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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

3,186 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 89 of 160

Mr. John Brown Attends Warwick Farm Races

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 13

Despite the denials from the office of J. and A. Brown, the "Labour Daily" continues to assert that Mr. John Brown is ill…

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Dairy Produce. Export Board's Revenue

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 7

Financial statements submitted at the fourth annual meeting of the Dairy Produce Export Board, held in Melbourne last week, showed that the…

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Farmers in Conference

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 4

Attending the 36th annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, now in progress in Sydney, are over 300 delegates from…

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Nullamanna. Rain Gladens Farmers

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 August 1929 · page 9

Our share in the rainfall has been 75 points, which will gladden the hearts of farmers, for the wheat crops were showing signs of distress…

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Ferodale Estate. Dairy Farmer Alleges Misrepresentation. Fifth Time Before Court

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 8

The Ferodale Estate, four miles from Raymond. Terrace, which has already, been the subject of considerable litigation, again came up in a…

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Alarmed Export of Stud Sheep. Fears of Small Graziers. SYDNEY

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 5

An ex-President of the A.L.P., Mr. W. M. Webster, on arrival in Sydney from Fortes this morning, stated that the small…

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Exporting Our Stud Sheep Strong Protest by Ex-president A.L.P. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 2

An ex-President of the A.L.P., Mr W. M. Webster, on his arrival in Sydney from Forbes this morning, stated small graziers view with the greatest…

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Self-help. Dr. Earle Page's Doctrine. Solution of Farmers' Problems

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 2

Advice aa to how Australia could extricate herself from her present difficulties was tendered by the Federal Treasurer (Dr. Earle Page) at…

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Farmers' Burdens. Acting Premier's Review

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 4

"I venture to say that no Government lias ever been faced with the difficulties—financial and industrial with which this Government has had…

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Dairy Company Election (To the Editor.)

Singleton Argus · Monday 12 August 1929 · page 3

Sir,—I see there are eight nominations for two directors on the board of the butter factory. I am rather afraid if some of those nominated are…

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Inconsistency! Wool Publicity

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 3

A city merchant, a heavy dealer in woollens, fumed in this fashion a few day ago:—"What a joke—what a farce—is this proposed publicity…

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Aberdeen Butter Factory Eminently Satisfactory

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 2

The Director of Dairying has forwarded the following communication to the Chairman of Directors of the A.C. and F. Co., Ltd., Aberdeen:-…

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The Wool Market Market Conditions Quiet

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort & Co., Ltd., report 8th August:—With no public sales in progress in any of the different selling centres, either in the The "Herald" thus comments on the situation:— In Sydney this week Continental buyers have again purchased local…

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Pastoral Industry. Drought Necessities. How Governments Can Help. Customs and Rail Freights

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 3

None of us likes to talk about it, but the biggest worry of the majority of men on the land in New South Wales to-day is the drought. At this stage it…

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Exporting our Stud Sheep. Strong Protest by Expresident. Sydney

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 5

An ex-President of the A.L.P., Mr. W. M. Webster, on his arrival in Sydney from Forbes [?]his morning, stated small graziers view with the…

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Sale of Farm Claim by Dairyman. Alleged Misrepresentation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 4

The hearing of the claim by William Thomas Sagar against Closer Settlement, Ltd., and Henry F. Halloran was continued at the Maitland Circuit…

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Beer Money. Wheat Silo Workers. Allegation Denied. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 5

In the course of an interview to-day, several delegates to the Farmers and Settlers' Conference denied the allegations made by a deputation…

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Muswellbrook Dairy Co

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 1

The adjourned annual meeting of the Muswellbrook Co-operative Dairy Co., Ltd., will take place on Friday next, at 11. a.m., at the company's oflice,…

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Should Be Amended. Local Government Act. Farmers and Settlers' Decision. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 5

The Farmers and Settlers' Conference carried a motion that the Local Government Act should be amended to provide for preferential…

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Phosphate. Reduction in Price. Big Saving to Farmers. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 13 August 1929 · page 5

The president of the Farmers and Settlers' Conference, Mr. Nock, announced to-day that a co-operative company in Victoria had reduced the…

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