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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

62 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 4

Cabinet Refuses Relief to Farmers Affected by Flood See Page 5. Flood Losses Hawkesbury Farmers Deputation to the Minister Grant of £10,000 Asked for

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 1

AS briefly stated in a recent issue, a deputation representing the farmers of the Hawkesbury district waited on the Assistant Treasurer…

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Big Deal Buying a Windsor Farm £1800 Cheque Was Bad

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

A DEAL in which a cheque for £1800, paid as deposit on a property valued at £18,000, was subsequently dishonored was reported to Bondi police on…

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Scheyville Farm Training Unemployed Boys

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

About 120 members of the Young Citizens' Association "hiked" to Scheyville Training Farm, near Windsor, recently to see what farm life involved. Scheyville is…

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Diploma Day Hawkesbury College Students More Lads Seek Farm Education High Standard Maintained

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 8

"FIFTY-THREE bronzed young men at the Hawkesbury College on Thursday of last week shook hands with, and received encouraging…

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Electric Service on the Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 6

SINCE the actual commencement of the construction programme of the company, interest in electricity and its manifold uses has increased, and is now becoming a…

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Electric Service on the Farm and in the Home Importance of Flexible Leads

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 May 1934 · page 7

Continuing with the last article on the wiring' of the home, the installation of power appliances will now be dealt with. The one of prior importance is the electric iron…

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Flood Relief for Hawkesbury Farmers Assistant Treasurer's Advice

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 12

The recent deputation to the Assistant Treasurer (Mr. E. S. Spooner) in connection with applications for flood relief to Hawkesbury farmers, was, unfortunately…

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Shrewd Move Outwitting the Milk Board Hawkesbury Farmer's Challenge Takes His Cows to Sydney

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 1 June 1934 · page 8

ACCORDING to "Smith's Weekly," A. E. Cordner, dairy farmer, of Cornwallis, near Windsor, who took off the gloves to the Government in…

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Maize Growing Hawkesbury Competition Richmond Farmer's Success

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 June 1934 · page 10

The awards in the Hawkesbury District Agricultural Association's 1934 maize growing competition, recently judged toy Mr. W. D. Kerle, special agricultural instructor of…

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Scheyville Training Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 29 June 1934 · page 10

At the request of Archdeacon Charlton, who, for several years has taken a live interest in the lads at Scheyville, Mr. P. J. L. Kenny, Director of the Father and Son…

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Farmers' Problems More Science in Distribution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 July 1934 · page 10

Farmers who attended the winter school at the Hawkesbury College last week wera welcomed by the principal (Mr. E. A. Southee). Later they watched demonstrations…

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Wiseman's Ferry Dairy Society's Activities

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 20 July 1934 · page 4

For the month of June the Wiseman's Ferry Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., manufactured and paid suppliers for 6471lbs, of butter at 8d. (first grade) and 6½d…

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Quality of Pollard Fodder Analysis Taken Reply to Hawkesbury Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 27 July 1934 · page 2

Mr. Ronald B. talker, M.L.A., has received the following communication from, the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hugh. Main…

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Hawkesbury Flood Low-lying Areas Submerged Valuable Crops Destroyed Five Inches of Rain at Windsor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 August 1934 · page 10

HEAVY rain along the Upper Hawkesbury watershed during the weekend, together with an excessive fall locally—496 points being recorded at the…

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Scheyville Farm Training for 100 Boys Chance for Unemployed Youths

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 5

Within little more than an hour's journey from Sydney there is an up-to-date, well-equipped farm of 2700 acres where unemployed lads between 15 and 19 may obtain…

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Electricity on the Farm Irrigation and Farm Power

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 August 1934 · page 2

The rich river flats in the vicinity of the Hawkesbury and Nepean Rivers are ideally suited for intense cultivation under irrigation schemes. Many farmer's have…

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Wheat Marketing Big Carry-over Predicted

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 14

In an address to members of the Hawkesbury Agricultural College branch of the Agricultural Bureau, Mr. McCorquodale, commenting on the high price of bread, said…

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Electricity on the Farm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 August 1934 · page 8

One result of the recent flood in the Hawkesbury district was to show beyond doubt the immobility, to a great extent, of engine power-plants, which means that the farmer…

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Definitely Improved Position of Hawkesbury Dairy Company See Page 6. Sound Management Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society Successful Efforts to Liquidate External Debts Levy on Suppliers May Soon Be Discontinued

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 31 August 1934 · page 1

AT the annual meeting of shareholders of the Hawkesbury Dairy and Ice Society, Ltd., on Monday night, it was indicated that, due to sound management on the part of the Board of Directors and the ready response by suppliers to the proposals outlined at the previous annual meeting, the past twelve months…

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Tiny 'Plane Riverston Farmer's Model Wins 3rd Prize—cost Only 1/3

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 7 September 1934 · page 7

IT'S strange what you can do with a wire fence and the side of a barn when you put your mind to it! Mr. K. M. Ratcliffe, a Riverstone…

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