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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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About Farmlands (To the Editor.)

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 14 March 1956 · page 10

SIR.—So Mr. Park, Jnr., is a very successful farmer, and I take it has been for the 28 years he has resided in this street 11…

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Menzies Govt is "no friend of the farmer"

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1956 · page 9

THWARTED in their plans to get a Government hacked stabilisation scheme for their industry, and snubbed by the Minister for Trade (Mr. McEwen) and the Minister for Primary Industry (Mr…

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Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers Annual Meeting (By Publicity Officer)

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 March 1956 · page 6

The annual general meeting of the Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers' club was held in the Methodist Hall on Thursday…

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Voice of the Countryside Interest rates and the farmer

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 9

Let us see the effect of increased interest rates on our primary industry. FARM finance, or shall I say rural credit, is an essential pant of our…

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"Resign!" Unions, Farmers Denounce Menzies Sackings start already

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1956 · page 1

MENZIES' savage new tax proposals have brought quick, angry…

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More Good Wins to District Cattle

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 March 1956 · page 2

More honours were gained by district cattle exhibitors at Castle Hill Show last Saturday. Mrs. T. M. & K. J. Dwyer…

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Junior Farmers Successful Dance at Castlereagh

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 March 1956 · page 1

The dance held by Castlereagh Junior Farmers, in the Castlereagh Hall on Saturday evening, proved most successful, both…

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Penrith Branch Dairymen's Council Annual Meeting

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 March 1956 · page 4

At the annual meeting of Penrith branch of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council held in the C.W.A. room, Station Street,…

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Kingswood-Orchard Hills Junior Farmers Election of Officers

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 March 1956 · page 7

The annual meeting of Kingswood-Orchard Hills Junior Farmers was held on March 13 and was well attended, despite wet…

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Facts on Pastoral Wages

Tribune · Tuesday 27 March 1956 · page 11

The pastoral workers will lose a much larger sum of money than squatters will gain by the 10 per cent cut in pastoral workers' wage rates. THIS was stated to Tribune…

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Wool Sackings 'deliberate provocation'

Tribune · Tuesday 27 March 1956 · page 12

The action of the United Graziers and the Wool Brokers in extending the pastoral dispute to the wool stores was eliberate provocation, Mr. A. Macdonald (Secretary of the Queensland Trades and Labor Council) claimed last week…

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Pastoral workers' struggle stronger than ever Unify and determination at NSW conference

Tribune · Wednesday 4 April 1956 · page 3

NOW in its eleventh week, the nationwide struggle of the pastoral workers against…

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Admits U.s. Farm Crisis Worsening

Tribune · Wednesday 4 April 1956 · page 11

NEW YORK.--President Eisenhower's farm message admits that the agrarian crisis in America has become worse…

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Cattle Parader's Good Win Praise From Penrith (England) Judge

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 April 1956 · page 1

A highly creditable win inIn the cattle section at the Royal Show last week was that of Kevin Dwyer (Cranebrook),…

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Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside How higher wages would help farmers

Tribune · Wednesday 11 April 1956 · page 9

The president of the Australian Dairy Farmers' Federation, Mr. Roberts, has put submissions to the Federal Arbitration Court on the trade union claim for a £1 increase in the basic wage and restoration of quarterly…

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Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Get the facts on pastoral struggle

Tribune · Wednesday 18 April 1956 · page 9

Anybody interested enough to look at the issues in the pastoral dispute will find there is a lack of information from both the graziers' and workers' point of view. IT will be seen, too, that graziers'…

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Wool cheque down

Tribune · Wednesday 25 April 1956 · page 11

WOOL sales for the first nine months of 1955-56 totalled £234 million, which was less than half the record cheque (£512 million)…

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Joe Bariles Voice of the Countryside Main wool wealth goes to a few

Tribune · Wednesday 25 April 1956 · page 9

I have received a letter from Mr. J.D. His comment can be summed up in these words: Any money which graziers may save by reducing wages, they would have to pay out in increased taxation…

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Pastoral Dispute Few graziers threaten economy

Tribune · Wednesday 2 May 1956 · page 9

Storemen and packers, locked out from Brisbane wool stores for refusing to handle wool shorn at new rates not approved by the AWU, have now returned to work. WOOL storemen, meeting on April…

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UGA and AWU to meet on pastoral dispute

Tribune · Wednesday 2 May 1956 · page 2

BRISBANE.--The United Graziers' Association have agree to discuss the issues involved in the pastoral dispute with the…

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