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Farming & the land, 1961

83 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 5

Junior Farmers to Plant Trees

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 May 1961 · page 6

Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers' Club decided at its May meeting to plant trees and shrubs around…

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Gas Used in Wheat Killed Men -- Roach

Tribune · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 3

SYDNEY: Deadly phosphine gas, used by the authorities in violation of safety, undoubtedly killed two men working on bulk wheat at Geelong, said Mr. E. Roach, Assistant Federal Secretary, Waterside Workers' Federation, this week…

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Church talk on prison farm

The Biz · Wednesday 31 May 1961 · page 5

At the Villawood Baptist Church family fellowship tea on Sunday afternoon. Rev. Norman Reeve related a number of stirring incidents connected with the work of the Sydney City…

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First Aid Talk to J. Farmers

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 June 1961 · page 7

Upper Castlereagh Junior Farmers, at their June meeting, were given advice on first aid by the leader…

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Junior farmer at the college

The Biz · Wednesday 12 July 1961 · page 6

Local Junior Farmer, Mr. John Rafferty of Fairfield, has just returned home from attending a special dairy farming School of Instruction for Junior Farmers at Hawkesbury…

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36 enter for Farm races

The Biz · Wednesday 19 July 1961 · page 1

A total of 36 entries have been received for the Australian Grand Touring Car Championship to be held at Warwick Farm on Sunday, July 30…

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Govt. Predicts Grim Future For: Dairy "Problem"

Tribune · Wednesday 19 July 1961 · page 11

The report about dairying issued by the Federal Government's committee which completed investigation of the industry late last year, forecasts a grim future for small and middle class farmers relying on milk production for a living…

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Farm Plan Got the Bird

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 26 July 1961 · page 3

Old Northern Road (Castle Hill) resident, M. M. Dostal has had a change of heart…

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Wheat to China Has Helped S.a

Tribune · Wednesday 2 August 1961 · page 9

ADELAIDE: While the South Australian Premier (Sir Thomas Playford) is congratulating himself on a surplus of £1.2…

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Thrills at Warwick Farm championships

The Biz · Wednesday 2 August 1961 · page 12

Frank Match in his D type Jaguar leading Liverpool racing driver Leo Geoghegan in his Lotus Elite in the Australian G.T. Car Championships at Warwick Farm on Sunday. Matich went on to win the race, while Geoghegan rolled the Elite on the third lap…

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Junior Farmers' Conference

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 August 1961 · page 9

Castlereagh junior farmer, Mr. John Mortimer, has been elected as a N.S.W. delegate to the interstate…

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Four take farming course

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 August 1961 · page 4

Four members of Carling-ford Junior Farmers Club, John Moore, William Perry, Gregory Rose and Edward…

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Monopolies Fleece Farmers

Tribune · Wednesday 16 August 1961 · page 10

In some recent advice be gave to the Farmers & Settlers' Association of NSW, Prime Minister Menzies urged primary producers to take a more active part in opposing trade union efforts to increase the basic wage…

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Plight of the Dairy Family

Tribune · Wednesday 16 August 1961 · page 11

Two articles recently published in Tribune, examining the problems of the dairying industry, have aroused interest in the countryside, and letters are reaching Tribune in reply. Below we print one from a widow which starkly…

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W.a. Tobacco Farmers Being Forced Off

Tribune · Wednesday 23 August 1961 · page 5

PERTH: West Australian tobacco growers who this year produced a record crop are now bankrupt and being[forced to…

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Hooligans Raid Farms

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 25 August 1961 · page 1

BUENOS AIRES (JCNS): A proNazi gang of about 20 men, said to belong to Tacuara, an antisemite Party, raided a Hachshara farm of…

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Landa Supports Farmer Society

The Biz · Wednesday 6 September 1961 · page 3

Poultry farmers in the Fairfield area should form co-operative societies, which could handle affairs outside the scope of the Egg Marketing Board…

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Junior Farmer Farewell for Qld. Visitor

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 September 1961 · page 1

More than 100 junior farmers and their friends gathered at the Castlereagh Hall, Castlereagh, recently,…

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Herded like cattle into trains—Cullis

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 13 September 1961 · page 2

Rail passengers on the Parramatta line were being herded into carriages like cattle into trucks an alderman claimed to Holroyd Council last week…

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Heavy Burdens on Fruit and Vegetable Farmers Many Are Scratching

Tribune · Wednesday 13 September 1961 · page 11

Tribune invites written comments or further contributions on the subject of the article below, which was compiled by the NSW Committee of the Communist Party on the basis of material that has been used in "Voice of…

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