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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1943

82 stories in Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown)'s papers · page 2 of 5

No Holiday For The Dairy Farmer

The Campbelltown News · Friday 21 May 1943 · page 1

The Deputy-Director of Manpower says that the proper place for a dairy-farmer in these times, was on his farm…

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£4 16s a Week for Dairy Hands Proposed Award

The Picton Post · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 2

The Primary Producers' Union has agreed that the basic wage to be embodied in the proposed award for the dairying industry…

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Professor Copland and the Farmers

The Campbelltown News · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 1

The Prices Commissioner, Professor Copland, who has been on a somewhat extended itinerary of the northern portions of this State, has…

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Butter Rationing Farmers' Responsibility

The Picton Post · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 1

Under butter rationing, farmers the make their own butter have a particular responsibility. They must collect…

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Professor Copland and the Farmers

Camden News · Thursday 10 June 1943 · page 3

The Prices Commissioner, Professor Copland, who has been on a somewhat extended itinerary of the northern portions of this State, has…

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Make Most of Butter

Camden News · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 4

With butter rationed to half a pound a person a week, the housewife faces problems of how to make the ration meet the family needs…

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Dairy Worked Award

The Picton Post · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 4

For the first time on record a wages award for persons employed in the dairying industry was outlined by Judge Kelly, of…

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Commendable Plan. Servicing the Farmers

The Picton Post · Thursday 17 June 1943 · page 2

At a meeting of the Nowra District War Agricultural Committee, Mr. Davies, M.L.A., outlined a plan for the…

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Make Most of Butter

The Campbelltown News · Friday 18 June 1943 · page 4

With butter rationed to half a pound person a week, the housewife faces problems of how to make the ration meet the family needs…

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Mammoth Rice Farm

The Picton Post · Thursday 24 June 1943 · page 4

A fleet of tractors, drawing Scarifiers, ploughs, delvers and graders, is now preparing Australia's largest farm of 5000…

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Troubles of the Dairying Industry "Its Peculiar Nature Responsible for Them"

The Picton Post · Thursday 24 June 1943 · page 1

Complimenting the Government on omitting any refelrence to hours in the clause providing for the setting-up of awards for…

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Dairying Industry. Basic Wage Award

Camden News · Thursday 24 June 1943 · page 1

A wage award has been proclaimed and it applies to the industry of the occupations of all persons engaged upon work on or about dairy farms in…

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Dairying Industry. Basic Wage Award

The Campbelltown News · Friday 25 June 1943 · page 1

A wage award has been proclaimed and it applies to the industry of the occupations of all persons engaged upon work on or about dairy farms in…

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Dairy Industry. Basis Wage Operates to Day Thursday, 1st JULY

Camden News · Thursday 1 July 1943 · page 5

There being many conflicting reports concerning the operations and commencement of the Basic Wage fixed for the dairying industry, and…

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Dairy Industry. Basic Wage in Operation

The Campbelltown News · Friday 2 July 1943 · page 2

There being many conflicting reports concerning the operations and commencement of the Basic Wage fixed for the dairying industry, and…

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Banardo Farm School

The Picton Post · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 1

Plans for the extension of the Picton Farm School, Mowbray Park, to accommodate 250 Barnardo boys after the war, were…

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Dairy Award

The Picton Post · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 1

In reply to "Dairy Farmer," we publish the award for rates and conditions of employment for employees in the dairying…

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Prisoners of War to Work on Farms

Camden News · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 1

The Minister for the Army has announced a plan for the large-scale employment of selected Italian prisoners of war. This will alleviate the…

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Farmyard Manure

Camden News · Thursday 8 July 1943 · page 5

Wartime shortage of artificial fertilisers makes the waste of farmyard manure on dairy farms more than ever indefensible, points out the New…

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Wrestler Buys Dairy Farm

The Campbelltown News · Friday 9 July 1943 · page 2

When Corporal Eddie Scarfe (R.A. A.F.) has finished helping to blast off the map the Japanese Airmen, he intends to take up dairying at…

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