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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1920

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Muddle State Wheat Office Commissioner's Report Suspicion of Frauds

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 5

The report of Mr. Justice Pring the Royal Commissioner inquiring into the State Wheat Office, has been made available It does not touch upon the…

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Wheat Inquiry. Royal Commissioner's Report Administration Severely Condemned. Transactions That Suggest Fraud

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 5

The report of Mr. Justice Pring, Royal Commissioner, appointed in September last, to inquire into matters connected with the State Wheat Office, was made available yesterday. The report deals only with general matters of administration. The…

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Confusion and Drift the State Wheat Office Mr. Justice Pring's Report Were There Frauds?

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 1

Mr. Justice Pring's report upon the State Wheat Office administration has been made available. It deals only with the general management of the…

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Dairy Produce Control London. January 10

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. Roberts, the found Minister, says that dairy produce will be controlled at the end of the month…

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Federal Politics the Labor Leadership The Farmers' Party MELBOURNE

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 5

A canvass of the Labor Party is being made and so far as it goes it confirms the forecast that Mr. Ryes will find the numbers against him should be decide to…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Monday, January 12, 1920. Nationalists and Farmers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 6

It is most unfortunate that nothing should have come of the negotiations between Mr. Holman and representatives of the Farmers' party with a view to…

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Dairy Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 2

Quotations:— Butter (Proclaimed Prices).— Choicest in 561b. boxes, 191/4, plus cartage and boxes 193/4, second 177/4,…

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£150 an Acre for Tobacco Last Season's Crop Doubled MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

Encouraged by the prospect of obtaining up to £150 an acre tobacco-growers have put in twice the acreage of tobacco planted last season…

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Federal Foresight. Room for Farmers' Party

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday. --The Farmers' Party has been allowed by Mr. W. Elliot Johnson, Speaker of the House of Representatives, to occupy a new room at Federal Parliament…

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The Soil. Sheep on the Farm. Weakness in Wheat Farming

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 3

The remarks of Mr. J. E. O'Grady, of Nemingha, on the combination of stock-keeping with agriculture, as a greater security to the farmer in the north-west in varying seasons,…

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Wool Rates

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 7

When it was proposed last month to increase the railway freights, the President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Hon. A. K. Trethowan…

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Butter at 2/6

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture stated on Friday that his attention had been drawn to a communition from a leading produce firm in…

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Homebush Stock Sales. Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 8

No fewer than 50,429 sheep and lambs were on the list at the opening of the Homebush sales yesterday, but absentees brought this total down considerably. In all, 246 owners had…

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State Wheat Office

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 6

In drafting his second report as Royal Commissioner inquiring into the administration of the State Wheat Office. Mr. Justice Pring was careful to acknowledge the…

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Murrumbidgee Wheat P.A.A. Crop Competition Results. Early Sowing Advised

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 7

The advisability of sowing wheat early in the autumn has once again been demonstrated this season. Crops that were put in betimes have produced…

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Australian Butter. a Market in Vancouver

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

The Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Oman) stated last week that his attention had been drawn to a communication from a leading produce firm…

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Gristing Wheat. Increase in Percentage

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The increase to 80 per cent. of extraction of flour from Australian wheat, which a cable message states has been ordered by the British Food Ministry, and…

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Wheat Inquiry. Mr. Grahame's Position

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

The Premier said yesterday that he had at present no comment to make regarding Mr. Justice Pring's report on the administration of the State Wheat Office…

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The "Butter Case." Prosecution Fails. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 7

At the Adelaide Police Court on Saturday, Mr. Sabine, S.M., delivered reserved judgment in what has become known as the "Butter Case." This was the…

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Income Tax. Cattle Men in Drought Time

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 4

Sirius writes from Goondiwindi: "The thanks of the man on the land is due to the contributors and the 'Stock and Station Journal' for…

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