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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Secret Mission Sydney Busmen Invade Windsors Procession of 200 Cars Premier's Farm Guarded

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 12

THERE was a dramatic move on the part of Sydney and suburban busmen on Sunday, when a party of about 600 invaded Windsor…

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Police Take Notes Meeting of Farmers Union Dispute Between Officers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1931 · page 12

A largely-attended meeting of the Transport Defence Union was held at tho School of Arts, Windsor, on Saturday night, to discuss the reply of the Transport Board…

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Farmers' Markets Decentralisation Scheme Avoiding the Transport Act

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

TO overcome the new Transport Act taxation, farmers in the Hawkesbury, Nepean, and Hills districts have decided to establish a…

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Angray Farmers Fighting the Transport Act Big Meeting at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 5

WINDSOR School of Arts was too small to seat the hundreds of farmers who attended a meeting there on Wednesday night of last…

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Sale of Farm Alleged Breach of Warranty

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 November 1931 · page 10

BEFORE Mr. Justice Street and a jury at the No. 1 Jury Causes Court, Sydney, an action was commenced last week in which William Malcolm McSMullen, formerly…

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Schofields Industry Zebus for Profit Sacred Cattle Are Eaten Here

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 5

THE Zebu, the humped-back Indian Buffalo has been bred at Schofields, near Riverstone, for years to supply the Pacific Islands With…

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Milk Bill Castlereagh Farmers Won't Sign a Petition

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 5

A NUMBER of farmers at Castlereagh have refused to sign a petition that is being circulated, expressing approval of the…

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Cattai Farmers' Transport Defence Union

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 4

The fortnightly meeting of the above Union Was held in Cattai School of Arts on Friday, 20th instant. The attendance was not encouraging and gave color to the assertion…

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Hawkesbury Should Benefit by Farmers' Market Scheme See Page 3 Hawkesbury Growers' Scheme Should Benefit the District Company to Be Registered

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 1

IN an attempt to evade the transport tax, Hawkesbury growers have decided to establish fruit and vegetable markets at Parramatta…

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Terrific Hailstorm Great Damage to Crops Oakville and Maraylya Super

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 4

ONE of the heaviest hailstorms to have visited the Hawkesbury district within recent years occurred at the Vineyard, Oakville and Maraylya on Thursday afternoon…

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Farmers' Own Markets Government Interference Warning to Growers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 9

CO- OPERATIVE vegetable markets at Parramatta, North Sydney, and the larger suburbs are proposed by the Farmers' Transport Defence Union, a branch of which…

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Mr. Lang and the Farmers (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 November 1931 · page 9

Sir,— One reads at present a lot of criticism levelled at the Premier of the State, the Hon. J. T. Lang, but one sees very little good spoken of him. Is not this the…

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Farmers' Plight Crops Destroyed by Hail

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 10

The Farmers' Transport Defence Union has taken up the case of a number of farmers and orchardists in the Orchard Hills and St. Marys districts, whose crops were…

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Mr. Lang and the Farmers (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 12

Sir,—Mr. C. H. Saunders' letter in your issue of the 27th instant makes one wonder what benefit he hopes to derive from Mr. Lang—perhaps a seat in the Upper House…

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Farmers' Market Company Formed and Registered Scheme Well Advanced

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

THE company known as "The Farmers' Market Trust, Limited," which has been formed to carry on markets at. Parramatta for the disposal of farm produce, in a…

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Seven Brothers Fight for Possession of Hawkesbury Farm See Page 3. War of the Roses Dispute Over Hawkesbury Farm Seven Brothers at Law

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

THE Hawkesbury Valley, with its lazy river rustling gently at the edges of tiny farms that nestle by its banks, is the battleground of a…

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Can't Help Farmers Break with Busmen Meeting at Cornwallis

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 9

MUCH disappointment was expressed by some 200 Sydney busmen when only two Hawkesbury farmers turned out to meet them at. Mr. A. E. Cordner's farm, at…

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Farmers' Loyalty That Invitation to Lang Union Secretary's Correction

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 7

"THEY say farmers are 100 per cent, loyal, but I can say without hesitation that' Hawkesbury farmers are not. Mr. Lang is a local farmer and I cannot say he is loyal."…

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Battled on Early Hawkesbury Farmers Many Vicissitudes

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 7

AS far back as the year 1794 the rich lands along the Hawkesbury were occupied, but in 1795 a flood led many settlers to of-fer their, grants-back to the Crown. There…

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Sale of a Farm Effect of Moratorim Act Alleged Misrepresentation

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 3

BEFORE the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, and a jury at the Banco Jury Causes Court, Sydney this week; Jesse Mark Tucker brought an action against…

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