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Northern Rivers · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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12 On Wool Theft Charge

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. --Charged with theft and of receiving large quantities of wool in June and July, 1952, and November, 1953, twelve men appeared at, Central Court today. Police Prosecutor Sgt. R…

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More Wheat for Pigs If Price Reasonable

Northern Star · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 4

Pig breeders on the North Coast would use more wheat to feed their stock if they could get it at a reasonable price. This was stated in Lismore…

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Junior Farmer Guest Of Honour At Presentation

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

Old Koreelah junior farmer, Neil Sommerlad, was the guest of honour at a presentation dance in the Woodenbong Hall last Friday night. the Royal Agricultural…

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Official View Wheat Outlook In Aust. Sound

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--There was no reason to expect either Australia or Canada and the United States would face a catastrophe in the world wheat market, Mr. J. G. Crawford,…

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U.S. Plan To Dispose Of Farm Surplus

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Tuesday (AAP).--President Eisenhower will soon ask Congress for permission to use…

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Warning on Quality of Beef Cattle

Northern Star · Thursday 21 January 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Wednesday -- Unless the Australian cattle industry took immediate steps to produce a quality beast in…

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Butter Substitu[?] Claim Refute[?]

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday (AAP).--New Zealand [?] Commissioner, Sir Fre[?]ick Doidge, yesterday…

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Good Prices For Cattle Attract Record Yarding

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 4

Good prices at the first two cattle sales of 1954 were among the main reasons for the record yarding of 850 head of cattle at Lismore cattle sales yesterday…

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N.S.W. to Oppose Wheat Scheme Attack on Fund

Northern Star · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.--The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Graham, said today he would oppose the Commonwealth Government's wheat stabilisation scheme at the Australian…

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Appeal Over Wool Tax Upheld

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP-Reuter).--The Commissioner of Taxation for the Commonwealth of Australia yesterday won his appeal to the judicial committee of the Privy Council, in a test case…

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Steep Rise in Dairy Production

Northern Star · Saturday 23 January 1954 · page 4

Milk and cream production has risen considerably! in the 20-mile coastal belt since rain fell early in the…

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Tethered Cattle Bring Fine

Northern Star · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

BALLINA, Sunday. -- Tethering cattle on a public street in Ballina cost Charles T. Evans, of Cavill's Private…

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Wool Bought For Russia

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--Buyers, believed to be operating for the Soviet bloc, today bought more than half…

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Dairy Cost Survey Completed

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 4

The dairy cost survey, which has taken almost four months, was completed hv the team of…

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Time Now To Select Winter Crop Areas

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

Farmers should take the opportunity of selecting areas now for winter fodder crops, advises Mr. T. B. Noonan…

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Junior Farmers On Tour

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 5

A group of Junior Farmers from the Clarence district show interest in a machine used at a…

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Co-op. Farms F[?] In East German [?] Inefficiency Blam[?]

Northern Star · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 6

BERLIN.--Inefficiency and muddle, [?]ship, and lack of community spirit are [?]ned by the East German Communist press [?] the continued failure of many co-operative [?] to…

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N.s.w. Bank Help for Junior Farmers

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 26 January 1954 · page 8

The Bank of New South Wales has announced its programme of financial support for the Junior Farmer…

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Owner of Straying Cattle Fined

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 4

Straying cattle on the main road at Jiggi cost their owner, Ewart G. Smith, a farmer, a fine of £210- plus…

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Farmers Seek Covering on Cream Lorries

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 5

Protests have been lodged to the dairy branch of the Department of Agriculture against insufficient covering…

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