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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

1,307 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 55 of 66

Fine Tomato Crop

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 4

Being very busy with bananas and other work, Mr. W. Robinson has handed over his fine tomato patch at Boambee, which he entered in the…

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BANANAS. Record Area Under Crop

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 3

Judging from the recent planting of bananas on the North Coast of New South Wales and the areas which it is proposed to plant this season, all…

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Winter Fodder Trials at Grafton Experiment Farm Past Season's Experiments

Daily Examiner · Friday 31 October 1930 · page 2

The winter fodder trials conducted during the past season at the Grafton Experiment Farm comprised two sections, viz.: (a) Cereal trial, (b) Sunrise oats…

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'Did His Duty' Resignation of Mr. W. Sheehan Not a Sequel to Sheep Stealing Case. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 5

Mr. W. Sheehan, LL.B., instructing officer to the Crown Prosecutor, referring to a paragraph in a morning paper, said that his recent resignation was out in…

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Wheat Harvest Shipping Requirements 150,000,000 Bushels for Abroad Advance of 2 Suggested. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 November 1930 · page 5

An announcement was made by Mr. Forde this evening that a conference of Ministers of Agriculture of the various States would be held in Canberra on…

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Australian Butter Fifty Per Cent, Blended. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 5

At the butter inquiry, Mr. J. R. King, of the Australian Dairy Produce Board, in evidence, said fifty per cent, of Australian butter coming here was used for…

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High Cost of [?] Russia [?] Butter for the Ri[?]

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 3

Conditions of life under [?] Russia were revealed to [?] Norweigian-Australian. Lin[?] Tallyrand, when the ship…

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DOWN 12½ Per Cent. Pastoral Award Rates in Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 4

Shearing rates in Queensland were reduced by the Industrial Court yesterday from 40 to 35 per hundred. All other rates in the pastoral industry were…

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Our Wheat British Quota, System "A Substantial Advantage." Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 4

The Acting Minister for Markets, Mr. Forde, expressed the hone to-day that Australia would obtain 3 per bushel for her wheat this season…

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Found Among Rocks Body of Well-known Wool-broker. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 November 1930 · page 5

With a bullet wound in the side of the head and a revolver nearby the body of Frank Dillon Bell, 70, woolbroker, and member of the well-known firm of Schute,…

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World's Biggest Dairy Company

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 November 1930 · page 3

Easily the largest co-operative dairy produce manufacturing organisation in the world is the New Zealand Co-operative Dairy Company, Limited, the head…

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Sheep for North Coast Embargo on Kyogle Line?

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 3

In the Queensland Legislative Assembly on Wednesday last Mr. W. A. Russell asked the Premier: (1) Is he aware that the New South Wales Stock Department…

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Butter Entries for Next R.A.S. Show. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 5

At a meeting of the Council of the Royal Agricultural Society, it was announced that record entries had been, received in the continuous grading class for butter…

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CONFERENCE Sole Concrete Achievement Wheat Quota Proposed Commonwealth Tribunal. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 5

Really substantial progress is now being made by the Imperial Conference ensuring the likelihood of its ending next week. There is every…

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£20,000 Prize Won by Victorian Farmer. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 6

Sam Whitehead, farmer, at Greta, Victoria, drew Phar Lap in a £20,000 consultation on the Melbourne Cup. A syndicate of Melbourne sportsmen…

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Caught in Stripper Farmer Shockingly Injured Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 5

Mr. J. A. Offner, of Green Hill, Dripstone, in the Wellington district, New South Wales, was working a stripper in a paddock, when, he was knocked down…

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Fitzroy Maize Competition at Grafton Continued at Experiment Farm. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 5

The Department of Agriculture advises of a proposal to continue the Fitzroy seed maize competition at Grafton Experiment Farm this season…

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Gored by Bull W.A. Farmer Seriously Injured. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 4

Thomas Nixon, a well-known breeder of horses, was shockingly injured when gored by a bull at his farm near Dalwallinu. One horn penetrated his face…

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Young Australians Training for the Land at Grafton Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 5 November 1930 · page 4

Twenty-two boys from the Federal capital territory have arrived at the Grafton Experiment. Farm for six months training, with the object of preparing them for a…

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Wheat Slump Baltic Cargoes Touch Record Low Level. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 6 November 1930 · page 5

Wheat is believed to have touched the lowest level ever known. Baltic cargoes realised 259 for 480lb., at which the market closed. Another remarkably low figu[?]…

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