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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Upper Richmond Farming Prosperity High Butter Output

Northern Star · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 8

At no period during my 36 years' residence in Kyogle have I seen such a picture of rural beauty and prosperity as that existing throughout the Upper Richmond valley at present. Everywhere there are lush…

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Too Many Farm Sales

Northern Star · Saturday 31 January 1948 · page 4

RECENT statistical reports indicate that the drift from the non-stop round of work in the dairying industry has not…

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PPU President Explains Why Butter Pay Is Below Guaranteed Priee

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

Referring to the price of 111¼d per lb being paid to dairymen, against the guaranteed price of 2-, the Tweed district president of the PPU (Mr A. C. Pratt) said at a meeting of Dungay branch that a ½d difference…

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Nerang Farmers Getting Ready for Potato Crop

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

Land is being prepared in the Nerang district for the autumn planting of potatoes, although plantings will not be as…

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Special Payment to Dairymen

Tweed Daily · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 2

LISMORE, Sunday: The Chairman of Directors of Norco Co-op. Ltd. (Mr Bruce McRae) said to-night that the Government had…

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Prison Farm Escapees Recaptured

Northern Star · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 1

GOULBURN, Sunday.--Police from Teralga, Crookwell and Goulburn this morning recaptured four prisoners who escaped from Oberon prison farm on Friday night. They closed on the men at 2 a.m. to-day…

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Junior Farmer Girls Return

Northern Star · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

The party of 33 girl junior farriers who toured Southern Queensland last week in the course of a six-day trip, returned to Lismore on…

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Dairymen to Be Compensated

Northern Star · Monday 2 February 1948 · page 4

The Chairman of Directors Of Norco Co-op. Ltd. (Mr. Bruce McRae) stated last night that the Government had approved…

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Immigrants Sought To Help Cut 1948 Australian Cane Crop

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 2

The Australian sugar industry, which has been shorthanded on the canefields since the early war years, is making an effort to obtain immigrant labor from Europe to help harvest…

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Radio Notable Wants To Be A Farmer

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1948 · page 7

Richard Dimbleby, whose voice is so well known to the BBC's Overseas listeners, is hoping to become a farmer. He spoke about…

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Hidden Stocks Of Wool Found in Japan

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 3

TOKIO, Tuesday: Wool stocks more than double Japan's total imports since her surrender are reported…

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Higher Butter Price Fruit of Years of Hard Work by P.P.U.

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 4 February 1948 · page 2

The recent increase in the price of butter, with a guarantee of continuity for five years, did not "just happen." It was the result of years of experience and study of…

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Record Wheat Crop

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday: A last-minute survey prepared by the Commonwealth Statistician (Dr. R. Wilson) estimates that…

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French Farmer's 9200 5000-Franc Notes

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 1

PARIS, Wednesday: A farmer from Northern France so far holds the record for the highest individual deposit of 5000-franc…

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Farmer's £1500 Loss

Tweed Daily · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 2

GRAFTON, Wednesday: A Macleay River farmer, Mr. Ray Fowler, of Frederickston, considers last week's coal strike…

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Concern at Drift Away From Dairying

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 4

"We view with great alarm the large number of farmers who are vacating their properties and abandoning dairying, allegedly because…

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How Servicemen My Acquire Single Farms

Northern Star · Thursday 5 February 1948 · page 5

Conditions under which servicemen and ex-servicemen may acquire single unit farms, as a result of the Amendment Act recently passed by…

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Kyogle Junior Farmers Give £300 Towards Extra Cattle Stalls

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 9

Kyogle Junior Farmer' Club donated £300 to the Kyogle Show Society on Monday for the provision of additional cattle accommodation at the Showground. The donation was made known at…

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Stud Cattle Die From Poisoning

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 9

Campbell Bros., of Lynch's Creek, report the loss of nine head of stud cattle. The cattle were all Jerseys…

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ON and Off the Farm Why Butter Pay Is Below Guaranteed Price

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 9

Referring to the price of 11 14d. per lb. being paid to dairymen, against the guaranteed price of 2-, the Tweed district president of the P.P.U. (Mr. A. C. Pratt) said at a meeting of Dungay branch that a 12d. difference was accounted forby cream cartage and the greater…

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