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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

1,683 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 52 of 85

Plight of Dairymen Desperate

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY Saturday—The General President of-the Primary Producers’ Union, Mr, G. W. Gordon, stated that unless…

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Farmers Amd Daylight Saving

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 6

Reference to daylight saving was made by the president at a. meeting of the Raymond Terrace branch of 'the Raymond Terrace…

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Farmers And Clothes Rationing

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 22 August 1942 · page 3

The question of clothes rationing was discussed by the Raymond terrace branch, of the Primary Producers’ Union…

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Wool Report Farmers & Graziers' Co.-op. Co. Ltd

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-Op. Co. Ltd. reports on August 20: Our appraisement catalogue No. 82 was submitted on August 13 and…

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Grown Sheep Easier at Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 3

SYDNEY Monday.—Winch combe Carson [?] report.— [?] was, unaltered [?]…

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The Farmer and His Problems

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 2

SINCE Japan entered the war last December, in New South Wales alone. the number of men permanently…

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War on the Farming Front How Life Has Changed In England

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 6

Meet the Walkers, a farming family in the South of England, and find out how life has changed for them, as it has changed for country families m Australia. Conditions’ in England are very different to conditions in…

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To-day’s Leader: The Farmer and his Problems Battle For Stalingrad Most Vital of Year Stubborn Counter Thrusts Hold Up Nazis (Australian Associated Press)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 1

LONDON Aug. 23.—The stubborn nature of the Russian counter-attacks in the Don elbow during the week-end confirmed observers’ opinions that each side regards the…

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Release of Men for Farm Work

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 1

The question of the release of men for form work was referred at a meeting of the Raymond Terrace branch of the Primary…

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Supply of Wire for Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 1

The Raymond Terrace branch of the P.P. Union discussed the matter of wire for farmers. It was stated that orders…

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Dairy Company Meeting on

Singleton Argus · Monday 24 August 1942 · page 2

The annual general meeting of shareholders of the Singleton Central Co-operative Dairy Co. Ltd. will be held in the C.W.A. Rooms, Pitt…

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Wool Report

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 4

THE FARMERS & GRAZIER CO.-OP. CO. LTD. reports on 20th inst.:—Our Appraisement Cataolgue No. [?]…

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Allowed Cattle to Stray

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

CESSNOCK Tuesday—For allowing his cattle to stray in Cessnock-road, Abermain, Thomas Gibson of Carroll Avenue,…

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Coalfields Rail Service "Worse Than on Cattle Train."

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 2

In answer to many complaints regarding the overcrowding of coalfields trains at week-ends, Mr.G. Booth, M.L.A., last Friday made an…

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Dairy Farmers’ Milk Profit

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY Tuesday—Net profit of Dairy Farmers Co-operative Milk Co., Ltd. shows a sharp fall for the year ended June 30…

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Plight of Dairymen Desperate

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 4

The General President of the Primary Producers' Union Mr. G. W. Gordon, stated that unless something was done, and that very…

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Hatching Chicks Under Shellfire on English Farm Nearest to Hitler's Guns

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 2

Chicks are hatching, ewes lambing, and cows calving on a farm on the Dover cliffs which is regularly shelled by Hitler's guns, only…

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Dairy Workers May Get Award Revelation by Minister for Commerce

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce, Mr. Scully, revealed that a new award to give workers in the dairying industry improved wages and…

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Bumper Crop of Turnips

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 25 August 1942 · page 6

BROKE Tuesday.—This winter has been a great season for toot crops and there should be [?] scarcity of beet carrots…

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Butter and Cheese Dairymen Want Higher Price

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 26 August 1942 · page 3

Suppliers at the meeting of the Raymond Terrace Co-operative Dairy and Produce Company, at the half-yearly meeting…

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