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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1963

42 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Water Board Assures Farmers (Oyster)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 31 July 1963 · page 16

The President of the Sydney Water Board (Mr S. Haviland) has given an assurance to oyster…

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12-Bushel Maize Crop

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 7 August 1963 · page 2

Mr. D. Morrison, of Wilberforce, has won second place in the Royal Agricultural Society’s…

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DOGS V. SHEEP (To the Editor)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 August 1963 · page 2

Sir, —During the past few weeks 50 crossbred lambs and four Suffolk stud ewe lambs running…

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Flood Trust Decides To Back Farmer On Damages Action

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 14 August 1963 · page 1

A Regentville farmer has authorised the Flood Investigation Trust to have its legal advisers issue a summons against the Water Board for damages…

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Farmer Dies From Electric Shock

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 August 1963 · page 1

A Cornwallis farmer was electrocuted on Monday while he was moving long aluminium…

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Farmers Change In Attitude Claimed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 August 1963 · page 14

A complete change in attitude to rural progress marked the two-day State annual conference of V. G. A. at Bowral at the beginning of this month…

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Further Flood Crippling Blow To Farmers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 September 1963 · page 1

Struggling to get back into production after a succession of floods this year, Hawkesbury farmers were dealt a crippling blow at the weekend when thousands of acres were again…

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Junior Farmer News

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 September 1963 · page 11

Instructive films were shown by representatives of the Milk Board at the monthly meeting of the…

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Farmers’ Plight Interest-free Loans No Solution

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 September 1963 · page 7

Windsor Council aldermen believe that the plight of Hawkesbury farmers had deteriorated to such an extent that even interest-free loans offer no solution to their problems…

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Member Puts Farmers’ Case In Parliament

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 September 1963 · page 6

Two days after the Windsor Council had sought aid for Hawkesbury farmers, Mr J. L. Armitage, M.H.R., made a strong appeal in the Federal Parliament…

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Farmers Move To Protect Rights

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 September 1963 · page 12

Camden farmers relying on river water for the irrigation, of their farms [?] expected to move…

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Flooded Farmers Mast Apply For Grant

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 25 September 1963 · page 11

Farmers who consider they are entitled to a grant following losses in the recent flood should apply for…

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Farmer Fined On D.U.I. Charge

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 October 1963 · page 13

A Wilberforce farmer, who pleaded guilty to driving under the Influence, was fined £20…

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Hailstorm Damages Crops Over Wide Area

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 2 October 1963 · page 1

A violent hailstorm on Monday damaged crops over a wide area, including parts of Maroota, Sackville, Lower Portland, and Colo…

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Farm Radio Project

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 October 1963 · page 6

The development of a farm broadcasting training centre in New Delhi is the project for which the local…

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Farmers Keep Late Hours

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 9 October 1963 · page 1

Farmers do not go to bed these days, members of the Rotary Club of Windsor were told last…

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Aid for Farmers Premier Says “No”

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 16 October 1963 · page 1

The Premier (Mr Heffront) has refused Windsor Council’s request for special financial…

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Junior Farmers Successful in State Comp

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 23 October 1963 · page 13

Two members of the Hawkesbury Junior Fanners Club were successful in the 1963 State…

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Farmers Hit Again

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 30 October 1963 · page 3

No section of the community has a greater struggle for survival than that which tries to live from die land. The latest plague to hit the farmer is the “looper” caterpillar, whose voracious appetite has to be seen to be believed. Picture shows a field of potatoes on the Freeman’s Reach Road being sprayed…

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J. Farmers Entertain Asians

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 6 November 1963 · page 6

Fourteen Asian students studying at Sydney University were the guests of the Hawkesbury Junior…

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