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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1923

1,910 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 58 of 96

Wheat Money. a Debt of Honour. Farmers Stand Firm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

Something of the country viewpoint of the wheat compensation question was clearly indicated at the farmers and Settler Conference…

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Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

The eighteenth annul meeting of the above will be held at the Memorial Town Hall at 11 a.m. on August 25th…

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Wheat Money. Colonel Bruxner Criticised. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 5

A gentleman largely interested in the wheat pool remarked to-day that Colonel Bruxner's demand for additional payments to the farmers…

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Mills Short of Wool. Possibilities of a Market Boom

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report 9th August:— The Continent is still seeking wool in Sydney. Both France and…

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Tests Case. Amicably Settled. Cessnock Farmers Interested. Cessnock

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 5

The adjourned matter in which W.L. Bridge sought to recover from the Cessnock District Co-operation Company the sum of £12/6/6, being…

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Country Party. Must Be Separate Entity. Farmers' Conference Decisions. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 5

The Farmers' Conference has decided, that in order that the Country Party should occupy its rightful plant in Stale and Federal politics,…

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Wheat Money. Claim for Compensation. Government's Attitude

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 6

Sir George Fuller, State Premier, made an important statement, outlining the Government's attitude on the question of wheat compensation…

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Wheat Money. Is the Government in Danger? Progressives Offered Labor Support. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 5

Mr. Lang, Labour leader, in an interview this morning, have the Progressives an assurance of Labour support in any motion moved to…

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Demand by Farmers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 6

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference yesterday, the question of wheat compensation came up for discussion in the form of a resolution…

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Citrus Fruit Crop

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 4

Mr. D. Hawkins, fruit inspector for the Maitland district, who has recently made an inspection of the Gresford and Paterson areas, states…

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Compulsory Voting. Motion Lost at Farmers' Conference

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 7

A resolution, demanding that voting be made compulsory in both Federal and State elections, was discussed at the New South Wales…

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Dairymen's Losses. £8,000,000 in Ten Years. Darkest Dairying and the Way Out

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 4

Wide publicity has been given to the estimate, of Mr. L. T. Maclanes, State Dairy Expert, given at the provincial Conferences in connection with the Rural Credit and Community Settlement Bill, to the effect that the dairy farmers of New South Wales lose as much as £8,000,000 every ten…

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Bewthorne Butter Factory

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 4

The half-yearly general meeting of shareholders of the Bowthorne Co-operative Butter factory. Ltd. will be held at the Commany's office…

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Horse Incinerated. Cattle Truck Takes Fire

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 5

Willie the "paper train" was passing through the zig-zag tunnels, a cattle truck took fire and a racehorse known as The Curate was incinerated…

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Wheat Money. Progressive Leader Again. Reply to the Premier

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 2

Mr. Bruxner, leader of the Progressives, replied to the statement made by Sir George Fuller, Premier. on the question wheat…

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Farming Inventions

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 2

The following applications for patents connected with the farming and pastoral industries have been accepted at the Common-wealth Patent Office:—…

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Cattle Industry

Raymond Terrace Examiner and Lower Hunter and Port Stephens Advertiser · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 4

Definite proposals for the alleviation of the conditions of the cattle industry in Queensland are contained in a scheme of very wide incidence formulated by a…

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The Cattle Truck Shortage

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 6

In order to check speculation in trucks for the conveyance of cattle from Wallanganra and Tenterfield, [?]elling agents have decided to…

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Speculators Lose. Butter Market Weakening

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 3

Butter prices in Sydney are unaltered. Melbourne has come down another 28/ per ewt, and is now 1/6 per pound wholesale, which is…

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Wheat Market. Weaker in Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 2

The Sydney wheat market was weaker on Thursday and parcels were freely offering at 4/7 per bushel on rail Sydney Some business…

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