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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 64 of 66

Farm Tragedy Woman Shot Husband Commits Suicide. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 7

Henry William Robinson, 60, shot his wife, Lauristina, Robinson, 62, and then committed suicide on their farm at Clyde North, five miles from Cranbourne, in…

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Dairy Registration

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 4

Dairymen are reminded that Monday, December 15, is the last day for registration of dairies…

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Farmer's Wife Shot. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 December 1930 · page 8

Police headquarters have received a message that the wife of a farmer named Roberts has been shot dead at Clyde in the Daudenong district…

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The Origin of Butter

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 3

Probably most people know the story of the fly who fell into a bowl of milk and saved himself by swimming round and round until, he stepped to freedom --…

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Butter Dearer in Melbourne. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

The price of butter was advanced to 1354 cwt. from Monday…

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Diocese of Lismore Christmas, 1930 Bishop Carroll's Pastoral Letter

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 3

The following pastoral letter has been issued by Bishop Carroll, of Lismore : -- Rev. and dear fathers and beloved brethren, -- Advent is the time for…

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Butter Supplies Very Heavy the London Market. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 December 1930 · page 5

Butter traders have to thank the conditions which prevailed last Week-end, for causing an advance of about 10 per. cwt. Ships were delayed in the river, and…

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Butter Production Competition Local Factory Suppliers

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 December 1930 · page 3

Both the Grafton and Ulmarra factories have accepted the offer of Meggitt, Ltd., to conduct production tests amongst their suppliers. Prizes of £50 have been…

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Primary Producers Central Executive Meeting Grading of Fresh Butter. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 4

A meeting of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers' Union was held to-day. On the motion of Mr. R. A. Napier…

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Wheat Bill Second Reading Debate Forcing C'wealth Bank £4,000,000 Not Provided For. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 December 1930 · page 5

After a Ways and Means resolution, appropriating revenue for the Wheat Advances Bill, had been carried, Mr. Latham resumed the second rending debate…

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'Butter Fleet' Picturesque London Ceremony Boosting Australian and N.Z. Produce. London

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 5

A picturesque ceremony, following the arrival of the first ships of the "Empire butter fleet," organised by Australians and New Zealanders as part…

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Wheat Bill Passes All Stages Scene in Parliament Gullett and Thompson. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 5

The House of Representatives sat until 9.30 this morning, to dial with the Wheat Advances Bill. At that hour the House adjourned,…

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Magnificent Crop of Corn

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 December 1930 · page 4

A Grafton resident this week visited Mr. Jarvie McPhee's river bank farm (situated off the road to Seelands) and was greatly impressed by a magnificent…

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Bush Fire Near Wagga. Cattle and Sheep Saved. Wagga

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 3

When a bush fire in a Clovelly farm seven miles from Wagga, threatened to sweep the countryside a large number of voluntary fire-fighters made a…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Monthly Report Butter Department

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 2

During the month of November, 1930, the quantity of butter manufactured was 75 tens, being 6 tons more than for the previous corresponding…

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Raleigh Butter Factory Output for November. Coff's Harbor

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 10

During the month of November 85,881lb of butter was manufactured at the Raleigh factory, all of which was of choicest quality. This represents an…

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Car and Cattle Collision at Piora Police Court Sequel

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 10

Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., heard argument in the Casino Police Court recently, in the case in which Rupert J. Toohey, a Piora farmer, sued E. D. T…

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Trade Treaty Canada And Australia Butter Concession Moloney Satisfied with Progress. Ottawa

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 5

Details of the tentative agreement between Canada and Australia are being closely guard.[?]. The Cabinet will not meet until…

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Wheat Bill Compromise With Senate Lord Somers' Amusing "Message" Defence by Theodore. Canberra

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 5

The "wee sma hours" had arrived before the Federal Parliament finally passed the Wheat Bill. Delays occurred over the amendments…

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Agricultural Virus Disease in Potatoes Increasing Demand for Seed from Uninfected Crops

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 December 1930 · page 4

The many failures in coastal potato crops as the result or virus disease must inevitably tend to greater discrimination in respect to seed…

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