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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Rationing Plan Wheat Industry Relieve Country Silos

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--Rationing is now being applied to the wheat industry. In the country 51 out of 99 silos are overflowing, and to relieve the…

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Boon to Producers May Mean ½d. per lb. on Wool

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday:--"Primary producers will be pleased to note that the Bank of N.S.W. has raised the exchange rate to a position…

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Armed Farmers March on Town Sequel to American Drought Demand for Food

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

ENGLAND (Arkansas), Sunday: The prolonged drought that ruined hundreds of Central United States farmers last summer had a…

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Farmers' Motors. Proposed Amendment of the Regulations

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

Mr. Robert Pilgrim, has written as enclosing the following letter received from the Minister for Local Government on a matter affecting the…

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Dairy Diploma Course Sydney

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 4

The Department of Agriculture advises that persons who have had at least three years' experience in a dairy factory in processing and manufacture…

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STARVING Farmers' Ugly Mood Mob Marches on Town Sequel to Drought ENGLAND (Arkansas)

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

The prolonged drought that ruined hundreds of central United States farmers last summer had a drastic sequel when a mob of…

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Wheat As Feed for the Cattle Diversified Farming

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 6

Many arguments can be advanced in favour of stock in the wheat-growing programme, and not the least is that they…

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Butter Pay

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 8

The North Coast Butter Factories Association met in Lismore yesterday and fixed the pay for December supply at 10¼d per lb. A number of factors…

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Victorian Butter Dearer

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday--Local butter traders announce an increase of 48 per cent. in the price of butter, equal to halfpenny per lb. on retail prices…

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December Butter Pay

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

A meeting of the North Coast Butter Factories' Association was held in Lismore yesterday, when the December butter pay was fixed at 10¼d. The…

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Market for Wheat

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

The "Australasian" says that Mr. A. Fattorini, director for Italy of Walter Gilling and Co., cargo superintendents, London, who arrived at…

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Victorian Butter Dearer Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 3

Local butter traders announce an increase of 4s 8d a cwt. in the price of butter (about a halfpenny a lb. rise on retail prices) following the bank…

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Was Hungry. and Killed a Sheep

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--When Frederick Lacava was sentenced to two months' imprisonment at Tamworth police court for stealing a sheep, he said, "It seems…

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Local and General Butter Pay for December

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

The Butter Factories' Association yesterday fixed the December price of butter at 1014d.per lb. On Monday there was a rise of a halfpenny per…

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Silos Full. Wheat Will Be Dumped

Casino and Kyogle Courier and North Coast Advertiser · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Mr. Harris, manager of the Government grain elevators, said this morning that by the end of the present week the terminal…

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Wheat Silos Temporary Closure SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 13

Mr. Harris, manager of the Government grain elevators, said this morning that by the end of this week the terminal silos would absolutely close…

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Wheat Crisis Finance Problem Government Criticised SYDNEY

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 13

"My Association is usually reluctant to criticise, but we consider we cannot criticise too strongly the dilatoriness of the Commonwealth…

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Cabinet Meets Proposed Wheat Advance No Reply From Bank

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday:--The first meeting of the Federal Cabinet since the adjournment of the Federal Parliament was held this afternoon, when…

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Federal Matters Meeting of Cabinet Wheat Guarantee Position Considered Melbourne

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 9

The first meeting of Federal Cabinet since the adjournment of Federal Parliament was held this afternoon, when several…

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Farmers Exasperated Government's Dilatoriness Strong Criticism

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday:--"My Association is usually reluctant to criticise, but we consider we cannot criticise too strongly the…

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