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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Export Butter Price Fixation Opposed British Importers' Views

Northern Star · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 10

The Australian Dairy Produce Export Board received advice from its London agency that a joint meeting of importers of Australian and New Zealand…

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Big Production Means Hard [?] "Down on the Farm" No Place For Slackers Factory Staffs Kept Going

Northern Star · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 2

"Nigger! Way back there!" That — perhaps a different name for the dog—is the signal for the busy day's work ahead on North Coast dairy farms in this period of record breaking…

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Butter Prices Stablilsed

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 8

A London message states that butters importers generally consider that prices have now been stabilised. They expect consumption to continue…

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Finance Butter Factories

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 3

The Australian Dairy Produce Export Board has received advice that the Associated Banks were agreeable to finance the butter…

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Export Butter. Price Fixation Opposed

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

The Australian Dairy Produce Export Control Board received advice from its London agency on Friday that a joint meeting of importers of…

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Local and General Butter in Prints

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 6

"Information has been received from Mr. Geo. Stenning, who is at present in London, that butter packed under the "Sunny South'' bran[?]…

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Body Found in Lagoon Missing Farmer Bullet in Head; Stones Tied Legs

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday:-- The body of John Willchins (20), farmer, was found in a lagoon near Yanco on Saturday. He bad been shot…

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Dairying Problems Stabilisation Scheme Norco's Statement

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 2

The following figures regarding production and the prices obtained by producers for the present year have been made available by Norco…

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Values Still Higher Sydney Wool Sales

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday:- Competition was very keen at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Compared with the closing December auctions, values for…

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Dairy Industry Organised Why Queensland Scores

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 4

The well-organised system of co-operative dairying in Queensland is the principal reason why the industry is receiving a higher price for its…

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On North Coast Farms Abundance of Fodder Mixed Pasturage Well Managed Property at Fawcetts Plain

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

Mr. R. Thornton's holding of 118 acres on the famous Fawcett's Plains, about three miles from Kyogle, is, for a considerable part, kneedeep with luscious vegetation. Paddock upon…

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Export Butter Complete Control

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

Standardised production of butter of the quality required on the overseas market; quantities sufficient to supply that market; and…

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Cattle Drowned Cawongla

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

After a day of sweltering heat a violent thunderstorm passed over the district about 5.30 p.m. on Monday. Heavy rain accompanied by hail and…

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Cheaper Wheat From South BRISBANE

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

Because wheat can be obtained from the south cheaper than from the Queensland Wheat Board, millers have been importing large quantities from…

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Early Interest Butter Fat Competition Byron Bay

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

Mullumbimby Agricultural Society's £120 butter fat competition with trophies added valued at 55 guineas is attracting many enquiries, and…

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Five Entries Received Already Mullumbimby Butter Fat Competition

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

Mullumbimby Agricultural Society's, £120 butter fat competition, with trophies added valued at 55 guineas, is attracting many enquiries, and…

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Butter Industry New Year's Plan (To the Editor.)

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 9

The new year brings to us new methods regarding the butter industry, such as the 20 per cent, restriction on our export, forced upon us by the home…

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Sydney Wool Sales Upward Tendency Continues

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday:--Under keen competition, the wool sales to-day showed a distinct upward tendency. Greasy sold at 29¼d per 1b…

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£60,000,000 Wool Cheque LONDON

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

It is generally anticipated that the wool cheque for Australia this season will in the vicinity of £60,000,000,…

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"The Best, Or Empire?" Shopkeepers' Query Butter Marketing in England

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

"What will you have--the best or Empire?" It is Mr. Vic. Armbruster's experience in England that when he…

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