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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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Tweed Shire Roads Farmers' Sell-Help Wanted

Tweed Daily · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 2

Serious shortages of manpower and plant having made it impossible for the council to care properly for…

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Casino Dairy Society Reduced Profit for Half-year

Northern Star · Friday 18 February 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—The report to be presented to the half-yearly meeting of members of the Casino Co-operative Dairy Society Ltd…

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Foley Bros.' Butter Pay

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 4

Foley Bros. Pty. Ltd. announce a deferred nay of 1⅛d lb. covering all choice butter supplied to their Lismore and Mullumbimby factories…

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"Britain Should Pay More for Her Butter"

Northern Star · Saturday 19 February 1944 · page 5

A resolution expressing the opinion that every effort should be made to negotiate an increased price for butter sold abroad,…

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Less Butter in Hotels, Cafes

Northern Star · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Food control officials stated last night that to increase supplies for Britain the butter ration in Australian hotels…

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50 Per Cent Butter Cut for Hotels, Cafes

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: To increase supplies for Britain, the butter ration for Australian hotels and cafes will shortly be cut by 50…

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Appeal to Women and Farmers to Help Food Front

Tweed Daily · Monday 21 February 1944 · page 2

Prior to the planting of vegetables last year, many branches of the WASPS were formed throughout the North Coast. Farmers who…

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Straying Cattle Near School

Northern Star · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

A complaint that parents living in the vicinity of Alexander and Winterton Parades had tc accompany young children to North…

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Big Fall in Butter and Meat Export

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

CANBERRA, Monday: Figures supplied by the Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) to Mr Holt (UAP) reveal a great decline in…

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Reason for Drift From Dairy Farms

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 2

"It is the combination of low prices and inefficient labor that is causing so many dairymen to go off the land," said Mr Mark…

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The Forum Employment of Farmers on Road Work (To the Editor)

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 4

Sir: With further reference to the Tweed Shire Council's intention to employ farmers on road work, my Union wishes to point out…

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The Ills And The Alleged Ills Of The Dairying Industry As I See Them

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 22 February 1944 · page 3

Such an extraordinary amount of publicity has been given of late to the question of manpower releases that the average man about town could be pardoned for concluding that there is a certain amount of political propaganda mixed up with all the adverse criticism that is being levelled at the Curtin Government. As the Federal Minister for Labour (Mr Holloway) told the House : "Australia is not a…

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Cattle Sale

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

The 10 steers and five cows and vealers included in the advertisement yesterday of the clearing sale on Account of the estate of the…

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Review of Additional Dairy Costs

Tweed Daily · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 2

Members of the Central Executive of the Primary Producers Association have been advised that…

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New Guinea Farm

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 1

Crops at a R.A.A.F. vegetable larm, New Guinea, have been prolific. Beans mature in five weeks. Photograph shows Eibre…

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Release of Rifles for Farm Pests

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Sympathetic consideration would be given for the release of 22 rifles to farmers for the destruction of…

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P.P.U. Gen. President Advocates Global Control Of Dairying Industry

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 4

The food producing countries of the world must be prepared to win the peace by feeding the starving populations of countries ravaged by war. An instrument must be forged to control the dairying…

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Dairy Subsidy for Review

Northern Star · Thursday 24 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Addressing the annual conference of the Victoran Dairymen's Association the Food Controller (Mr. J…

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Butter 15,000 Tons Under Goal

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Thursday: According to reliable estimates to-day, food production in Australia this year will fall short of the targets…

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Preparation of Case For Increased Subsidy on Butter

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 2

In answer to a question at the quarterly meeting of Tweed District Council of the PPU, held at Murwiilumbah yesterday, the president (Mr A. C. Pratt) said that the matter of a continuance of the present subsidy on butter…

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