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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1935

1,456 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 73

Prison Farm Escapee. Bathurst

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

Suffering intensively from hunger, Frederick Arthur Hudson, who escaped from Emu Plains Prison Farm last week, was recaptured to-day…

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Clarence River Historical Society Continuation Of Late T. G. Hewitt's Questionnaire First Wool Brought to Grafton Opening Of Armidale And Tenterfield Roads Rev. John Gibson—first Presbyterian Minister on Clarence (No. 66) the Reverend John Gibson

Daily Examiner · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 8

Question No. 5.—Who built the place at the foot of Wilson's Hill where Rev. Gibson first lived? (The first time I remember anything of it there was a store…

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"Ticks While Cattle Exist."

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

"There will be ticks on the Tweed while there are cattle," declared Cr. E. Merryweather at Thursday's meeting of Tweed Shire Council. The council was…

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Richmond Butter Record Shipments. Ballina

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

Record butter shipments from the Richmond River were made during December and January by the North Coast S.N. Co., Ltd…

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Overcome by Fumes Butter Factory Engineer Injured. Casino

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 6

Overcome by fumes while working on a gas engine at the Dyraaba butter factory, last night, George Little, 35, engine driver, fell a distance of eight…

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Struck by Windlass Farm Worker Injured. Casino

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

When he was working at the top of a well on a farm at Tatham, Tom Birmingham was struck below the eye with the handle of a windlass, which inflicted…

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Grasshoppers Ruin Vegetable Crop

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 3

Owing to the depredations of grasshoppers, E. Florgone, a market gardener at Coonamble, estimates his loss of vegetables at more than £150. His crop was…

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Poultry Industry Organising British Farmers Modern Marketing Plan 200 Packing Stations. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 5

In the report of the Reorganisation Commission for Eggs and Poultry, issued to-day by the Minister for Agriculture (Major Elliot), it is…

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Maclean Dairy Produce

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 4

Green vegetables are very scarce on the Lower Clarence, and good prices are being paid for beans, peas and cabbages. Green peas are bringing up to 10/10 locally…

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Butter Exports 71,371 Tons in Seven Months. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

Between July 1 and February 2, Australia exported 71,371 tons of butter, of which 67,076 tons were despatched to the United Kingdom. These figures compare…

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Australian Butter More Choicest Needed Comments of London Official. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 4

The need for a larger proportion of choicest grade butter being placed on the English market was stressed to-day by Mr. Wallace, senior Commonwealth…

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N.Z. Butter Held Up in America Non-compliance with State Law New York

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 5

A shipload of New Zealand butter destined for the Seattle area, where prices are high owing to scarcity, is held up at Olympia (State of Washington)…

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Figs Most Payable Crop

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 6

Figs are the most payable fruit crop grown in Australia, according to expects. There is a brisk demand for all that are grown, and jam makers pay from £18 to…

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Our Wheat Harvest Lowest Since 1929 Season. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 4

Australia's wheat harvest this year is estimated at 128,000,000 bushels, the lowest since 1929 and a drop of more than 47,000,000 bushels from last year's…

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A Million for Q'sland Cattle Industry Suggestion to Federal Govt. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 5

Cabinet to-day decided to recommend to the Federal Government a proposal to spend £1,000,000 for the rehabilitation of the cattle industry, so as to allow…

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Export Of Low Grade Butter Ban It Proposal In Victoria SIR C. Merrett's Views Show Societies to Discuss. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 5

The Federal Government should be asked to prohibit the export of poor grade butter, said Sir Charles Merrett, president of the Royal…

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Farmers' Friend Bird Shooting Deprecated

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 2

Director L. Chevalley, at yesterday's meeting of the P.P. Board, drew attention to the fact that many valuable birds, destroyers of noxious insects, are being…

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Experiment Farm Committee

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 4

The annual meeting of the Grafton Experiment Farm Advisory Committee will be held at the Farm at 10.30 a.m. next Tuesday, February 19. Officers will…

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Cattle Killed by Heat

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 4

The heat on Tuesday was very trying to human beings, but to the poor cattle yarded at the South Grafton municipal…

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Nana Glen Cattle Section Dance

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

A dance and euchre party was held in the Pioneer Hall, Nana Glen, on Saturday night, February 9, the proceeds being in aid of the A. and H. Society…

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