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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

10,465 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 250

Milk Below Standard Health Department's Methods of Taking Samples Condemned by Suppliers' Association "Farmer and Settler" Protest Supported

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

IN a recent issue of the "Farmer and Settler" particulars were given of proceedings in which dairy farmers at Camden had been prosecuted for…

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Dairy Factory Reports DUNDOG

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

During December, the Dungog Co-operative Butter Factory, Ltd., manufactured 124,362,1b. of butter and treated 74,661-gal. of milk. This included the product of 311 suppliers, who…

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Dairymen Rebuked Minister's Reply to Milk Board Critics

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 6

REPLYING to a deputation of Hawkesbury and Nepean dairymen that waited on him last week and expressed dissatisfaction with the Milk Act, the…

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A "Swanking" Account To the Editor "Farmer and Settler."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

It seems to me that, now-a-days, too many young men neglect to dave their money. They would rather have a swanking account than a banking…

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Dismissal of Women Teachers To the Editor, "Farmer and Settlers."

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

In regard to the dismissal of married women teachers, there is a side to the subject that, to my mind, should receive some attention, and that is the merits…

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Share Farmers Incumbent Upon Them to Insure Their Employees

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 11

"Farmer" is working a airy on the shares, and has two employees. As the [?] has informed him that there is a legal obligation on him to insure his employees under the…

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Information and Help Uncle Wiseman Answers Questions the Moratorium Act Protection Afforded to Farmer Debtors by the Measure

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 11

"Sheepman" says that A purchased 300 sheep from B on a hire-purchase agreement, and signed a promissory note due in three months that was later on dishonored. It is…

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Letters to the Editor Comments-Criticism & Hints by Readers Useless P.P. Boards (To the Editor, "Farmer and Settlers.")

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

In the last issue of the "Farmer and Settler" a correspondent from Wollombi says that "he is in hearty agreement with the proposal that the Government abolish…

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Clamour for Reform Riverina Farmers Endorse Advisory Council's Proposals Primary Producers' Intolerable Burdens

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

FARMERS in the Riverina appear to be as favorably disposed to the proposals of the Producers' Advisory Council as are primary producers in other…

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Wages Tax Farmers Have to Pay on Last Year's Income

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 4

The Primary Producers' Colon carried a resolution recently, pointing out that the Unemployment Relief Tax was unfair and should be based on current income…

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The Junior Farmers' Page the Man Who Never Grew Up Club Activities Progress with Poultry and Other Projects in the Albury District

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 11

MR. J. W. WEBB, supervising instructor of Junior farmers in the Albury and Lavington districts, forwards the following report on the various projects…

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Farmer Fatally Injured. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 14

Arthur John Cantrill, 53, a well-known farmer and horticulturist, was fatally injured in a motor accident yesterday afternoon Cantrill was driving home when he stopped…

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The Farmers. Help Withdrawn. Collapse of Credit System. Grave Developments Likely

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 13

To-day many farmers in New South Wales will face a crisis. Their credit with country storekeepers will cease and they will be unable to meet the accounts, amounting to…

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"Hear Our Cry" Farmers to Scullin Want Salary Cuts Cowra

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

A meeting of 50 representatives of the Cowra, Grenfell, Young, Canowindra, Burrowa, Manildra, and Woodstock districts, decided to ask…

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Sticking to the Farmers Still Credit Stores Up Against It

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

Country storekeepers in a number of large towns to-day denied that there was anything approaching a complete stoppage of credit to farmers. In the meantime meetings of farmers are being held in…

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"Must Act" Advice to Farmers Flour Tax Wanted Temora

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

More than 100 farmers and business men of Temora at a meeting last night heard the President of the Farmers and Settlers Association…

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GOSSIP Kelly Had Nature's Gifts--Eades Gone Snake-chasing--Horse-buyer Maddern Dairymen's Friend

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 11

A MAN who keeps dairy farmers up till one o'clock in the morning is C. J. Pound, Queensland Government Bacteriologist. After his lectures in the…

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Maybe We'll Have To Settle Australians On British Farms Secret History "Smith's" Personalities, No. 140 His Majesty's High Commissioner, Mr. Crutchley?

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 16

A MARRIED woman with a partly in capacitated husband, foreseeing the time when the breadwinner might suddenly become totally incapacitated, and…

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Farmers Will Face Shock When the State's Rural Credit System Collapses on Monday Next Government Advances Have Already Ceased Fertiliser Firms, and Storekeepers Will Demand Spot Cash Hints of Direct Action

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

Grave developments in rural districts after Monday next, when all credit to the farming community will cease, are forecast by Mr. W. C. Cambridge, general secretary of the Farmers and…

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Lang Will Not Beg No Loan Council Money for Farmers

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

THE extraordinary power which the Premier (Mr. Lang) wields over the Labor Caucus was exemplified yesterday by the rescission of the…

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