Food Problem Now Most Serious Aspect Of Flood Boats Carrying Provisions to Farmers Waters Are Falling Very Slowly Most Destructive Inundation in History of Clarence
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 5
The news that is trickling through from many parts of the Clarence district leave no room for doubt that the present floods have been responsible for more misery and far greater losses than occurred in any flood within memory…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summer Butter Surplus Should Be Stored Here Opinion of Dairy Expert. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 4
The State Dairy Expert, Mr. L. T. McInnes, who has just returned from a trip to the North Coast, predicts an extreme shortage of butter before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Saving the Cattle Ulmarra District Incidents
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5
Although almost all of the farmers in the Ulmarra district succeeded in getting their stock to higher country much difficulty was experienced by many in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Farmers Lose Heavily Fences Stock and Crops Baryulgil District Suffers. Baryulgil
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 3
The recent cyclonic disturbance resulted in 1161 points of rain being registered within the week. Prior to this a further 673 points had been recorded…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fencing Destroyed the Winegrove District Crop Losses at Copmanhurst
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 3
At Newbold and Lilydale, on the Upper Clarence, the beaches were covered with mud and sand, in some places up to 14ft. deep, and yesterday the river level was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The South Arm Cane Crops Destroyed
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 3
On the South Arm and district the damage to the maize and young cane crops has been considerable. A large area of young cane is under water and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Flood. Cane Crops Lower Clarice Islands No Estimate of Losses Yet
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 3
Reviewing the position after the flood, so far as the sugarcane growing industry on the islands of the Lower Clarence are concerned, Mr. D. A. Cameron, secretary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Treaty Canadian Opposition Dairymen Ask for Termination. Vancouver
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 2
At the Nanaimo Dairymen's Convention, the following resolution was passed unanimously: "Whereas the dairy industry in Canada has suffered in consequence of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →800 Cows on Junction Hill How Dairymen Are Carrying On
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5
The plight of the dairymen about Carr'a Creek and between Grafton and Junction Hill and Great Mallow is typical of most of the men on the land along the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Milk Cows Farmer's Two Miles Row Motor Cars Rushed to High Land
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 5
Mr. C. A. Watson, of Tyndale, had the unique experience of rowing a mile into the centre of Woodford Island to milk his cows. His stock had with about 600 head…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Upper and Central Bucca Trials of Farmers
Daily Examiner · Thursday 23 February 1928 · page 3
The biggest flood for the past twelve mouths was experienced here on Sunday, the 19th instant, after several days of continuous rain. Fortunately the rain…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sea of Water Plight Of Settlers In Ulmarra District Thousands of Cattle Rushed to High Lands The Flood Boat Brigade Snakes Invade Farmers' Homes
Daily Examiner · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 5
A tour in a rowing boat through the miles and miles of flooded country at the back of Ulmarra, with homesteads everywhere flooded, or just out of the water, amazes and bewilders one as to how the residents survived the terrific ordeal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letters to the Editor Growing Crops Competition
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 6
Sir,—I trust you will grant me space to draw attention to the action of the Agricultural Society Committee in deciding to cancel the growing crop…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dairying Collection of Milk Samples the Correct Procedure
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 4
Hundreds of milk samples are sent to Glenfield Veterinary Research Station for examination in connection with suspected cases of mammitis…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Season of Lent Bishop of Grafton's Pastoral
Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 7
"Once again the season of Lent is upon us with its solemn lessons. Its lessons are solemn because it is the season when we especially remember what our Blessed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Isolated for a Week Getting Cream 10 Depot Middle Creek Dairyman's Experiences
Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6
A correspondent from Middle Creek writing on Wednesday sends us the following account of the experiences of the people there in getting their cream to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Aftermath Cleaning Up Ulmarra Farmers Start Again. the Need for Flood Boats. Ulmarra
Daily Examiner · Saturday 25 February 1928 · page 6
To-day will be probably the last day on which the men who have looked after the Ulmarra farmers during the flood will be required to take out the flood boats, as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trade Summary Stock Exchange Active Butter Position Improving. London
Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 5
Extracts from the London trade summary show that the London Stock Exchange has had an exhilarating week, the outstanding feature being, as one financial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lismore Suburban Farmers and High Rates
Daily Examiner · Monday 27 February 1928 · page 4
For some time past owners of farm lands within the Lismore municipal boundary have been complaining of the high rates they pay. In one ease rates on an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep for Fattening
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 28 February 1928 · page 4
One of "The Tweed Daily" staff was on the tablelands a few days ago, and was rather puzzled by the fact that whilst the cattle looked to be in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →