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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

356 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 11 of 18

Butter at 5/- P.P.U. Says

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Consumers will have to pay 5/- lb. for butter if there is no increase in the present subsidy and if the…

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Plan To Break Butter Price Deadlock

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 August 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) told the Premiers' Conference today the Commonwealth was agreeable to the proposed new formula to…

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Firm Demand For Cattle

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 5
Also in South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus

A few milking dairy cows were available for sale at King and Sons Yard on Wednesday, but the demand was very firm…

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Why There Is Not More Butter?

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 5

Although milk production in Australia has risen only 1% in the past 12 years our population has grown by 20%…

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Growers' View Will Synthetics Replace Wool?

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 12

Most Australian woolmen [?]lieve that the sheep will [?] ways beat the chemist, acc[?] to a survey conducted [?]…

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'Butter 16/- Per Pound in Austria,' Says Miners' Youth Delegate

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 7

According to Southern Miners' delegate to the Berlin Youth Festival, Harry Richardson, wages in Austria are only two-fifths of those prevailing in Australia, there is a lot of unemployment in…

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News for Women Cloud-light Wool for Spring!!

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 20 August 1951 · page 8

The use of 'cloud-light' to describe the sensational new wool fabrics is no exaggeration…

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Butter Rise to 3/2 Expected

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday.—The price of butter is expected to jump to 3/2 per lb. following an early agreement between the…

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Unionists Told Butter Costs 5/6 Lb. to Produce

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 2

The Chairman, of Directors of the Primary Producers Union (Mr. A. J. Cox) told a combined meeting of trade unionists at…

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Farmborough Points The Way

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 5

In this age of materialism and self-centred living, the people of Farmborough, a small new suburb near Unanderra, have set a standard of comradeship and "the helping hand" which other centres would do well to emulate…

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Editorial: Butter Rise and the Housewife

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

WHETHER or not the dairy farmers will be satisfied with the new price for butter remains to be seen, but the general public will feel that at last they…

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Govt. Agrees To Butter Price Rise Of 6d

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Premier (Mr, McGirr) today announced that the New South Wales Government had agreed to increase the retail price of butter from 2/2…

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40-Hour Week For Dairymen

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 4

In our issue of 25th July the Secretary of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council outlined negotiations for a new Dairy Award on a 40-hour week…

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Junior Farmers to Hold Field Day

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 August 1951 · page 5

The Illawarra District Council of Junior Farmers' Clubs will hold the annual field day at Ray Carmody's farm at Albion…

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Delay In New Butter Price

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.—It might be several days before the increase of 6d. lb. in the retail price of butter in New South…

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"Consumer Won't Get Butter"

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — New South Wales consumers would not get butter at the new price, President of the Primary…

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Paris Styled Wool Dress

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 26

FB8/8 Australian Wool Board Photograph. CHRISTIAN DIOR'S slender afternoon frock in fine black wool. The panel front effect is fastened with black band buttons. Note the "key-hold"…

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Features for The Han on the Land Decomposed Aroma in Butter

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 24

"After rancidity, decomposed aroma is perhaps the most objectionable fault found in butter, and manufacturers and…

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U.S. Marshall Plan Aids Many Turkish Farmers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 24

With U.S. Marshall Flan aid, Turkish farmers ore steadily modernizing their…

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