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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Cattle Dealer Fined £25 For Betting

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

CASINO, Thursday. -- A fine of £25 and witness' expenses were ordered against Ivan Vincent Olive, cattle dealer, of the Oxford Hotel,…

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One-Day Cattle Show Proposed By Mullum. Society

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

MULLUMBIMBY, Thursday. -- The introduction of a one-day cattle show might be considered by the society in the future, said the President of the Mullumbimby Agricultural Society (Mr. E. F. James) in his…

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Mullumbimby May Stage One Day Show, With Cattle Section

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 2

Introduction of a one-day cattle show might be seriously considered by Mullumbimby Agricultural Society in the future, the president (Mr E. F. James) said at the annual meeting at Mullumbimby on Wednesday…

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Dairy Farmers Were Underpaid For Many Years

Tweed Daily · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday: A complete survey of production costs on Australian dairy farms showed that for many years producers had been underpaid. In addition, the survey showed that any reduction…

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Dairying Survey: Report Released

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday. -- A complete survey of production costs on Australian dairy farms has shown that for many years producers have been underpaid. The survey also showed that any reduction from…

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Extra Petrol for Farm Engines

Northern Star · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 4

Representations have been made by the P.P.U. to the Liquid Fuel Control Board for special patrol allowances for stationary engines…

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Correspondence Kyogle's First Dairy Cows

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 6

Sir,--As the person partly responsible for the par. relating to the breed of the first dairy cows in Kyogle, I would like to say that Mr. J. T…

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Special Payment to Dairymen

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 6 February 1948 · page 9

The Chairman of Directors of Norco Co-op. Ltd. (Mr. Bruce McRae) has disclosed that the Government had approved a special…

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Norco Butter Pay

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2
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Norco Co-op. Ltd. has fixed its pay for butter supplied during January at 111¼ per pound. In addition the society is responsible…

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Pure-bred Cattle Sale

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

Tweed-Richmond United Pure Breeders' Association will conduct it's annual fair and sale at Lismore Showground on Wednesday,…

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Australian Wheat Sales

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday: Sales of wheat have been made by the Australian Government to six…

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5 Nations Agree to Buy Wheat From Australia

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Friday.--The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Pollard) announced today that new wheat agreements were…

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£2 Million Loss To Dairy Farmers Mr. Anthony

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 5

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.--The Government price of 2s a pound for butter against 2s 1½d, which the Costs Inquiry Committee recommended, meant a loss of no less than £2m per year to the dairy farmers…

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£2Mil. Loss a Year for Farmers Anthony Attacks Govt

Tweed Daily · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 2

The difference between the Government price of 2- per pound for butter and the 21½d which the Costs Inquiry Committee recommended meant no less a sum…

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Ballina Claim 40 Left Dairying for City

Northern Star · Saturday 7 February 1948 · page 4

BALLINA, Friday.--Forty cases of young ex-servicemen who had left their farms and the district for work in the cities were known to the…

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North Coast News Forty Leave Farms

Tweed Daily · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2

Forty cases of young ex-servicemen who had left their farms and the district for work in the cities were known to the Ballina R.S.L., said the…

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40-Hour Week in Dairying Opposed by P.p.u

Northern Star · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 4

At a meeting of Lismore P.P.U. it was decided' to oppose a move to have the hours in the dairying industry reduced from 56 to 40 a week…

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False Govt. Claim On Butter Price

Northern Star · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday. -- "The Chifley Government's rejection of the da[?]y industry majority recommendation of 2s 1½d per lb. to farmers for commercial butter reveals the worthlessness of its claims to have…

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Fadden Attacks Govt. Over Butter Price

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

BRISBANE, Monday: The Chifley Government's rejection of the dairy industry representatives'…

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