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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1890

203 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 7 of 11

Amalgamation of Farmers Unions

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 29 August 1890 · page 4

ALBURY, Tuesday.—At Wagga Wagga on Saturday a monster meeting of farmers was held to consider the amalgamation of the farmers unions…

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Dairy Farmers' Association. the Export Trade. Important Meeting at Kiama

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 30 August 1890 · page 2

All important meeting was held in the Council Chamber last Wednesday evening (says the Independent). convened by circular from the Waughope Factory, for the…

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Victorian Farmers' Protection Association

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 2 September 1890 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A very important conference of the Victorian Farmers' Protection Association was held to-night, Mr. Geo. Davis, M.L.C., Presiding…

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A Dairying Dispute

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 4 September 1890 · page 3

A case involving a matter of considerable importance alike to suppliers and to share ladders of the various dairy companies in the district came before the Nowra Bench…

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The Butter Market

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 2

THE following letter on the above subject has been forwarded to us by the South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company, being a copy of a similar…

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Rust in Wheat

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 4

THE Minister for Education has received a report from Mr. Angus Mackay, lecturer in Agriculture, on the progress of rust in wheat, Mr. Mackay reports…

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The Butter Market and Export Trade

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 4

The South Coast and West Camden Co-operative Company have issued the following circular to the various factories and leading butter makers:—"As you…

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Meeting of Farmers

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 4

ALBURY, Tuesday.—A large public meeting of farmers was held on Monday at Doodle-Cooma, for the purpose of forming a Farmers' Union…

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Farmers and Unionism

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 9 September 1890 · page 3

ALBURY, Sunday.—At the annual meeting of the Hume Farmers' Union yesterday the president (Mr. David Read, J.P.,) in the chair, the notice of motion tabled by Mr…

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Surplus Butter

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 4

At a meeting at Buriawang, on Monday, to consider the matter of export of butter, circulars were read from the South Coast and West Camden…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 13 September 1890 · page 4

The secretary (Mr. T. Armstrong) of the recently-formed Dairy Farmers' Association has despatched a circular in the following terms to all the butter…

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Surplus Butter

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 4

At a meeting at Burrawang, on Monday to consider the matter of export of butter, circulars were read from the South Coast and West Cumden…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 4

THE secretary (Mr. T. Armstrong) of the recently-formed Dairy Farmers' Association has despatched a circular in the following terms to all the butter…

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The Picturesque Atlas Troubles. a Farmer Threatens to Shoot the Agents

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 16 September 1890 · page 4

ALBURY, Friday.—John Storey a farmer in the Tumberumba district was charged at the local police court on Wednesday with threatening to shoot two book…

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The Paba Meadow Station. Erection Op Cattle Yards Actually Commenced

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 2

On the theory that an object is valued in proportion to the trouble and disappointment endured in the struggle for obtaining it the residents of Para Meadow should…

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Dairy Farmers' Union

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 September 1890 · page 2

committee meeting of the lllawarra Dairy Farmers' Union was held at Condon's Hotel, Albion Park, last week, the following members of committee being…

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Dairy Farmers' Association

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 2

The Secretary (Mr. T. Armstrong) of the recently-formed Diary Farmers' Association has despatched a circular in the following terms to all the hatter factories and…

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A Farmer's Union for Bega

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 19 September 1890 · page 2

A FARMER'S union has been or is in process of formation in the Bega district, one of the objects of which is to make improvements in the conditions of transit of produce to…

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Rust in Wheat

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 20 September 1890 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Fitzgerald, Bowenfels, and at one time a farmer in the Hunter River district of twenty-five years' standing, writes to the T. and C. Journal…

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Correspondence. Dairy Farmers' Association of N.s.w. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 23 September 1890 · page 2

SIR,—It may interest many of your readers to know that the movement initiated at Kiama on the 27th [?], by a large meeting of representatives of the dairying industry…

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