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Farming & the land, 1953

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N.w. Wheat for Bread Making

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 1

The Minister for Labor and Industry (the Hon. A. Li[?]a, M.L.A.) is investigating a proposal by Mr. Roger Note,…

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Dairy Farms Hours Temporary Ruling

The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 9

Mr. Justice Cantor, in the Industrial Commission, varied the hours and overtime rates in the Dairying Employees…

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For the Man on the Land U.K. Wool Production

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 4

Winchcombe Carson Ltd., report: The extent of the publicity given at times to Russian and United States wool buying and…

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Farm Hand Suicides Held Up Two Women at Gunpoint. Melbourne

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 1

A berserk famhand, armed with a shotgun, terrorised two women and criminally assaulted a 10-years-old girl and then shot…

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Farmhand Went Berserk

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE : A herserk farmhand armed with a shotgun, terrorised two women, [?]riminally assaulted a…

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Junior Farmers’ Club Refused Affiliation With Show Association

Maitland Mercury · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 2

The Raymond Terrace Junior Farmers’ Club conducted a show which because the State Council of Show Associations has rejected affiliation, is technically not a show…

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Regional Development Committee told: Farmers Must Be Freed From Bureaucrats

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 2

If food production is to be increased and costs cut down to halt the processes of inflation the control of rural industry must be exercised by those primarily concerned, free of bureaucratic interference. Vice-president of the Shires Association, Mr. A. C. Marshall, said…

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Berserk Farmhand Suicides Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 4

A berserk farmgun terrorised two women and criminally assaulted a…

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Prime Cattle Firm

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 3

A heavier supply of 1100 fat cattle, with the quality a little better than last week. Bullocks were again scarce,…

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Cattle Firm At Homebush

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 3

Pitt, Son and Badgery’s report : 34,233 sheep penned. Best sheep and lambs unaltered, others easier…

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Japan to Buy Australian Butter

Maitland Mercury · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 2

TOKYO: Japan will import 200,000lb of butter from Australia, New Zealand, and Denmark, the Japanese…

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Farmlet blocks available now at Greta

Singleton Argus · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 3

Twenty-three farmlet blocks at Greta opened for application to-day. The Minister for Lands…

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Increase In Greasy Wool Exports

Maitland Mercury · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 5

CANBERRA: During the three months ended September last, Australia exported £55,206,000 worth of…

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Keen Competition at Wool Sales

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 2

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. reported having sold 9300 bales at auction and privately at their Sydney sales yesterday…

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Dairy Grant Farms Withstand Drought

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 2

Dairy Grant demonstration farms and those, which have been pasture improved and on which, fodder conservation measures…

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Long For Station Cattle

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 4

SINGLETON: Mr. and Mrs Ian Eather, of Balga, have returned from a three weeks’ motor trip to…

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Winchcombe Carson's wool sales

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY.—Winchcombe, Carson sold 9400 bales at auction and privately at their wool sales on Monday…

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Meeting of Bulahdelah Dairy Farmers Milk Cartage

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 8

A meeting of the Bulahdelah Milk Producers was held in the Bulahdelah School of Arts commencing at 11 a.m…

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Producers Put Case on Price of Milk Dairy Farming Entails Long Hourly Hard Work

Maitland Mercury · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 1

The Housewives Association, which is agitation to have the price of milk reduced, will be told by the Maitland branch of the milk Zone Dairymen’s Council that if it considered dairy farming is a way to get…

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Production Grant Farmer Leads Community Drive

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 6

A Dairy Production Grant Demonstration farmer who has already shown what can be achieed on second-class…

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