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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

2,785 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 53 of 140

Manning Dairy Co

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 May 1933 · page 3

The sum of £11,064/7/9, or 7½d per 1b for cho[?] and 6d for second-class butter was paid to 740 suppliers to the Manning River…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 5

During the week ended May 20 the Commonwealth graders examined for export at Sydney 4399 boxes of butter, of which 3984 were salted, and…

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Quality of Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 6

We have become so accustomed to hear people who ought to know, declare that Australia produces the best butter in the world, that it…

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The Dairyman. Receives Good News. Butter Up Half-penny

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 4

An increase of a half-penny a lb in this wholesale price of butter took effect on Saturday. The new quotation is 128/6 a cwt…

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Dairy Industry Low Butter Prices Quality Falls Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. H. Main) delivered an important address at the opening of the annual conference of the…

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Butter Records Australian Shipments

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Stewart, furnishes returns showing that from July 1 last to May 13 a total of 96,655 tons of butter, including…

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Newcastle Wool Sales

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

The New England North and NorthWest Producers' Co., Ltd. (Nenco), announce the appointment of Mr. C. P. Haydon, of Blandford ('Phone,…

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WORD Of WARNING Unsterilised Cotton Wool

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

That large quantities of inferior and unsterilised cotton wool are being imported into Australia, which it is dangerous to use for surgical…

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Desperate Butter Position Reaches Tragic Pass Problem of Factory Prices

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 6

"If the present butter position continues, 120,000 daily farmers will each receive an average annual return of £100 to repay them and their…

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Firm Tone London, Wool Sales LONDON, May 22

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 1

At the wool sales 8,708 [?]ales were offered, including 228 from N.S.W. The tone continues to be firm. with brisk competition. Offerings were…

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Wool Markets Very Firm Merinos Up. Above March Levels London

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 1

Mr. wa[?]ter [?]. Devereux, London representative of the Australian Wool selling Brokers, in his report on the week, states that all the wool markets…

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Wool Sells Readily at Full Rates Cheering News from London. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

At the wool sales 9708 bales were offered, including 228 from New South Wales. Approximately 5748 bales were sold. The offerings were readily cleared at full rates…

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Stabilising Dairying Industry. Factory Managers Support Scheme. SYDNEY

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

The Factory Managers' and Secretaries' Conference to-day unanimously endorsed the scheme to stabilise the dairying industry by means of legislation similar to the Dried Fruits' Act. Mr. J. A. Grant (Wingham) said they should support the…

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Stabilisation. the Dairy Industry. Legislation Prepared

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 4

Legislation to be recommended to the respective State Grovemments for the stabilisation of the dairy industry was finalised by a…

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Sale of Farm

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 2

Mr. J. P. Idstoin reports having sold a highly improved agricultural farm of 38½ acres at Louth Park-road, West Maitland, for Mr. V. R. Sparke. The…

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NOTINVAIN! If Govts. Help Farmers' Toil Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1933 · page 1

The conference of the Dairy Factory Managers and Secretaries' Association of N.S.W. was resumed at the…

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Butter Afloat

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 3

On May 20, 843,113 boxes of butter, comprising [?]81,688 boxes from Australia, 548,887 boxes from New Zealand, and 12,508 boxes from the…

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Aberdeen Butter

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 3

Output of the Aberdeen butter factory for May was 71,567 lbs., for which suppliers received a total payment of £3150/0/8…

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Record Butter Production

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 2

A new record for butter production has been made in Now South Wales. The factory output from June 1, 1932, to March 31, 1933, was 44,000 tons, as…

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Serious Cattle Epidemic

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 May 1933 · page 4

A serious cattle epidemic has broken out in the Tatiara district, South Australia, and Dr. E. Broadbent, who is interested in Jersey cattle, took such…

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