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Farming & the land, 1953

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Promises of Bumper Wimbledon Crops

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 1 April 1953 · page 6

LONDON. -- A bumper Coronation year is anticipated by all the all-English Lawn Tennis championships to be held from June 22 to July 4 anticipated by all the all-English Lawn Tennis…

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Told Cattle Were "Hot" Police Witness Alleges

The Gloucester Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 3

Plain Clothes Constable Maurice George Nelson, of the stock squad, Newcastle, alleged in Gloucester Court of Petty Sessions yesterday that Thomas Nash had told him that some cattle he had…

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Dairying Conditions. Monthly Report for March, 1953

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Mr. D. W. Crowfoot, District Dairy Officer, reports: 562 points of rain were recorded at Taree for the month…

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Aldavilla Dairyman Judges in Sydney

Macleay Argus · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

Mr. H. M. Ward, of Aldavilla, who judged the Guernsey classes at Sydney Royal Show last week, commented that the Guernsey entries showed considerable improvement in both quality and quantity…

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Balcony Post Trouble Crops Up Again

Macleay Argus · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

Despite a recent decision to give Kempsey property owners an extension of twelve months' time to remove verandah posts from Kempsey Streets, Kempsey…

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Richmond Can Take More Beef Cattle

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

LISMORE, Tues.: A review carried out by Mr. S. J. Murphy, a grazier, for the Richmond Development…

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Nabiac Junior Farmers' Club Resuscitated

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

Nabiac Junior Farmers' Club was reformed at a well-attended meeting recently held at the Nabiac…

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Mr. R. C. Gibson for International Dairy Congress

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 5

Mr. R. C. Gibson, General President of the P.P.U. has been appointed Australian representative to the…

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Dairy Industry Faces A Sound Future

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 1

The dairy industry was passing through a revolutionary period and faced a sound future, the general manager of the Producers' Co-operative Distributing Society, Mr. E. J…

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Dairy Outlook Not So Good

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 6

CANBERRA.--The outlook for most dairy products was not encouraging, the Bureau of Agricultural Economics…

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New Wool Suits From Paris

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

Hubert de Givenchy's arresting black wool suit is worn with a high fitting matching shoulder cape, deeply bordered with a coarse furniture fringe…

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Dairy Prospects Review

The Northern Champion · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 9

Exports of butter and. cheese will become an increasingly important factor in determining the average return to farmers, states "The Dairy Situation", a report just issued by the…

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P.P.U. Under Fire From Dairymen: Producer Claims Milk Price In Danger

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 1

The Primary Producers' Union was trying to bring the price of milk down to the standard price for butter, Mr. A. McDonell said at a meeting of the Taree Branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council yesterday…

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To Test Farm Chances in N.g

Macleay Argus · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 3

A survey to assess the agricultural potential of Papua and New Guinea will be made by the Commonwealth…

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The Week in the Store Cattle Market

Macleay Argus · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 3

The few light falls of rain in southern New South Wales and Victoria during the week were not sufficient to assure prospects of an early revival of the southern store cattle markets…

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For Farmers. Tax Guide Booklet Ready

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 4

The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. J. McEwen, announced that the first copies of a booklet on taxation for farmers and graziers…

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Farmer Defends Driving Under Influence Charge

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 2

George Alfred Weeks, 59, farmer, of Jones' Island, who was charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor, was fined £10 by Mr. Stapleton, S.M., at the Taree…

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P.p.u. Under Fire at Dairymen's Meeting

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 7

The Primary Producers' Union was trying to bring the price of milk down to the standard price for butter, Mr. A. McDonell said at a meeting of the Taree Branch of the Mill Zone Dairymen's…

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Dairy Cattle Sale

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

Of interest to Manning dairymen is Mr. F. A. Paff's sale of 40 head of Jersey cattle at the K[?]rkatt Jersey…

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Gloucester Cattle Sale

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 4

Tom Hicks (Paul Ryan and Joe Corbett) report a very attractive yarding of cattle at the Gloucester yards last…

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