Subsidy "Next Best Thing" Dairymen Want Rise in Prices
MELBOURNE, Monday.—Dairymen wanted a general increase in butter and cheese prices, bit, failing that, a flat rate subsidy seemed to be the…
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Farming & the land, 1942
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Caterpillar Plague Threatens Crops
SYDNEY, Monday.—Caterpillars have wiped out many big vegetable crops in the Murrumbidgee irrigation areas. They threaten to reach…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Deputy Director of Manpower (Mr. Bellemore) appealed to all men who are or will be, on holidays during the…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Pending the operation of a dairy subsidy scheme, the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation decided to-day…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Prices Commissioner has decided that the price of wool to local manufacturers shall be 10 per cent. above…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Potato Crop to Be Record
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—There should not be another potato short-age, said the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) to-day…
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SYDNEY: The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said today that, to avoid a repetition of the potato shortage, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Force Dipping Of Cattle
GRAFTON, Monday.—Four members of the tick eradication staff under Mr. R. A. Hall, veterinary officer of the Department of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Men To Control Wool
CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Central Wool Committee has been increased from eight to 11 members. Representation of…
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CANBERRA, Thursday.—The personnel of the enlarged Central Wool Committee was announced by the Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully). He said Messrs…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →70,000 Bombs on Farms in One English County
LONDON, Thursday: Seventy thousand bombs had been dropped on farms in one county in East England in six months, said Earl…
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LAUNCESTON: A one-day protest strike of farmers in Tasmania is being sought by the Deloraine branch of the Tasmanian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clarence Dairy Men to Strike Stock Dipped Under Police Protection
GRAFTON, Sunday.—By 200 votes to 7, the Clarence Stockowners' League decided to day to strike next Tuesday when they will cease…
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GRAFTON, Monday.—"From everywhere along the river, word has come that no milk was separated to-night, and that pigs and calves…
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SYDNEY.—Nine hundred farmer members of the Clarence Stockowners' League, around the Grafton district,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rift Among Striking Dairymen
SYDNEY.-A rift developed in the ranks of striking dairy farmers on the Clarence to-day, when "cream day" for the…
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SYDNEY: "Labor is still short in rural areas." said the Acting New South Wales Director of Manpower (Mr. Witheriss)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dairy Farmers' Strike Limited Support
GRAFTON, Wednesday.—The first test of strength has not been favourable to dairy farmers along the Clarence River who went on…
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SYDNEY: The anger of striking dairy farmers on the Clarence was kindled to-day when, according to the…
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LONDON, Thursday: A Chungking report states that 150,000 Australian sheep have arrived "somewhere in Tibet" after…
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