Wharfies on Strike. Seven Wheat Ships Held Up
The wheathlumpers' strike at Darling Island is already holding up seven vessels which arc being laden with wheat for Great Britain. Yesterday…
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City of Sydney Taking Full. Cargo of Wheat
When the American six-masted barquentine City of Sydney went alongside Pyrmont wharf, It was for tho purpose of loading only 2000 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Sensational Theft. Sheep in Charge of Police Charleville
A sensational occurrence took place here on Saturday night. It appears a number of sheep, variously stated from 70 to 80, which have been for some considerable time in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Milking Time on a Dairy Farm in the Heart of the Dorrigo Scrub
This picture gives an impressive idea of the kind of country the Dorrigo pioneers had to clear before establishing the splendid herds of dairy cattle that are to be seen there to-day. Some of the land, particularly that on Paddy's Plains (the scrub land in the background), is exceedingly rich and well watered, and it is here that the Government proposes to place many returned soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Up-to-date Dairy Farm
Messrs. Brown Brothers' farm at Yallah, which is now occupied by Mr. J. N. King, late of Camden, is one of the most up-to-date in the Illawarra district. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Declared Off Wharfies' Wheat Strike Conference To Be Held
The strike of wharf [?] on the wheat ships at Pyrmont has been called off the men agreeing to return to work under meeting condition and rates of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Case Charge of Conspiracy Ten Men Sent for Trial
The learing of the case in which Thomas Hogg, 48, la[?]r; William Burrell, 43, laborar; Edward White, 48 streetkeeper; [?] Edward Versos, 36, railway employee; William…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Handling Growers Want Pooling System Opposing Points of View
Australian wheatgrowers possess a bold ambition, namely, that, as the growers of the wheat crop, they should handle and market it…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New South Wales 1916-1917 Wheat. Heavy Loss Imminent: Who Is to Bear It?
Some time after the 1916-1917 wheat season opened the Government advanced the farmers 3/- per bushel. Later it was rumoured that a further dividend of 6d. per bushel to the Victorian farmer (making 3/6 in all) would be made. If rumour is correct…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Produce. Dairy
A further advance took place in eggs in Sussex-street yesterday owing to a further shrinkage in supplies being met with an improved inquiry. New-[?]d hen eggs…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dorrigo: a Flourishing Dairying Centre
A GLIMPSE OF PORTION OF THE TOWNSHIP OF DORRIGO. Although it can scarcely be called a one-street township, Dorrigo cerlamly gives that impression, the buildings being strung out in a very attenuated line. During the last few years the growth of the township has been most marked. All that is necessary to send it ahead by leaps and bounds is the railway. THE CREAM CARTER ON THE WAY TO THE BUTTER FACTORY…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Helping Farmers To Tide Over The Dry Spell
Beneficial rains fell last week in the north-western and south-western portions of New South Wales and a few scattered showers on the central and south coast areas, but, whilst exceedingly welcome, they were not of a heavy or general enough nature to constitute a real break in the drought. In Queensland several inches fell in the Longreach,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farmer Mangled Drawn Into Pea Drum Launceston
Walter M'Near, aged 46. died in the hospital from Injuries sustained by hens drawn into a pea drum at Barrington. He was working on a stripper…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Successful Irrigation Results From Yanco the Dairying Industry
The canning factory on the Murrumbidgee irrigation area has just finished a satisfactory run on apricots. The general quality of the apricots…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Children in Dairying Districts
"A North Coast Teacher", writes:-- "The enclosed letter is forwarded Just as I received it, and is a contribution to a controversy which was carried on with some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Stud Farm
Within a short distance of Aberdeen, N.S.W., is the famous Segenhoe Estate, situated on the Hunter River The property was an original grant to William…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crops at Cooma
The rain that has fallen has greatly improved the appearance of the district, and as most of the large flocks of sheep and herds of cattle have been moved to…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →£10,000,000 Loan to Farmers
Graziers, farmers, and business men of the Inverell district have requested the Government to raise a loan of £10,000,000, to assist, the farmers, who have suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Walla. Farmers and Settlers
At the annual meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association the following officers were elected: -- President, Mr. K. P. Shipard: vice-presidents, Messrs. H…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →LIME. Its Effect on Soils. Makes Them Suitable to Grow Crops
A bulletin entitled the "Principle of the Liming of Soils," by Edmund C. Shorey, contains a lot of interesting matter, from which we take the…
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