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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

494 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 14 of 25

Dairy Industry Products Subsidy To Be Increased

Daily Examiner · Monday 11 June 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Sun.--The Commonwealth Government has decided to increase the subsidy paid on dairy industry products during the current winter months, because of the shortage of fodder and concentrates…

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Plastic Furs May Assist Wool Industry

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 2

Plastic furs!--sheep in plastic wolf's clothing. And in lynx fox, skunk, blue fox, sheared beaver, seal, mink and sable…

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Britain's Children In Love With Farming

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 4

Since the war there has been a revival of the old-time country life in Britain, and not the least of the leaders of this…

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Dairy Relief Disappointing

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 2

Speaking from Canberra last night, Sir Earle Page said that the nature of the Federal Government's assistance to the…

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Crops Damaged At Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 12 June 1945 · page 1

Heavy rains, accompanied by one of the worst gales ever experienced in Coc's Harbour, have swept over the district…

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Dairy Produce Output

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 13 June 1945 · page 4

Both weather conditions and production have diverged so far from normal experience in the current season that even at this…

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Flood Menace Was Grave Families Driven From Homes, Crops Heavily Damaged, Narrow Escapes From Danger

Daily Examiner · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 2

From many districts reports are coming in which give an idea of the hardships and dangers suffered by residents of the districts on the Clarence where flood waters have covered the roads, and much farm lands, with losses of small stock and crops. Cane,…

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Chaff, Hay And Wheat Prices

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 6

Referring to the announcement of the Prices Commissioner in regard to the ceiling prices for cereal hay and chaff, the…

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Floods Will Cause Serious Decline In Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thurs.--the New South Wales floods would cause an immediate and serious decline in…

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Primary Producers' Union.— Price of Butter Should It Be Allowed Find Own Economic Level? District Secretary's Monthly Letter

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 4

As I write the whole of the district is receiving heavy rain and as the weather has been very mild winter feed has made good progress,…

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Flood Hits Dairy Farmers Land Scoured, Crops Ruined, Herds Out Of Production

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1945 · page 3

MACLEAN, Fri.--Earlier estimates of the flood damage in the Maclean district are proving well founded as reports come in of the disorganisation on the cans and dairy farms. Dairy farmers especially have been hit hard. Their herds…

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Big Decline In Butter Production

Daily Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1945 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.--Australian butter production fell from 12,941 tons in March to the incomplete figure of 8729 tons in…

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Storm Damage At Iluka And Yamba Roofs Gone, Boats Smashed, Fences, Crops Damaged

Daily Examiner · Monday 18 June 1945 · page 3

Reports from "Daily Examiner" correspondents, delayed through flood conditions, reveal that the full force of the recent cyclone struck the districts on the lower reaches of the Clarence. Buildings were unroofed, boats: smashed, fences destroyed,…

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Farmer Robbed of £35 at Coff's Harbour

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 2

Eric Arthur Ladd was charged at the Coff's Harbour Police Court, before Mr. G. L. Berry, P.M., with having stolen from…

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Payable Return Greatest Need Of Dairy Industry

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--If the alarming and steep decline in production were allowed to continue unchecked the dairying industry…

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Flood Troubles of Farmers on Lower River

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 20 June 1945 · page 2

MACLEAN, Tues.--Members of the Flood Relief Committee, Messrs. C. J. Bellemore and W. L. Alford, to-day met a representative gathering of citizens and…

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Butter Production Costs Have Risen, Says P.P.U. Leader

Daily Examiner · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

"The Production Costs Committee met on May 30 to consider a report from the investigating officers who had…

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Butter Production Drops DOWN 17 Tons on Month Directors' Monthly Report

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 3

During the month of May, 1945, the quantity of butter manufactured was 47 ton 1 cwt 1 qr 10 lbs, being an increase of 4 ton 7 cwt 3 qrs 4…

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Second in State Championships "Bill" Gibson Wins Award in Potato Competition Junior Farmer Notes

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 22 June 1945 · page 2

The monthly meeting of the Dorrigo J.F.C. Advisory Committee was held on June 9. Present were Messrs C. F. Macindoe (chairman) Bartlett,…

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Flood Relief For Farmers

Daily Examiner · Saturday 23 June 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Fri.--Farmers who suffered loss in the recent disastrous North Coast floods and who desired assistance under the…

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