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Hunter Valley · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

1,539 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 36 of 77

New Award for Dairying Industry Proposed Rates of Payment

Singleton Argus · Friday 11 June 1943 · page 2

Judge Kelly, in the Arbitration Court yesterday, announced proposed rates of payment under the dairying, industry award. He said the award would provide for wages from £4/IC/ a week for milking-shed hands up to £6/1/ a week for leading hands…

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£39.000 Saving in Wool Packs

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY Sat. —By pressing more greasy wool into the bales in Australia this season a saving of 120,000 packs has been…

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The Dairy Industry

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 2

THE Commonwealth Government’s decision to increase the subsidy to the dairy industry to a total of…

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To-day’s Leaders: The Dairy Industry Flag Day Body of Baby Found

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 1

ADELAIDE Saturday. — The body of a newly-born baby was found in the home of a young married woman at Quorn, which…

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Dairy By-products for Pig Feed

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 3

Skim milk and butter milk are very high class protein supplements for grain, and are a rich source of minerals and vitamins…

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Manpower Activity And The Farmers

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 5

“All Courant” writes as follows: “Old Farmer” has been plodding away so be says for the best part of fifteen years and…

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Farming Lands And The Merger

Maitland Mercury · Saturday 12 June 1943 · page 2

In a letter [?] at the [?] of the Bolwarra Shire [?] yesterday afternoon [?] Howarth, MLA stated that [?]…

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Substituted Through Butter

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 3

Owing to the butter rationing, and the general scarcity of eggs, members at Friday's meeting of the C.W.A. decided to delete the…

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Union, Attitude on Butter Ration

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 4

NEWCASTLE Monday —Butter captioning was discussed yesterday by the BHP sub branch of the Federated Ironworkers’ Association It…

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How to Use Butter Ration (No 2—By the “National Doctor,”)

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 2

Every time you sat a scrap of fat remind yourself that if offers a way of stretching your boz butter ration…

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Farm Mechanisation

Maitland Mercury · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 2

THE State Premier (Mr. Mc-Kell) will to-day at Bomaderry, near Nowra turn the first furrow in a scheme…

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Federal Body for Farmers

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 2

It had become obvious that all subsidies to primary industries given by the Labor Government would be tied up with labor arid…

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Dairy Subsidy of £6,500,000 Larger Than Expected

Singleton Argus · Monday 14 June 1943 · page 1

The subsidy to the dairy industry granted by the Commonwealth Govsrnment will be at the rate of £6,500,000 a year, an increase of…

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Butter

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 1

The butter problem solved—Cut the slices thicker. Britain's ration: Two ounces per week…

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Allowed Cattle To Stray

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 3

CESSNOCK Tuesday.—Kearsley Shire proceeded against three people at the Cessnock Police Court to-day, for allowing cattle…

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Kitchen Front. Make Most of Butter

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 4

With butter rationed to half a pound a person a week, the housewife faces the problem of how to make the ration, meet the family needs…

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Butter Ration Defended by Minister Decision Of The Government

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE Tuesday—The Minister for Trade and Customs, Senator Keane, made it clear to-day that the decision to ration butter to half a pound per head weekly, was the decision of the Government and not the Rationing…

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How to Se Butter Ration (By the “National Doctor”)

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 2

Now that butter is rationed to [?] a person a week, the meat you buy will be the best source of cooking fat. Therefore, every…

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Dairy Farmers Must Register

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 1

The Minister for Trade and Customs (Senator Keane) pointed out at the week-end that dairy farmers must register with the Rationing…

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Agricultural Holdings Act Assures Advance in Farm Practice

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 15 June 1943 · page 1

The Agricultural Holdings Act, which becomes operative in this State on July 1 is designed to clarify the notations between tenants and…

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