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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Whose Fence? Claim for Damages Poultry Farmers at Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 10

AT Windsor Small Debts Court on Monday, before Mr. F. D. H. Sutherland, S.M, Harry Humphries proceeded against Roland G. Cross, claiming £10 for damages…

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Milk Prices Hawkesbury Dairymen Want 1/1. "Milk Board Is a Farce." Loyalty to Association

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 6

WHILST Hawkesbury dairymen, at a meeting held at Windsor last week, decided to loyally support the Country Milk Suppliers' Association…

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Football. Too Good! Windsor Defeats Dairy Company Rough Game in Second Half Three Visiting Players Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 12 June 1931 · page 14

THERE was a big crowd present at Mc-Quade Park, Windsor, on Sunday to witness the match between Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society (Sydney branch) and…

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Kurrajong Man's Feat Made a Success of Abandoned Farm. Raw Land Produces Good Crops

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 5

FOR nearly 100 years the property known as Muree, at Raymond Terrace, consisting of about 120 acres, has been looked upon as hope…

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Milk Producers' Defence Union Hawkesbury Dairymen Are Shy Branch Formed Without Officers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

SEVERAL representatives of the recently-formed Milk Producers' Defence Union from the Upper Hunter district visited Windsor on…

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Community Farming Riverstone Scheme for Boys Solving Unemployment Problem

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 10

CLAIMED to be a notable effort in the direction of solving, the unemployment problem, the formation of "Community Farming Settlements, Limited," a company…

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Future Expansion in Wool

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 July 1931 · page 8

Dr. I. Clunies Ross, of Sydney University, gave an encouraging address on the future expansion of the pastoral industry. With pasture improvement, he said, an increase of…

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Sprit of Co-operation Needed Among Hawkesbury Dairymen See Page 10. Hawkesbury Dairymen Lack of Co-operation "Get-together" Spirit Needed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 August 1931 · page 1

OPERATION is a most attractive proposition in times of prosperity, and to the wise and thought ful man it is a safeguard in times of depression…

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Dairymen's Difficulties Bad Times Affect Hawkesbury Coy. Involved Position Arises Over Election of Auditor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 1

PROMINENT reference was made in the Directors report of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society, Ltd., presented to the annual meeting on Monday night, to the difficulty that dairy farmers in general are experiencing in carrying on during the present bad times…

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Cauliflower Culture Bigger and Better Crops Fertiliser Trials at Cornwallis

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 11

EXPERIMENTS in the Windsor district this season have shown that cauliflower growers in almost every case are prone to…

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"Elizabeth Farm" House Historic Parramatta Building Oldest in Australia

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 2

IN November, 1795, Lieutenant John Macartlaur, of the New South Wales Corps, took his wife and family to reside at their new home at Parramatta. Earlier in the…

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The Milk Bill Approval by Dairymen Producers Need of Stable Price

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 1

THE new Milk Bill, now before Parliament, was approved last week at a meeting of dairymen, convened by the Metropolitan and Suburban Dairymen's…

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Farmers' Protest Transport Act Opposed Good Meeting at Cattai

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 5

THE largest meeting, of farmers ever held at Cattai met in the School of Arts on September 30, to organise in opposition to the Transport Act, recently passed by the…

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Thrip Pest Attacks Peas and Beans. Hawkesbury Crops Suffer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 6

HAVING cleaned up most of the early fruit blossom and garden flowers in coastal areas, the thrip pest is now attacking bean and pea crops, which it is rapidly…

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No Deputation Mr. Lang and Transport Act Farmers' Request Refused

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 3

ALTHOUGH the Premier (Mr. Lang) has been holidaying in the Hawkesbury district—on his "Myrtle Farm" property at Ebenezer—he has refused to interview local…

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Down on the Farm Premier's Retreat of Solitude "Country Seat" at Ebenezer

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 7

SYDNEY 'busmen last week searched the city for a Premier, and found him not. But on a little farm at Ebenezer, with the broad…

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Irate Farmers Transport Act Protest Deputation to the Board

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

THREE thousand farmers' waggons produce laden, lumbering through the streets of Sydney, on a given day; metaphorically driven through…

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Direct Action Hawkesbury Farmers Revolt Effect of Transport Act

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

DELEGATES from Arcadia, Camden, Dural, Hawkesbury Valley, Kurrajong, Penrith, Richmond, Windsor and other, centres attended a meeting of the Farmers'…

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Should Be in Russia Lang and His Poley-bull Transport Act Means Ruin Frank Opinions of Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 5

AS is well-known, the Premier (Mr. Lang) has a property at Ebenezer, where he has spent a good deal of his time during the past…

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Rural Training Work at Scheyville Farm Inspection by Mr. Baddeley

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 5

THE Minister for Labor (Mr. Baddeley) last week inspected the Scheyville Government Training" Farm, near Pitt Town, where 135 youths of from 14 to 21 years of…

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