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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1918

1,177 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 42 of 59

Wheat Purchase

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

Is is announced that the New Zealand Government has purchased a further 2,000.000 bushels of wheat on the same terms—5/7½—as the previous…

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Wool Report

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 5

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company, Ltd., report under date Sydney, 14th August:—Notification as to the date of the…

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Local & General. Butter Shortage

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

In Sussex Street wholesale markets there is still a shortage of butter and buyers had to be content with one-fourth their requirements…

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Offering of Wool Clip

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 6

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., advise: The announcement made by the Central Wool Committee that arrangements have been made to start wool…

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Wool Appraisement. Season 1918-1919

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report that the appraisements in connection with the 1918-1919 Wool season will begin on September 17th next…

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State Parliament. Carriage of Wheat. Reduced Rates for Tamworth. Speculation in Wheat Script. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly, the "Acting-Premier was asked whether his attention had been called to the statements of one of the witnesses at the…

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Butter Shortage. Augmented by Agents. Surplus Coming From Melbourne. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 2

Sussex-street merchants stated to-day that the difficulties under which the butter trade is operating, owing to the Government intervention, were augmented…

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Shortage of Dairy Utensils

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 August 1918 · page 3

There is an acute shortage of Dairy Utensils throughout Australia, due to the steppage of supplies from abroad and the difficulty in obtaining supplies…

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No Butter Yesterday. Better Prospects for Next Week. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 2

Sussex-street was bare of butter to-day. Melbourne advices state that the production of Victorian butter is steadily…

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French Moving On. Farms Captured. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 August 1918 · page 2

A French communique report's: As the result of a local operation we made some progress in the wooded massif, between the Matz, and the Oise…

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Farmers' Auction Mart

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 August 1918 · page 2

Following are the prices realised for farm produce at the abovenamed marked on Friday last:— Eggs 1/4 to 1/7 per dozen, lard and dripping 9d per 1b,…

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Wheat Board's Overdraft

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 2

On Monday the overdraft of the Australian Wheat Board was £12,868,000, according to the official figures made available on Saturday; there has…

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Butter Shortage. Sydney, Tuesday, 9 a.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 3

Generally there was a slight improvement in the Sussex Street butter supplies yesterday…

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Wool After the War

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 1

"[?]combe, carson, Ltd., write:— Before the war the world's production of wool was set down as follows:— Australasia 645 million lbs; South…

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Further Wool Payments. Melbourne

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2

The Federal Government has made further payments amounting to £6094,000 for distribution to wool growers…

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A Colossus of Ignorance. the Margin on Butter

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 4

"The Standard," commenting upon the foolishness or Senator Russell, says:— "For double-distilled ignorance the…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Manilla Express · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2

Those Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. No. 381…

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Effect of Price-fixing. Queensland Cattle Stopped. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2

Mr. Buckland, speaking at the annual meeting of Pitt, Son and Badgery, Ltd., said that the fixing, of the price of meat by the Government could have no other…

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Collapse of Wheat Stack. Wharf Laborer Killed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2

While two wharf laborers, Frank McKenzie and William Brennan were engaged in stacking wheat at Darling Island, this morning, the tier on which…

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Primary Producers Union. Politicians and Farmers

The North Western Courier · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 1

At the quarterly meeting of the central executive of the Primary Producers' Union in Sydney last week, the apparent disregard of farmers'…

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