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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Noogoora Burr Lower River Farmers Warned

Daily Examiner · Saturday 14 April 1928 · page 4

At the meeting of Harwood Council, held on Friday, the inspector, Mr. W. Matheson, suggested that landholders be notified, through the press, of the seriousness…

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Grafton Show. Horse and Cattle Entries Over 1000 Received

Daily Examiner · Monday 16 April 1928 · page 1

It must be a source of pleasure to the committee of the Clarence P. and. A. Society to learn that the entries in the horse and cattle sections for the…

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Cattle Tick Quarantine Area Releases. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 5

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) announces that following upon the recommendations by the Board of Tick Control and Cattle Tick Control…

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Grafton Council Railway Resumption Route Fixed for Show Cattle Traffic in Victoria Street

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 6

A meeting of the Grafton City Council was held at the Town Hall last night, when there. were present : The Mayor (Ald. D. D. Macpherson), Aldermen T…

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Dairying. District Conditions

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Reporting on conditions in his district, from the Clarence to Dorrigo, for the month of March, Mr. Senior Dairy Instructor G. Rowe says:—…

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Electricity for Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 4

A telegram from Sydney last night stated that the time for the receipt of tenders by the Public Works Department for the installation of electric light and…

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Overseas Farmers' Co-op. Federation Conference at Grafton

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 17 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. A. E. Gough, manager of the Overseas Farmers Co-operative Federation, will spend some weeks in each of the States of the Commonwealth, and will…

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Tried to Save Child Farmer Dies After Amputation. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 5

Reginald Wrench, 39, farmer, of Bathurst, died at the Parramatta Hospital last night. On April 13 he noticed a child in the path of a tree which he was…

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'Hope of Farmers' Economic Organisation Agricultural Convention Addressed by Dr. Page. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 18 April 1928 · page 5

The annual convention of the Chamber of Agriculture opened at Kerang and passed a resolution urging Dr. Page to request Mr. Bruce to appoint a…

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Electricity for Grafton Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Thursday 19 April 1928 · page 4

Mr. A. J. Pollack, M.L.A., has been advised by the Under-Secretary, Public Works Department, in reference to his personal representations, that approval…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 2

During the month of March, 1928, the quantity of butter manufactured was 99 1/4 tons, being an increase of 4 3/4 tons as compared with February, 1928,…

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Australian Butter the London Market Farmers' Activities

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 6

The first of a series of conferences of producers in the north was held at Maitland on Monday, when the operations of the Overseas Farmers'…

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Sheep for Deervale

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 2

Mr. S. T. Walker, who has been experimenting with sheep on his property for some years, has purchased from the Hawkesbury College a fine…

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Imprisonment Advocated for Sheep Stealing

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 4

It is the considered opinion of members of the Tamworth branch of the Graziers' Association of New South Wales that the mere imposition of fines on persons…

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Wool Buyer Charged Alleged False Pretences Jury Stops Crown Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 7

At the Darlinghurst Sessions to-day Robert George Tyson, 35, wool buyer, was charged with having obtained £1000 by false pretences from the City Mutual…

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Dairying Cash Value of Testing More Money From Fewer Cows

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 3

An interesting analysis of the results of the grade herd-testing movement in New South Wales appears in the current "Agricultural Gazette". The…

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Thousand Farms Scheme Land Settlement in W.A. PERTH

Daily Examiner · Friday 20 April 1928 · page 1

The West Australian Government has decided to appoint a special Land Board to hear the thousands of applications received by the Lands Department for land…

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£4,000 000 in Two Years Benefit for Dairy Farmers What Paterson Scheme Means. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 4

As a result of the Paterson butter stabilisation scheme Australian dairy farmers have benefitted to the extent of more than £4,000,000 during…

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Buried in Silo Pit Elderly Farmer Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 4

While working in a silo pit on his property at Castlereagh, near Penrith, last night, James Parket, 61, farmer, was overwhelmed by a fall of earth, which…

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Canefields Tragedy Italian Farmer's Death a Constable Wounded. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 21 April 1928 · page 5

A message from Maryborough states that at about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, an Italian cable farmer, named Nunzio Cremelo, said to be of unsound…

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