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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Illawarra Co-op. Dairy Coy

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 7

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Illawarra Co-operative Central Dairy Society Ltd., Albion Park, on Tuesday, Mr. R. C. G. Youll…

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New Chairman Of Illawarra Co-op. Central Dairy Society

Kiama Independent · Saturday 17 January 1948 · page 4

At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Illawarra Co-operative Central Dairy Society Ltd., Albion Park, on Tuesday last, Mr. R. C. G…

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Resumption of Dairy Farm Competitions

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 January 1948 · page 3

Coastal Dairy Farm Championship Competitions will be resumed in N.S.W. this year after being suspended during the war period…

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Dairy Farm Competitions To be Resumed

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 5

Coastal, Dairy Farm Championship Competitions will be resumed in N.S.W. this year after being suspended during the war period…

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Royal Easter [?] Dairy Cattle [?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4

Col. G. C. Somervi[?] of the Royal Agricul[?] of N.S.W. announ[?] following judges will [?]…

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Royal Show Dairy Cattle Judges Announced

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

Col. G. C. Somerville, secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales, announces that the following judges will officiate in the…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 2

At a meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held in Sydney last week, the question of future prices and the reports submitted by the…

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Milk Zone's Dairymen's Council

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 17

At a meeting of the Milk Zone Dairymens' Council held to Sydney on Wednesday of last week, the question of future prices, and…

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Weather Favours Show Cattle Sections Impress. High Jump Record Broken

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 1

Favoured by good weather the annual exhibition of the Wollongong A. H. and I. Society, which opened last Thursday and concluded on Monday night was well attended, and the financial result should be very satisfactory. The attendances at each session were large, and in many of the sections the entries constituted a record…

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Farm Superintendent's Suicide

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 8

On the morning of February 5, a sedan car was found near a gravel pit off the road leading from Mount Ousley to Mt. Keira, by William…

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Australian Dairy Produce Board Election

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 11

Nominations of candidates for election as members representing Butter and Cheese factories on the Australian Dairy Produce Board for the next…

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Albion Park News Dairy Factory Appointment

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 3

Mr. K. L. Raftery has been appointed foreman at the factory of the Illawarra Co-operative Central Dairy Society Ltd…

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Cattle Fetch High Prices

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 11

A. J. Campbell and R. W. Speechley, auctioneers in conjunction, report a very successful sale on account of Mr. R. C. Johnston at…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 6

On the 18th February, the Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council, was directed to make certain submissions to the Milk Board in view of the…

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Local Junior Farmer Wins Trip Abroad

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 1

Nineteen-years-old junior farmer Jack Martin son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Martin, Yellow Rock, Albion Park, has been selected with a Nowra youth to represent New South Wales at an international cattle judging competition at the Royal Show, York (England), in…

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Junior Farmers

Kiama Independent · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

At the Monthly Meeting of the Advisory Committee of the Albion Park Junior Farmers Club it was unanimously decided to tender Jack…

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Junior Farmers Garden Competition Results

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 4

The District Supervisor (Mr. A. J. Chalmers) has supplied the following reports on the Garden Competitions, annually held by the…

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Fatal Collision Dairy Farmer Killed

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 1

William Williams, 43, dairy farmer, of Croome, died in the Wollongong Hospital on Saturday night as the result of…

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Dairy Farmers Patient

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 5

After pointing out that the milk price in 1946 was 1/8½, 1/9½ in 1947 and was now 1/7½, Mr. E. Nohie, president of the MZDC…

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Coastal Dairy Farm Competition

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 14

Although entries for the Coastal Dairy Farm Competition conducted by "The Farmer and Settler[?] in conjunction with the N.S.W…

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