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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

1,589 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 73 of 80

The Wheat Enquiry, Further Evidence. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 5

Sullivan, secretary of the Miliers' Association, giving evidence before the Grahame inquiry, said the gristing of cereal for the Egyptian contract would not in his opinion,…

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The Wheat Commission Mr Grahame's Further Evidence. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 2

Mr Grahame, Minister for Agriculture, gave evidence before the Wheat Commission to-day Proceeding…

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Farmers' Produce Markets. Sussex-street Sales. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 4

In Sussex-street to-day maize sold at 8/9 to 9/ per bushel; potatoes, £18 to £23 per ton; onions, £12 per ton; millet, £30 to £70 per ton/…

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Sons of Farmers Proposed Technical Coll[?] Course. Agricultural Society Discuss

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 4

At the monthly meeting of the [?] of the Hunter River Agricultural [?]ticultural Association last evening eration was given to a communication…

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Necessitous Farmers. Local Action

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 2

In addition to the correspondence appearing in our last Friday's Issue touching the need for Departmental assistance to distressed farmers and…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 4

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Bigger Wool Arrivals

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report: Last week over 44,000 bales of wool arrived in Sydney.. Traffic is being resumed on an Increasingly large…

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"Most Reprehensible." Wheat Inquiry Developments, Commissioner,s Severe Comments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 6

Cornelius Lane, Chief Inspector at the State Wheat Office, gave further evidence at the Wheat Inquiry. Witness said that Mr. Blacket's name…

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Dartbrook Soldier Farms

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 2

Mr. W. J. Moxham. secretary Scone Repatriation Committee, who wrote to the returned Soldiers' Settlement Branch for informtaion apropos the…

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Drought Relief. Assistance to Farmers. Scope of the Scheme

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 1

The Central Board appointed by the Government to supervise the distribution of relief to farmers in necessitous circumstances owing to…

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Farmers' Choice. Wheat Pool or Open Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1919 · page 2

Desiring to obtain a definite statement concerning the intentions of the Federal Ministry with regard to the future handling of wheat, the South Australia Farmers'…

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Wool Profits. Starling Revelations Expected

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1919 · page 4

Reports in English papers just to hand state that it is expected in Bradford that the Profiteering Act will bring about starling reveations in regard to wool profits…

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Wheat Commission Mr Grahame Gives Evidence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 November 1919 · page 4

The commission which is inquiring into the transactions on the State Wheat Office resumed the hearing of evidence on Monday…

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Australasian Wool. Transport Problem. London, November 23

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 November 1919 · page 5

The "Times" wool correspondent reports that including new clips, 770,000 bales must be removed from New Zealand and 2,680,000 from Australia. The Government hopes to…

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Wheat Commission Mr. Digby Censured Allegations As to Intimidation

Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 November 1919 · page 2

There was an unexcpected turn on Tuesday in proceeding of the commission which is inquiring into the operations of the State Wheat Office, when…

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Starving Sheep

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 2

Large numbers of starving sheep are being brought from the country almost daily. In the Maitland district there are large numbers of sheep…

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Sheep That Resist Drought

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 3

Yet out behind the stock is feeling the drought less than in the districts of normally greater rainfall. The sheep are in fair condition—those…

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Wool Profits. Startling Revelations Expected

The Scone Advocate · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 2

REPORTS in English papers just to hand state that it is expected in Bradford (England) that the Profiteering Act will bring about startling revelations in regard…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 4

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 446…

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"General Principles." a Farmer's Views on Farm Economy

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 4

In a season bo excessively trying for the man on the land as the present, when the soundest general principles are temporarily hustled by the urgency of…

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