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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1945

5,347 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

Return of Islands Would Be Boon To Our Farmers

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 4

THE greatest gift the AIF could make direct to the Australian farmer would be to win back Nauru and Ocean islands, two of the world's richest sources of non- organic fertiliser. Islands taken so far in the…

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Vegetable Crops Ruined Storm Damages Tomatoes, Beans; Poultry Drown

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

Tomato and bean crops on farms at Edensor Park, near Liverpool were damaged by hail yesterday. Poultry on farms in low-lying parts of the…

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£40 Diamond Found by Woman in Fowl's Crop

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

A diamond valued at £40 was found yesterday in the crop of a fowl which had been killed for dinner. It was found by Mrs. M. Bullivant, of Chandos Street, Crow's…

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Offer to Dairymen: Strike Continues

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 1

A scale of drought relief payments to be made to dairymen who supply milk to Sydney and Newcastle was announced by the Federal Government yesterday…

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Milk Strike Extends in North Maitland Farmers Instructed To Withhold Supplies

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 5

The milk strike has extended to the coalfields. At 6 p.m. yesterday the Dairymen's Council instructed its representatives at coalfields in…

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Farmers Replace Factory Strikers

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Tuesday.--Dairymen and sheep-farmers took over the working of Waikato butter factories today when employees walked out…

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Decline Likely in British Farm Migration

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 17

LONDON, Tuesday.--Better treatment now accorded Britain's land workers, and promise of its continuance, is likely…

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City Boys Seek Farm Jobs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 11

City boys seeking farm jobs outnumbered the jobs available, a rural manpower official said yesterday…

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Wool Exports

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 3

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—Greasy wool exports for the six months [?]nded December 31 were 656,991 bales, worth £13,926,000, against 697,632 bales,…

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Revised Wheat Policy Demanded

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 14

Prompt revision by the Commonwealth Government of wheat price and acreage restrictions was urged yesterday by the State Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham)…

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Rationing of Wheat 'Shock'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said today that the announcement that wheat would be…

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Rationing of Wheat 'Shock'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said today that the announcement that wheat would be…

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Rationing of Wheat 'Shock'

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

The N.S.W. Minister for Agriculture (Mr. E. H. Graham) said today that the announcement that wheat would be…

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Research Will Improve Wool

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 18

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--Vigorous fundamental research would result in improvement in wool quality and yield, cheaper processing from the…

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Shortage of Wheat: Consumption to Be Controlled

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

It has been announced by the Federal Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. Scully) that control of wheat consumption under a quota system will be administered by the Australian Wheat Board…

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Dairy Farmers Criticise Drought Relief 'Won't Put Industry On Stable Basis'

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 5

Dairyfarmers' representatives said yesterday that the Federal Government's drought relief was a dole, and would not help to stabilise the industry…

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£9 Million Dairy Subsidy Total Mr. Scully Reveals Details

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The dairying industry in Australia was receiving direct subsidies totalling more than £9 million a year, the Minister for Commerce and Agriculture. Mr. Scully, said to-day…

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Sugar Crop 135,000 Tons Bigger

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 4

CANBERRA, Wednesday.— Sugar production for the 194445 season was between 640,000 and 645,000 tons, or about 135,000…

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Farm Co-operatives Join Their Forces

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 7

The formation of an Association of Co-operatives in the Windsor district by Rural Co-operative Societies operating farm machinery pools, marks an important forward development in the collective use of farm machinery…

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Monopolists Dupe Dairymen Into Strike

Tribune · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 6

Wealthy monopolist pressure group are using the very real needs of small who must be given relief, as a cover for their greedy profit-seeking and their attempts to…

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