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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1956

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Voice of the Countryside The Country Party rejected a "marriage" proposal, but it's ... Time to Stop Flirting with the "Libs" How to work for the best deal for farmers AND consumers

Tribune · Wednesday 4 July 1956 · page 9

WHILE it was wise for the Country Party to refuse to merge with the Liberal Party, I agree with…

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Call on Gair to act for pastoral settlement

Tribune · Wednesday 11 July 1956 · page 12

Queensland unions are demanding action by the Gair Government for a settlement of the pastoral dispute in Queensland on the basis of the terms of the Federal…

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Joe Bailes Voice of the Countryside Can workers and farmers straggle together ?

Tribune · Wednesday 18 July 1956 · page 5

I have been asked whether the workers and farmers can struggle together to protect their living standards. WHILE it is true that working…

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Castlereagh Junior Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 July 1956 · page 1

The Castlereagh Junior Farmers held their July meeting on Thursday evening, 12th instant. Considering the bitterly cold…

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Charms—for Farms and Arms in Israe

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 3 August 1956 · page 5

His Excellency, the Minister of Israel, Mr. M. Nurock, who spoke on the magnificent work carried out by the…

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Bossley Bits Good News for Poultry Farmers

The Biz · Wednesday 8 August 1956 · page 2

Your correspondent has some really good news for poultry farmers. Those who remember the poultry farmers' meeting at…

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Milk Board Chairman to Attend International Dairy Congress

The Biz · Wednesday 8 August 1956 · page 17

The chairman of the N.S.W. Milk Board, Mr. J. A. Ferguson, will represent the Board as a member of the Australian…

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Milk Zone Dairymen's Council Prices Inquiry

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 August 1956 · page 1

A meeting of the Management Committee of the Milk Zone Dairymen's Council was held in Sydney on Wednesday, August…

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Wool Grand Prix for Dutchman

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 17 August 1956 · page 4

The International Wool and Textile Organization has awarded to Mr. P. H. van Gorp of Tilburg in The Netherlands, the Grand Prize for…

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"Utilise Dairy By-products" Financial Aid to Farmers

The Biz · Wednesday 5 September 1956 · page 22

By-products of the dairying industry should be utilised to the fullest extent so as to strengthen the industry financially…

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How Five Children Saved Family Farm

The Biz · Wednesday 5 September 1956 · page 16

Five minor orphaned children on a heavily mortgaged mid-West African farm, refused to be parcelled out to relatives and…

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Best A.I.S. Cattle Exhibitor Presentation to Kevin Dwyer

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 September 1956 · page 1

At a meeting of the Committee of the Illawarra and Southern Branch of the A.I.S. Society held at Kiama on Tuesday,…

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Junior Farmer Abroad

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 September 1956 · page 1

"Agricultural shows in the United Kingdom are not nearly as big as our Royal Sydney Show, but they are restricted…

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Wool Strike Support Firm

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 10

New South Wales Labor Council last Thursday night declared black all wool from Queensland shorn at the new rate…

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Profits up; wages, farm income down

Tribune · Wednesday 19 September 1956 · page 10

CANBERRA: Company income increased 33 per cent in the last three years, wages and salaries increased by 6 per cent, and farm income dropped by 19 per cent…

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Birthplace of Wool Textile Industry

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 8

Parramatta is the birthplace of the Woollen manufacturing industry in Australia…

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Voice of the Countryside Farmers, Workers Can Solve Milk Problem

Tribune · Wednesday 26 September 1956 · page 9

The suggestion that the Milk Board conduct an inquiry into the cost of milk production with a view to increasing price raises two opinions on the matter. ONE is that a price rise is…

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Nepean Dairy Society's Good Year Expanding Business Needs Capital

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 October 1956 · page 1

The report presented to the annual meeting of Nepean Co-op. Dairy and Refrigerating Society Ltd. held in the Masonic Hall, Penrith, on Friday evening was encouragin…

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Tribune Lessons From Qld. Pastoral Victory

Tribune · Wednesday 17 October 1956 · page 11

THE vistory achieved in the Queensland wool struggle holds important lessons for the trade union…

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Victory for unity in Qld wool strike

Tribune · Wednesday 17 October 1956 · page 1

A substantial increase in the shearing rate in Queensland from £716 to £711- per 100 sheep shorn is the first direct outcome of the recently concluded wool strike in that State…

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