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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Wheat and Flour for Japan

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Leader of the Opposition (Mr. J. Storey) said he saw a procession of lorries going down Macquarie-street loaded with wheat and flour for Japan. The…

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Reduced Price of Butter. South Coast Protest

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A meeting of dairymen at Jamberoo entered an emphatic protest against the recent reduction in the price of butter. A motion was carried that…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 8

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department. THE ORCHARD…

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Summing the Producer. Protest Against Reduction in Butter Prices. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 3

At Kiama a large meeting of dairymen passed a resolution last night Protesting against the reduction in the price of butter…

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Editorial Notes. Political Baits, Promises and a Farmer's Bank

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 2

THE Labor Party, or John Story as its leader, proposes to air the aims and objects of the party in a series of articles which the country press are…

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Miscellaneous Farmers and Figures. The Bogey of Book-keeping

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 8

"The average farmer is primarily an open-air man; he works hard all day and does not concern himself much with account keeping," says the…

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Maclean Co-op. Dairy Company

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 4

The balance-sheet of Maclean Co-op. Dairy Coy showed a net profit of £29 8s 7d. Cream purchases totalled £17,573 3s, and butter apples £19,891 7s 3d, ice sales £1318 3s l0d,…

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Dairy Inspection

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 4

Referring on Friday to statements that had been made criticising the Government's dairy inspection the Minister for Health said that the presence of veterinary inspectors in…

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Butter Prices

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 7
Also in The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser

Mr. C. J. McRae writes: Recent issues of the country press throughout the dairying districts of the State naturally have some reference to the recent…

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Wheat Pool

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Replying to a deputation of farmers at Melbourne Mr. Hughes flatly refused to agree to a compulsory wheat pool on the grounds that it was against the…

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Price of Butter. Massy Greene's Statement

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Mr. Massy Greene (Minister for Customs) says the Imperial Government is making inquiries as to the price at which the producers will be…

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South Africa. Question of Wheat Supplies. (Reuter.)

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 5

CAPETOWN, Wednesday.—Reuter's correspondent states that the Minister for Agriculture, Mt. Burton, replying to a deputation of millers detailed the Government's…

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Butter Contracts. Statement by Minister for Trade and Customs. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Mr. Massy Greene (Minister for Trade and Customs) announced to-day that the Imperial Government is making enquiries as to the price at which the…

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Labor Affairs. Butter and Bacon Employees. Strike Ballot to Be Taken

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The butter and bacon employees' section of the Cold Storage Union has instructed the general secretary to notify the Department of Labor of its intention to…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Representations to Prime Minister. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

A deputation from the inter-State Wheatgrowers' Conference interviewed Prime Minister Hughes to-day and asked him to agree to the formation of a…

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Wool Tops. Request for Increased Manufacture in Australia. MELBOURNE

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

A deputation representing the returned soldiers and sailors waited on Prime Minister Hughes asking him to make available more wool for the manufacture…

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Trees As Money-makers for Farmers

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

The Australian farmer has become so accustomed to destroying trees that, the idea of growing them for himself for profit is so novel that it strikes him…

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Farmers' Income Tax

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

Mr. W. A. Zuill, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following communication from the Treasury, in reply to a request made by him on behalf of the…

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Warwick Farm Races. Final Acceptances. SYDNEY

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 3

Final acceptances for the principal events at the Warwick Farm meeting on Saturday are as follows: Pace Welter: Aries, Faithful Laddie,…

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