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Farming & the land, 1951

234 stories in South Coast's papers · page 8 of 12

Senior, Junior Farmers' Club

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 3

At a meeting of representatives of Cobargo, Quaama, and Tilba Junior Farmer Clubs and advisory committees,om…

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Protest at Kempsey Dairying Never in Such an Upheaval

The Bega District News · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

At Kcmpsey, the protest meeting of dairyfarmers was even bigger than the meeting held at Bega, a fact which has…

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Jeff Bate Puts Case For Dairyfarmers Addressed House On The Industry’s Depression

The Bega District News · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

Speaking in the House of Representatives, Mr. Jeff Bate, Member for Macarthur, stated that he was able to speak about the dairying industry with some authority, as he had been engaged in it for many…

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Butter Price Recommended

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

The "News" has learned from a reliable source that the Joint Dairying Industry Advisory Committee…

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Conference To Be Held On Dairying P.D.S. Chief Organising Big Sydney Meeting

The Bega District News · Tuesday 7 August 1951 · page 1

Mr. Harry J. Bate, chairman of directors of the Producers Co-operative Distributing Society, is organising a dairy industry conference to be held in Sydney, September 9, on a scale never before attempted…

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Butter Talks in Canberra McEwen Deplores N.S.W Attitude In Deadlock

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 2

Mr. J. McEwen, Minister for Commerce and Agriculture, who will discuss the butter price deadlock with representatives of the dairying industry, in Canberra to-day, said that there could not be…

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Taxation Will Kill Farmers' Incentive State Minister Slates Commonwealth Govt

The Bega District News · Tuesday 14 August 1951 · page 1

Any increase in taxation will kill incentive to work and will result in a further decline in the production of essential goods, whether by primary industry or secondary industry…

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King’s Cattle Sale

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 2

Thirty head were yarded at Messrs. J. N. King and Sons’ [?] nightly sale at Berry yesterday. Fat heifers sold exceptionally…

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Farm and Fodder Competition Coastal Division — South Coast Zone Won by Mr. A. W. Anderson, of Coolangatta

The South Coast Register · Thursday 16 August 1951 · page 4

The Farm and Fodder Competition was inaugurated in 1950 by the R.A.S. to replace the Fodder Conservation Competitions…

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Butter Figures Still Very Low

The Bega District News · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

Butter production in the district is. still far below that the same period last year, but most of the managers…

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Dairymen Get 40-Hours A.P.P.U. Representative Votes With Men

The Bega District News · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 2

Victorian dairy farm workers were granted a 40-hour week in Melbourne on Wednesday. The decision is expected to operate almost immediately. The victorian decision was made in favour of the 40-hour week…

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Cobargo Board Worried by Drop in Suppliers Guidance Sought In Protest To Govt. On Butter Price Fiasco

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

The directors of the Cobargo Co-operative Society’s butter factory have become very perturbed at the drop in the supplier’s from 113 to less than 70, and the delay in the application of a new butter price, and called a meeting, on Friday, in the local hall, to seek guidance in making a protest to the Commonwealth…

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Short of Super Containers Farmers Asked to Supply Own Bags

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 6

A drastic cat in the supply of containers for the distribution of fertiliser is causing great concern among primary…

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N.S.W. Liberals Want 40-Hrs. For Dairying Motion States 56-Hours Wrong In Principle

The Bega District News · Tuesday 21 August 1951 · page 1

The annual convention of the N.S.W. Liberal Party declared itself in favour of a 40-hours week costs basis in the dairying industry. It carried a resolution stating that the assessment of the cost of…

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Berry Training Farm “Push the Minister to Take It Over”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

“We should get in behind the Minister for Agriculture and push him to get the machinery into action so as to have the…

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Better Farming League

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

Among the correspondence at the meeting of the Better Farming League on Friday night last, was a letter from the chairman…

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Protest Against 40-Hour Week “Will Ruin the Dairying Industry”

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

“The 40-hour week is to be introducted to the dairying industry of Victoria,” said the Hon. A.N. Sinks, MLC, at a meeting…

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Grass Breeding Move by Better Farming League

The South Coast Register · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

During the course of his address to the members of the Better Farming League members recently. Mr. A. F. Dowie, of…

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Move in Butter by Cobargo C.w.a

The Bega District News · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 3

The Cobargo Branch of Country Women’s Association moved at its monthly meeting that its delegates to the…

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Recommendation On Butter Supplies Factories Assoc. Will Advise Action

The Bega District News · Friday 24 August 1951 · page 1

The delegates to the Far South Factories’ Association have decided to recommend to its constituent societies that district butter be withheld from all markets, other than local, until a satisfactory price increase…

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