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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250

Dairy Produce

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

In the dairy produce section, suburban new-laid eggs, were down by 3d per dozen, business being done at 2/3. The demand was very poor, buyers…

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Warwick Farm Prospects

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 2

On Saturday the popular Warwick Farm not due will throw its gates open for followers of registered racing. Acceptances are not due till 1 p. m…

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Hogmanay Dinner at Farmer's. New Year's Eve Festivities

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 9

On Friday evening, at Farmer's restaurant, the members of the council of the Highland Society of New South Wales entertained as guests the directors of Farmer and Company…

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Produce. Dairy. Sharp Fall in Eggs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 12

When the dairy produce markets opened yesterday it was at once apparent that the supply of eggs was considerably in excess of requirements, and agents determined to reduce quotations rather than allow…

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Crops at Bathurst. Good Autumn Expected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 9

BATHURST.—Further steady rain has fallen throughout the district. While this has been welcome for some of the crops, such as potatoes, maize, lucerne, and Sudan grass, it has…

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The Wheat Market

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

Proposals have been made to both the Canadian and the United States Governments on behalf of growers of wheat to take steps to so regulate the…

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Export of Wheat

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The Swedish ship G.D. Kennedy left Melbourne to-day for Dunkirk, with 21,931 bags of Victorian wheat. The barque Bellando also cleared Port…

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Millers and Wheat Dockages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

While many farmers ore of the opinion that the deductions for under-quality wheat are too drastic, members of the Millers' Association hold the view that the dockages are not…

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Wheat Harvest Financing the Payment

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 5

The Premier, Mr Storey the Treasurer, Mr. Lang, and the Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Dune, to-day conferred with the boads of banking and financial…

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Wheat Guarantees. Money Very Scarce

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 16

Referring to the inability of the N.S.W. State Government to pay the additional wheat guarantee of 2/6 per bushel in cash, Mr. Dunn, Minister for Agriculture, stated…

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Wheat Handling. Agreement for Victoria

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--It has been agreed by the Victorian Government and the Australian Workers Union, the Storemen and Packers' Union, and the Waterside Workers…

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Wheat Dockage. Millers Claim Higher Scale

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 3

While farmers' representatives have been urging a lesser scale of dockage and the adoption of the under-and-over system to give the farmer the benefit of wheat over f.a.q. grade,…

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Wild Cattle Rounding-up Outlaws Memories of Woollooma

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 6

I am just on the borderland of that time in a man's life when it is pleasanter to sit quietly at ease and to call up the memories of the days that are gone than…

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South Australia. New Rates for Handling Wheat

The Australian Worker · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 9

After a series. of conferences between the A.W.U. and the South Australian' Wheat Harvest Board the following wages and conditions' have been agreed upon…

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Wheat Transport Congestion at Sydney BATHURST

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 8

The transport of wheat from the west to Sydney has been temporarily held up owing to congestion at the Sydney end, and several days are expected to…

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Pastoral Letter on the Nomination of a Coadjutor-archbishop. Michael, Archbishop of Sydney

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 25

To the clergy and laity, Archdiocese of Sydney. Dear Brethren in Christ,—Authorised by the Supreme Pastor of the whole Church we…

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Archbishop Coadjutor for Sydney. His Grace the Archbishop's Pastoral Letter. Ballot to Be Taken

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 17

In connection with the selection of an Archbishop Coadjutor for Sydney, his Grace the Archbishop has issued the following letter to the clergy:-…

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The Maranoa District (South-western Queensland). Its Wonderful Pastoral and Agricultural Resources and Its Illimitable Possibilities. No. 2. Brief Description of the Country

The Catholic Press · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 12

The Maranoa District is divided into three land agent's districts—Roma, Surat, and St. George. The Roma district comprises the sub-districts of Mitchell and…

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An Old Pal of Mine Farmer and His Horse

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

Mr. G. B. Duff, secretary of the Society for the Prevention of [?] to Animals, in response to an appeal to the country farmers, for funds, to [?] on…

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Three Card Trick Farmer Who Didn't Try It "Have You Got £5?"

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 3

"I was only a few hours in the city." said Chares Sydney Smith, a young farmer, when giving evidence at the Central Police Court to-day, "when some kind…

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