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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

2,157 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 108

Wool Manufacture. Textile Workers Approval

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 5

The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) has received a letter which indicates that the proposals of the Bureau of Commerce and Industry to…

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Country Telephones Farmers and Settlers' Homes. Cheaper Communication

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 6

A deputation, consisting of Sir Joseph Carruthers, Mr. R. J. Black, Ms.L.C., Colonel Onslow, Mr. Walter Bennett, M.L.A., and other members…

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Farmers and Graziers. Co-operative Grain and Agency Company

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 6

The turnover for the year of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain, Insurance, and Agency Company, as shown by the report read at…

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Farmers' Conference the Electoral Act. Question of Taxation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 7

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference in Sydney and amendment of the Electoral Act was advocated by the Molong and Orange District Council, with…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 1

The following applications for patents connected with Farming and Pastoral Industries have been lodged at the Commonwealth Patent Office:—…

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Butter Factory Proposal

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 2

At a meeting of the Progress Association held on 4th inst., it was decided that a referendum be taken from the dairymen of the district as…

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Wheat Pool. Continuance of System. Farmers' Control Urged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 6

A motion urging the Government to arrange for the continuance of the pooling system for the handling of the 1920-21 crop under the…

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The Increase in Price if Butter

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 1

The very brief paragraphs in the country. Press telegraphed from Sydney, would indicate that the recent application for an increase of 14s…

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Agricultural & Pastoral Notes for the Man on the Land

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 4

These Notes are issued every wack, under the personal supervi[?] of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 484…

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Australasian Wool Sales. Higher Prices. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 4

The seventh series of wool sales opened with 72,000 bales of Australian and 18,000 bales of New Zealand wool. The finest qualities of combing greasy…

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Farmers' Conference. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 5

The Farmers' Conference to-day agreed to the following resolutions:— That the Government be urged to proceed with water conservation i[?]…

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Gratuity Bonds. Farmers Want Cash

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 6

Recently Mr. Fihelly, Acting Premier of Queensland met returned soldier members of the Public Service and agreed to cash their war gratuity bonds…

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Miscellaneous. the Producer—his Mark. Simple Publicity Methods that Can be Used by the Farmer

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 4

Manufacturers need not have a monopoly of the behalf of advertisement—the farmer can profit by it, too. Certainly it is more difficult for the…

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Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. AMALGAMATION

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 2

At the farmers' conference on Thursday the president explained that it was for the conference to decide whether the association should go on…

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Wheat Crop Bill Tor Compulsory Pool. Missing Wheat Found

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 7

Mr W. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, addressed the Farmers and Settlers' Conference in Sydney on Wednesday…

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Wheat Board

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 14

The bank overdraft of the Aus[?] Wheat Board on Annul 16 [?]£2,684,000-a reduction in the [?] £131,000…

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Australian Butter London's Revised Price

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 3

Information has been received in Melbourne by private sources from London that it is thought that the revised price which is likely to be paid by the British…

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Bowthorne Butter Factory. Half-yearly Meeting

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 4

The twenty-seventh half-yearly meeting of the Bowthorne co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, was held in the board room, Morpeth,…

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Refused to Sell Butter. Chatswood Grocers Fined

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 12

"People who sell commodities must see that they obey the notices of the Commission, which are given the fullest publicity:"-Judge Rolin, Chairman of the…

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Wool Manufacture. Textile Workers Approval

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 28 August 1920 · page 4

The Primer Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) has received a letter which indicates that the proposal of the Bareau of Commerce and Industry to…

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