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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

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Too Many Farms Backward

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

Scores of farms in this State were being carried on by farmers using methods of a backward peasantry, said Dr. S. L. Macindoe, senior…

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Opinions of Our Readers Farming in the Post-war World

Daily Examiner · Saturday 6 March 1943 · page 3

Sir,—Mr. L. G. Beale, M.L.A., is reported as stating, that hundreds of farmers have been forced to abandon their farms, and if the…

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Farmer Killed Car Stalls On Incline Accident Near Casino

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

George Raymond Battistuzzi (40), farmer, of Doubtful Creek, received fatal injuries when involved in a car accident on…

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Uniform Brand And Butter Zones

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tues.—Discussions are proceeding between the Government and the butter manufacturers with a view to…

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Petrol Policy Hurts Farmers

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 10 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.—Instead of reducing demands on manpower the action of Pool Petroleum, Ltd., in closing down many…

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Training Young Farmers Kyogle Question for Ministers

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

Kyogle Junior Farmers' Advisory Committee decided to ask the Federal and State Ministers for Agriculture whether they considered the junior…

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Butter May Be Rationed

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH, Fri.— The possibility of butter having to be rationed in New South Wales was mentioned at a…

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Releases Wanted From the Army for Dairy Farms

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 March 1943 · page 2

CANBERRA, Fri.— The Minister for the Army, Mr. Forde, said in the House of Representatives to-day that he could not…

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Labor For Dairy Farms As Director Sees It

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.—Statements that hundreds of dairy farms had been abandoned because of manpower and military…

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Manpower Shortage Causes Dairymen To Sell Herds

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon.—Due to manpower shortage a large number of farmers have been compelled to cease operations while in the…

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Post-War Problems In Wool Industry

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.—The annual conference of the Graziers' Association to-day decided to support a move to send a wool growers'…

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Dairymen Could Not Pay a Basic Wage

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed.—It was useless to advocate a basic wage for rural workers whew the rural industries could not at…

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"Bee-keeping" Address to Junior Farmers

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

At the last meeting of the Grafton Junior Farmers' Club, an address was given on "Bee-Keeping" by Mr. L. McLennan, a local…

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Butter Price Condemned New Figures Before Professor Copland

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 4

Strong criticism of the delay by the Prices Commissioner (Professor Copland) in arriving at a decision to give producers the cost of production for butter was voiced at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of Norco Co-op. Ltd. A resolution expressing alarm at the…

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Extensions To War Veterans' Home Wool Trade War Fund Again to the Fore

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

Having presented Colonel William Wood, chairman, and members of the board of management of the War Veterans' Home, Legacy Park, Narrabeen,…

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Junior Farmers' Club Annual Meeting of the Advisory Committee

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Dorrigo J.F. Club was held in the Memorial Hall on Saturday, March 13. There was a…

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Call-up of Dairy Workers Is Deferred "Indefinitely"

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 1

Indefinite deferment of the call-up of eligible dairy farmers and men employed full-time in butter, cheese, and bacon factories was announced by the…

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Sydney Markets Dairy Prices Unchanged

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Supplies were fair at Alexandria to-day. Bran and poliard were unchanged at £6 ton. P.D.S. Report: The price of yellow…

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New Kind Of Butter Resists Tropical Heat

Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 March 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.—A butter which will last under tropical conditions that would normally turn ordinary butter rancid is…

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Dairy Cattle Bring High Prices In British Market

Daily Examiner · Monday 22 March 1943 · page 2

LONDON, Thurs.—Extraordinary prices for pedigree farm stock, also for heavy horses, are being realised at sales…

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