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Illawarra · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Special Booklet To Aid Farmers With Taxation

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 3

Because they have received representation that many farmers are unaware of the full range of special tax concessions to which they are entitled the Federal Treasurer and the…

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Farmers' Meeting

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 18 February 1953 · page 1

Local farmers are expected to turn out in strength to-night (Wednesday) for the meeting at Jamberoo where Mr. L. W. Menzies, of Bowral,…

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Income Tax Booklet For Farmers

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 19 February 1953 · page 30

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) has forwarded first copies of a booklet entitled "Income Tax…

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Keen Competition In Cattle Group Section Ten groups were

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 2

South Coast cattle breeders who exhibited at Wollongong Show yesterday made keen competition in the £50 champion dairy group section introduced this year…

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Problem for Mr. Chittick Council Receive Letter On Farm Water Supply

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 3

When they heard a letter read from the Department of Public Works on the question of water supply to Mr. C. R. Chittick's Muskfield property, on Wednesday, Kiama Aldermen said…

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Farmer Takes A Trip Found Foot and Mouth Disease Among Fertility

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 2

A description of a tour of Britain and the Continent by a party of Australian farmers was given by Mr. L. W. Menzies, of Bowral, to a Milk Zone Dairymen's Council meeting at Jamberoo…

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Farmer's Trip Continued from Page Two

Kiama Independent · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 5

and if not slaughtered just starved to death. Mr. Menzies found this disease hampered the growing British…

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Rate Rise Worries Dairymen

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 7

Dairy farmers in the Southern Zone who received a sharp rise in rates last year complain the…

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Mechanised Dairying in England

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 2

Rural talks to be broadcast at 12.49 p.m. from 2FC this week will include "Comments on Australian Animal Production", by…

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Judging of A.i.s. Cattle

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 6

Concern that judges at recent agricultural shows in the A.I.S. senior classes were not members Of the Society's panel was expressed at the…

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Junior Farmers' Event

Kiama Independent · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 2

Tributes to the value of the work being done in local junior farmers clubs were paid by many of the notable people in the South Coast's…

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Farm Worker, Rifle And Drink

Kiama Independent · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 1

POLICE TOLD THE KIAMA COURT ON WEDNESDAY HOW, AFTER THEY HAD BEEN CALLED TO JAMBEROO, THEY FOUND A…

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J. Thompson on Five Short Priced Mounts at W. Farm

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 11

SYDNEY, Fri.—J. Thompson will ride five heavily backed horses at Warwick Farm tomorrow. Thompson, who has a…

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Henry The seventh Should Score At W'wick Farm

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 11

Conditioned by two recent races, Henry the Seventh in the Sunnybrook Handicap is rated one of the best bets at Warwick Farm today. Henry the Seventh is…

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Co-operative Dairy Assn

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 11

The Annual Meeting of the Co-operative Dairy Association of N.S.W. Limited was held at Taree on 19th Feb. Representatives of Mem-ber Societies from various parts of the dairying district, extending from Byron Bay to Bega, were present, whilst Mr. R. Bryant represented the Associations's Bankers, the Rural Bank of New South Wales…

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Reduction In Size Of Farms Opposed

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Thursday 5 March 1953 · page 1

The Dapto branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council will oppose any reduction in the size of farm holdings in the Greater Wollongong area. This was decided at a…

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New Claims on Dairymen

Kiama Independent · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 5

A log of claims submitted to the court by the A. W. U. for hearing on 16th March for dairying employees asks for the ordinary hours not to…

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Illawarra Young Farmers' Club

Kiama Independent · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 5

The monthly meeting of the Illawarra Young Farmers' Club was held it the C.W.A. Rooms in Kiama on 16th February. The Club,…

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Carioca Should Win At Warwick Farm Meeting

Illawarra Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 March 1953 · page 11

Doncaster Handicap favourite, Carigca—one of the best sprinters in Australia—is expected to win the Denham Court Handicap at Warwick Farm today. Carioca, holder of the…

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Cattle Sale [?]

South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus · Monday 9 March 1953 · page 12

At the weekly sale condu[?] by J. N. King and Sons Pty. [?] at Unanderra last Tuesday [?] market wes similar to the [?]…

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