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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1926

1,005 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 39 of 51

A Filthy Dairy

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 October 1926 · page 3

Appalling conditions in a dairy at Young were revealed when Inspector Nepean prosecuted Joseph Crowe for keeping an unclean dairy. Evidence by the…

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Advisory Dairy Board Cancellation of Appointments. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 October 1926 · page 5

It is notified in the "Government Gazette' to-day that the Government has decided on the cancellation of the appointment of the following hon members…

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Maclean Lectures on Dairying

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 October 1926 · page 6

At the annual meeting of the Maclean Chamber of Commerce the Rev. C. Rowe, during the course of his speech, said that with a view to stimulating interest in…

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Casino Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1926 · page 3

During August the Casino butter factory manufactured 175,433lb. of butter. Payment was made at the rate of 14½ for choicest, and 12½ for second grade…

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Coff's Harbor New Butter Factory

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1926 · page 4

The official opening of the new factory of the Coff's Harbor Co-operative Dairying and Refrigerating Society, Ltd., at Coff's Harbor, is a fixture for…

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Electricity Cuts Butter Factory Costs

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 October 1926 · page 3

The "Australasian Electrical Times," September, 1926, writes. The Ovens and Murray Dairy Co., at Springhurst, Victoria, have changed over to electric drive…

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Farm Wages. a New Award

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 3

An award has been issued for workers on farms, on the application of the A.W.U. Bag sewers are to get [?] a day and keep, potato…

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Coffs Tomato Crops

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 2

Mr. Carson, of Boamtee, is the first man in the district to have ripe tomatous this season He was selling them to shops in Coffs Harbor…

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Pests on Potato Crops

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 3

Caterpillars and flies are creating great havoc amongst the potato crop on the Tweed River, and Murwillumbah branch of the Primary Producers' Union decided…

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Dairy Industry Conditions and Prospects Officers' Reports Clarence-bellinger

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 4

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in charge of the dairy branch district, Clarence to Bellinger Rivers, head quarters Coff's Harbor, in his…

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Fire and Wind Coastal Areas Swept Widespread Devastation Telegraph Lines Down Crops and Grass Country Burnt

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 5

Many thousands of acres of country along the coast have been under fire during the past few days, and the air has been thickly impregnated with…

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Experiment Farm Electric Light and Power Money on Estimates

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 5

Mr. R. S. Vincent, M.L.A., has received the following communication from the Under-Secretary for Agriculture:-- "With further reference to your…

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Tweed Potato Crops

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 October 1926 · page 4

Owing to the devastation of pests in the potato crops of the Tweed, the aid of the Agricultural Department was sought through Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A.,…

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Late Chas. Cameron Teacher and Farmer Reminiscences of Other Days

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 4

A telegram from Casino on Monday last stated that after a brief illness Mr. Chas. Cameron, of Green Ridge, had passed away the previous night, at the…

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Damaged Bee Farm. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 October 1926 · page 5

The police have arrested a man in connection with damage done to the hives of a bee farmer at Wattle Flat…

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Butter Cheaper

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

Another drop in the price of butter was announced yesterday, the Advisory Board making a reduction of 1/2d per 1b. This action will not be…

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In the Days of Cattle Duffers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

The days when land on the North Coast could, be had for 2/6 an acre—when Macksville, Taree, and Kempsey each had a population fewer than…

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Coffs New Butter Factory. the Official Opening. Factory Highly Praised

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 2

Coffs Harbor Co-operative Da[?]ing and Ret[?]tong society's new butter factory was officially op[?] on Wednesday and put through the first [?] of cream with the new plant yesterday. The ribbon was cut and the tactory deciard open by Mrs F…

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Dairying Officers' Reports Clarence-bellinger

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 5

Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe, in [?]arge of the dairy branch district, clarence to Bellinger Rivers, headquarters Coff's Harbor, in his…

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Bush Fires Widespread Outbreaks Houses Destroyed: Farms Damaged Fierceness of Fires Abating

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 October 1926 · page 4

According to information supplied by travellers and by telephone the bush fires which have for some days been raging throughout the entire North Coast…

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