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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Price of Butter. 18 in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 4

The price of butter has been reduced by a penny a pound in Victoria and is now 18 for bulk…

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A Windfall. Profit From State Wheat Office. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 3

The State Treasury has received a cheque for £104,260, representing the profit on last year's operations of the State Wheat Office…

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State Wheat Office. a Profitable Department. Big Cheque for the Treasury. Sydney, Tuesday. The manager of the State Wheat Office

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 5

has handed into the Treasury a cheque for £104,26058. This windfall is the result of efficient business management on the part of the State Wheat Office, which…

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Wheat Pool. Conference in Melbourne. Formulating a Policy. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 5

An important conference is to be held in Melbourne next week for the purpose of formulating a policy that would be advocated in regard to a co-operative…

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Casualties. Farmer's Serious Accident. Mudgee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 5

While Mr. Herbert Sharpe, a well-known farmer, was out riding near Mudgee his horse stumbled in a bog hole and fell. Mr. Sharpe lost his feet and the animal…

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Series of Misadventures. Mudgee Farmer's Ill Fortune. Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 September 1921 · page 3

A Mudgee message says Herbert Sharp, a well-known local farmer, was riding several miles out of town when his horse stumbled and fell. Sharp,…

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Cheese and Butter Industries

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 5

The executive had under consideration and approved of the creation of an advisory committee representative of the producers to deal with matters affecting the…

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State's Wheat Harvest. Last Season's Sales. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 2

It was stated this afternoon that of last, season's wheat crop 41,422,000 bushels had been disposed of, and only about 10,000,000 bushels remain on…

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Wheat Pool. a Matter of Finance. Negotiations Still Being Conducted. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 5

Wheat-growers and agents are still in the dark as to the handling of the coming season's wheat. It is stated in authoritative quarters that a legal opinion has…

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State Parliament Handling the Wheat. Mr. Fitzpatrick Seeks Information. Cutting Out Political Judicial Appointments. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 3

In Parliament this afternoon Mr. J. C. L. Fitzpatrick (Bathurst) inquired whether it was a fact that on the past season's wheat harvest there would be…

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Herd Testing. Apathy and Indifference. Attitude of the Farmers. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 September 1921 · page 5

At a meeting of the Executive, of the Primary Producers' Union the old grievance of the annual registration, of dairies cropped up. It was decided to send a…

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Illegal Purchase of Wheat. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

At the Central Police Court this morning Courtenay Martin, of Sydney, was proceeded against by Alfred Carson, chief clerk of the State Wheat Board, on an…

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State Parliament. Legislative Assembly. a Compulsory Wheat Pool North Coast Railways. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly it was announced by the Acting-Premier this afternoon that it had been definitely decided by the Government to continue the…

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This Season's Wheat. Decision of the Cabinet. Compulsory Pool to Be Continued. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

Mr. Dooley, Acting-Premier, stated, upon being interviewed to-night, the compulsory wheat pool would be established in connection with the coming harvest in…

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Handling the Wheat the Government's Decision. Pool As Last Year. But No Guarantee. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

It was officially stated by Mr. J. Dooley, acting-Premier, to-night, that the Cabinet had definitely decided on establishing a Wheat Pool for New…

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The Wheat Harvest. Question of a Pool. Must Be State Controlled. Decision of the Cabinet. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 5

Cabinet has definitely agreed that if there is to be a compulsory wheat pool at all it shall be a State one. No authority for any other kind of pool is likely to be…

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State Parliament. Mainly North Coast Grafton Experiment Farm. Oxley and Motherhood Endowment. Government Neglect of Rivers' Area. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 2

In Parliament to-day Mr. Murray (Newcastle) was informed that the Government was taking measures to provide for an eight-hour day for…

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Square Deal for the Farmers Basis of Population the Million Farms Objective More Striking Facts and Figures

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 September 1921 · page 4

In enunciating my proposals for a Million Farmers on a Million Farms, I have selected the farmer as the basis of populating Australia, because more…

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Newspaper Man's Dream. Control of the Wheat Pool. Secured by the Farmers. the Progressives' Coup. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 4

The Government, committed irrevocably to a compulsory pool for the coming season's wheat, is now looking round for a means of escape. The farmers' own…

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Price of Butter. Big Drop in Tasmania. Hobart

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1921 · page 4

Butter has been reduced another penny, making a fall of eightpence during the month…

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