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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,177 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 68 of 109

Sugar Crop Outlook

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 4

The estimate of the sugar crop is now set down by experts at 250,000 tons, the high anticipations formed earlier in the year having been discounted owing to the…

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A Million Farmers on a Million Farms

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

The idea has been taken up by an influential committee which is urging that an agreement could be speedily made between the Commonwealth and…

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The Million Farms Campaign Committee's Task. an Appeal for Funds

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 3

There are in Australia a bare six million people. The United States, a White Man's country of the same area, has 18…

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Farmers & Graziers' Go. Fourth Annual Report. Encouraging Results

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 6

The Secretary of the Farmers and Graziers' Co-op. Grain, Insurance and Agency Co., Ltd., writes:— "The annual meeting took place…

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Fatality at Singleton. Farmer's Death

The Scone Advocate · Friday 19 August 1921 · page 6

Joseph Horadam, of Glennie's Creek, was killed on Tuesday morning while coming into Singleton. He was driving a horse and cart, in…

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Marooned Sheep. Aeroplane Conveying Food

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

An aeroplane is still being employed to carry fodder to the sheep marooned by the flood at Garah, in the Moree districts. A few have died, but the…

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Inferior Butter Boxes. Complaint From London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 7

Complaint has reached Melbourne from London that inferior boxes are being used by Australian butter exporters. Victorian and Tasmanian…

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Pool Favoured. Ballot of Wheat Growers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 16

The result of the ballot of growers on the marketing of next years wheat wan declared at the Farmer and Settlers Conference on Thursday…

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Buoyant Market. Wool Sales in Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

The Sydney wool, market remains buoyant. At Thursday's sales excellent clearances were effected at satisfactory prices. Messrs. Goldsbrough,…

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Singleton Cases. Alleged De Eased Cattle. High Count Upholds Appeals

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 16

The High Court, consisting of Sir Adrian Knox, Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gavan Dulfy and Mr. Justice Starke, gave judgment in the appeals…

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A Deal in Wool. a Maitland Man's Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

Mr. Harry Atkinson, butcher, of West Maitland, recently forwarded a quantity of wool to the Central Wool Committee. He has received his…

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Million Farms. Sir Joseph Carruthers' Scheme. Minister for Lands Criticism

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 14

"Various people have challenged my opinion that Sir Joseph Carruthers' scheme—a million farmers on a million farms—would cost a huge sum,"…

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Fire at Surry Hills. Farmers Narrow Escape

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 16

John Clark, grocer, of Surry Hills who with his wife and four children sleep on the top floor of the building, early this morning was awakened…

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Fatality at Singleton. Farmer's Death. Singleton

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 3

Joseph Horadam, of Glennie's Creek, was killed yesterday morning while coming into Singleton. He was driving a horse and cart, in which there…

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A Million Farms. [?]Ing in the Country

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

Joseph Carrmbers, who has been [?] and Orange with other [?] of the Legislative Council's [?] on Agriculture, returned…

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MR. McGIRR Critical. Reference to Farmers and Settlers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 9

The Minister for Health and Motherhood (Mr. McGirr) was in a critical mood when speaking of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference…

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The Million Farms Proposal

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 4

The million farms proposal of Sir Joseph Carruthers is serving a useful proposal in bringing vividly before the people of Australia…

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Returned Soldiers. Farmers and Settlers Resolutions. Repatriation Loan Urged. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 August 1921 · page 11

The Farmers and Settlers' Confernce carried the following resolutions dealing with the repatriation of returned soldiers:—…

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A Lake Which Grows Wheat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 5

Not far from Adelberg in Mid-Eastern Europe, where many mysterious of the underground world are hidden in the caverns among the chalk hills,…

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London Wool Sales. Seventh Series. London, August 18

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 August 1921 · page 5

The seventh series of the London wool sales will commence on September 30. The offerings will total 130,000 bales—60,000 Bawara and 70,000…

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