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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

2,676 stories in Riverina's papers · page 82 of 134

Price of Butter. Increased to 214/8 Per Cwt. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 3

Judge Beeby granted an increase in the price of butter to 214/8 per cwt. His Honor said it was recognised that the producers were entitled…

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Wool Certificates. All Obstructed Payments. to Be Posted Shortly. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2

A conference of the Australian Board of Bowra, the central wool committee, and the National Council of wool selling brokers of Australia was…

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Wheat Stacks Ablaze. Outbreak N[?]ar Temora. Caused by Spark From Engine Temora

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 3

A fire broke out at the Quandary wheat stacks near Temora last night, shortly after a goods train had passed. Farmers were soon on the scene, and…

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Wheat Ballot. Result Declared at Conference. Big Majority for Compulsory Pool. OVER 7000 Votes Not Exercised. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 3

At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference this afternoon Mr. A. E. Hunt M.L.C. returning officer, announced the result of the ballot which…

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Farmers and New States

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2

The F. and S. Association's Conference carried the following motion:— "This conference regards very seriously the alarming financial position…

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Original Homestead Farms To be Disposed of to Returned Soldiers. Available 15th August

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

The "Government Gazette" announces the setting apart as original homestead farms, to be disposed of to returned soldiers exclusively of…

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Homestead Farm Area No. 1305

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 5

A notification appeared in the Government "Gazette" of June 24. setting apart seventeen blocks ranging from 1,308½ acres to 1,622½ acres, parishes…

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Dairying Requisites

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2

OUR various lines of dairying requisites are, as will naturally be expected, most comprehensive and up-to-date. The quality and price…

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"The Farmers' Parliament" Soldiers' Matters Several Resolutions SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 1

The Farmers and Settlers' conference carried the following resolutions, dealing with the repatriation of returned soldiers, "that whore a soldier…

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That Guarantee! Farmers' Emphatic Protest A Nasty Jar SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 1

The conference entered an emphatic protest against the Rural Industries Board charging interest on the amount due by farmers from date of delivery of…

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Choice Farms

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2

On Thursday next Messrs. S. F. Wilkinson and Co. will submit to auction four of the finest and most prolific growing farms to be found…

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Farming Up to Date. Fordson Tractor Demonsration

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 4

That the best r[?]s will be obtained from farming if it be carried on along scientific lines is being realised gradually in Australia by the "man…

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Wine and Quarrels. Tamworth Farmer's Death. Tamworth

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 4

Thomas Hell died in Tamworth Hospital last night from injuries to the abdomen caused by a shot gun. Hall was a farmer and in story told to the…

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Farmers' Conference Yesterday's Motions. Protest Against Price Fixing. Soldier Settlement Matters. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 3

At the Farmers and Settlers Conference to-day Mr. Thomas Hunt (Dandaloo) moved: (A) "That Conference unanimously…

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The Dairy Co-operative Co. (To the Editor)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 2

Sir,—Will you allow me space in your paper to let Mr. McCormack Know that dairymen have done some hard thinking. The butter factory at…

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Farmers’ Conference Mr. Killen Re-elected Taxation Problems. Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 12 August 1921 · page 1

Mr. Buttenshaw, M.L.A., withdrew his candidature for the presidency of the Farmers and Settlers Association and Mr. Killen was, therefore,…

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Wheat Pool S.A. Government Wins. Adelaide

The Daily Express · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 4

After a protracted debate the Laser Partys non-confidence motion consequence of the Governments [?] to discontinues the wheat [?]…

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STATE 2/6. Farmers Demand Cash. Plus 6 Per Cent. Interest. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 2

At to-day's meeting of the Farmers; conference a resolution was adopted that farmers demand payment of the State 2/6 per bushel on…

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A Close Secret. Unusual Crop of Rumors

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 4

The bare announcement that De Valera had forwarded the Irish reply resulted in an unusual crop of rumors, but the important fact is that the…

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Conserving Fodder. Establishment of National Board. Proposal Before Farmers' Conference. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1921 · page 4

At the Farmers' Conference to-day a resolution was submitted from the parkes branch affirming the desirability of establishing a fodder conservation…

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