolgoolga

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

A large and enthusiastic meeting of the Woolgoolga district farmers was held in the Sea View Hall, on Thursday evening last, with the…

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Wool Prices. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 5

Mr. Goldfinch says the Colonial Wool Association must insist that at least two-thirds of the wool offered in London be old clip with a proviso that the new clip…

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The Wheat Harvest. Receiving Depot Troubles. Farmers' Complaints, and Minister's Reply. Gulgong, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. W. F. Dunn, has been gathering information as how the wheat receiving depots are being managed. Local…

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Wheat. a Matter of Finance. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture returned to Sydney to-day and afterwards presided at a meeting of the Wheat Board where some important matters were discussed…

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Wheat Growers and the Pool. Harden

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

At a well attended public meeting of wheat growers at Harden it was unanimously decided to object to any continuance of the wheat pool in 1922, without…

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Butter and Meat. Where Is the Profiteer? the Government's Dilemma

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

Recently two important cases were before the Necessary Commodities Control Commission, viz., the price of meat and butter, in which the Crown…

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Selling the Wheat. Board's Extraordinary Methods. Young, Monday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

Addressing a mass meeting of farmers, Mr. Hugh Main, M.L.A., condemned the methods employed by the Central Wheat Board at Melbourne…

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Sydney Wool Sales. Some High Prices. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

There was a full attendance of buyers at the continuation of the wool sales this afternoon. The offerings totalled 4963 bales. 14 bales were sold…

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Latest Commercial. Sydney Markets. an Encouraging Butter Report. Good Prices for Eggs. Scarcity of Seed Potatoes. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

New South Wales produced the great total of 43,000 boxes of butter last week, each box holding 56lbs. This is the maximum for any week…

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The Farmers' Fight

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

At the quarterly and annual meetings of the Clarence River District Council of the Primary Producers' Union, at Ulmarra, to-day, the…

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Victorian By-election. Farmers' Candidate Re-elected. Melbourne, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 3

The final figures at the by-election for the Upper Goulburn seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, made vacant by the unseating of Mackrell…

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The Butter Outlook

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 2

At the P.P.U. meeting yesterday Mr. C. F. Williams, district representative on the P.P.U. Central Executive, told local farmers some home…

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Australian Wool. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

At a meeting of the Colonial Wool Merchants' Association, held in London this afternoon under the chairmanship of Mr. Weddell to discuss the future disposal of…

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Record Load of Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

Mr. Patrick Berrell, a farmer and carrier, brought into Condobolin a record load of wheat to the local mill. There were 202 bags, weighing 15 tons 17cwt…

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Australian Wheat. London Price Lowered. London, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

The selling price of Australian wheat has been reduced to 92s 6d…

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Butter Pool. the Question of Shortage. for Winter Supplies. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

Mr. C. J. McRae, president of the Primary Producers' Union stated that yesterday, at a meeting of the Butter Pool Committee, further consideration was…

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The Wheat Harvest. Pouring Into Sydney. Sydney, Wednesday Evening

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 3

There are no fewer than 1600 trucks being used by the Railway Department to convey wheat from all parts of the State to Darling Harbor, and the…

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The Wheat Harvest. Pouring Into Sydney. Millions of Bags. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

Wheat is now pouring into Darling Harbor at the rate of over 350 trucks daily Yesterday, a record for the season was put up by the shipping of 88,852 bags of wheat…

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Centralisation Evils. Why the N.s.w. Farmer Complains

Daily Examiner · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 8

Mr. M'Tiernan, the Attorney-General of the State, has come to my assistance with some figures illustrative of the ponderous and expensive nature of administration in…

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