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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

2,193 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 74 of 110

Butter Price Increase P.P.U. General Secretary Defends Th[?] Central Executive Attitude

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

A spirited defence of the action of the Central Executive Council of the Primary Producers' Union in not endorsing the recent rise in the price of butter was voiced by Mr J. L. Shate, the General Secretary of the…

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Wool for Japan Government Limiting Imports. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) TOKIO

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Mr Yoshino), addressing a meeting of the Shipping Federation, stated the Government designed to limit the annual…

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Dairy Co's 37th. Year Reviewed Wise Policy Bears Fruit

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 3

The 37th annual report and balance-sheet of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co., were under review at the annual meeting of the company in the Masonic Hall on Saturday morning…

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The Dairying Industry Export Figures for Five Year Period

Singleton Argus · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 2

During the five years ended June, 1937, exports of butter from Australia averaged 224,000,000 lbs. per annum, of which 208,000,000 lbs…

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Butter Export

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 8

During the week ended August 28, the Commonwealth graders at Sydney examined for export 440 boxes of butter, of which 416 were salted and 24…

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Wheat Market

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

The Sydney wheat market was quiet yesterday, but a little more activity among buyers was noticeable Thera was a steady local demand for flour,…

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Wool. UP 5 Per Cent

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

Winehcombe, Carson, Report:— At the opening Sydney wool sales yesterday prices on an average were 5 per eent. higher than the…

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Dungog Co-op. Butter Factory Thirty-second Annual Meeting

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

The thirty second annual meeting of shareholders of Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, Limited, was held in the Memorial Hall on Friday…

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Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Society

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

The chairman drew attention to the fact that the annual meeting of shareholders of the Dairy Farmers' Co-operative Milk Co., Ltd., would be…

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"I'm Not Guilty" Wheat Warrant Charge NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

In the Police Court to-day, Perey Owen Jackson (49), sales manager, was charged by warrant that at Sydney in the month of October, 1935,…

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Wool Prices Up by 5 Per Cent. Keen Bidding Opens New Sales Season. Japanese Buyers Hold Off in Opening Operations. 'No Orders Received'

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 1

Lively competition at the opening 1937-8 wool sale series in Sydney yesterday, sent rates up 5 per cent above the closing rates of last season, when…

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Dairy Industry a Brighter Outlook Rains Help

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

Prescott, Ltd., report that scattered rains have fallen in most dairying districts, and in due course this should stimulate output, which at present,…

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Singleton News Dairy Company Increased Output Modern Plant Singleton

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 2

The directors' report or the singleton Co-operative Dairy Coy., Ltd., presented at the annual meeting shows all-round progress in…

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Hail Storm Damage at Glenarvon Farmers' Losses

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 6

A hailstorm which broke over the district shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon did considerable damage to crops at…

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Criticism of N.z. Farmers' Tour

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

A motion brought forward by the Gloucester branch that the Executive be advised that the Council disfavoured,the arrangements for the…

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Wedding Smyth—farmer

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 5

A very pretty wedding was celebrated at St. John's Church, Cessnock, on Saturday, August 28, when Esme, only daughter…

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Wool Sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 4

The New Zealand Loan and Moreanthe Agency Co., Ltd, reports:— The first series of wool sales opened on Monday. There was a strong…

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Wool Report

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 3

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 27th instant. Due to the recent rains the volume…

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Butter Gradings Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 11

The State butter grading staff of the Department of Agriculture examined Department of Agriculture examined at Sydney and Neweastle during the week ceded August 27 7076 boxes of…

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200 on Strike Homebush Slaughtermen Cattle Killed Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 September 1937 · page 1

Beef slaughtermen and their attendant labourers are on strike at the Homebush Abattoris. There are 200 men and boys involved…

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