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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

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500 Ex-dairy Farm Workers Traced

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.— An order issued by the New South Wales Manpower Director (Mr. Bellemore) calling for the compulsory…

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Farmers' Great Difficulties

Tweed Daily · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 3

"To the primary producer has fallen the lot of maintaining the food front in spite of almost superhuman difficulties, shortage…

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Farm Produce

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The market for bran and pollard was unchanged at 26 a ton…

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Casino Dairy Society Return To Producer Insufficient, Says Board Chairman

Northern Star · Friday 25 February 1944 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday.—In moving the adoption of the Directors' report at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of Casino Co-operative Dairy Society, the Chairman (Mr. W. Sullivan) said the dairying…

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Farmers' Insufficient Return

Tweed Daily · Saturday 26 February 1944 · page 2

In moving the adoption of the directors' report at the half-yearly meeting on Thursday of shareholders of Casino Co-operative Dairy…

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Dairying Not Profitable; Farm Exodus

Northern Star · Monday 28 February 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday. — Between 230 and 280 farmers in New South Wales have ended their dairying activities in the past 12…

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Butter Ration Cut

Northern Star · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday.—It was announced by the Rationing Commission to-day that a reduction of about 25 per cent, would be made…

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Future for Tropical Butter Spread

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 2

CANBERRA, Monday: Experts believe that the newly-discovered "tropical butter spread," now being produced for the Australian…

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Call-up Fob Farms in Philippines

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 4

NEW YORK, Monday: The Philippine puppet president (Laurel) has ordered all able-bodied men and women between 16 and 60 to…

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Risk Races 40 Nominations for Farmers' Derby

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 29 February 1944 · page 1

The Risk Race Club have decided to hold their day's races and sports in aid of the Prisoners of War Fund on Saturday, March 11…

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Bombs and Butter

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

ONCE again bombs are raining upon Britain. London again is being called upon to "take it," and Mr Churchill is once more…

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War Prisoners For Tweed and B'wick Farms

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

The chairman of Tweed Brunswick District War Agricultural Committee (Mr H. W. Eastwood) has been…

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Farmers Last in Race For Alarm Clocks

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 4

Purchasing one of the alarm clocks recently "released" by the Federal Government promises to be a life work—especially for rural…

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Letters To The Editor Share Farmers and the Award

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 2

Sir,—It is eight months since the dairying award was made and up to date sharefarmers don't know where they stand. We were…

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Dairymen Urged to Sustain Production

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 4

In a statement issued last night the Senior Dairy Instructor (Mr. S. R. Ballard) appeals to district dairymen to make every endeavour to sustain production for another few months, as…

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Farm Produce

Northern Star · Wednesday 1 March 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday — The market for Uran and pollard was unchanged at [?]6 a ton…

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War Prisoners for Tweed Farms

Northern Star · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

The Lismore National Service Officer has notified the Chairman of the Tweed-Brunswick War Agricultural…

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Women Enlisted From Dairying Industry Co-ordination Lack-p.p.u

Northern Star · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

The presence in Lismore of representatives of various organisations endeavouring to enlist young women for other industries from a district which, itself, is so much in need of assistance was evidence of a…

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Farm Produce

Northern Star · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The market for bran and pollard was unchanged at £6 a ton…

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Scully Admits: Serious Manpower Position in Dairying Industry

Northern Star · Thursday 2 March 1944 · page 4

CANBERRA. Wednesday.—The Minister for Commerce (Mr. Scully) said in the House of Representatives to-day that he viewed the…

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