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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1964

22 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 2

Record crop, but jobs scarce, farmers in heavy debt

Tribune · Wednesday 15 January 1964 · page 9

Unemployment and low wages seems to be a permanent feature of the Murrumbidgee irrigation area. ESPECIALLY young workers…

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Those heavy wool bales Who will be crippled, damaged

Tribune · Wednesday 15 January 1964 · page 12

SYDNEY: The present dispute over the size and weigh, of wool bales is an attempt by the woolgrowing and selling interests to turn back the clock. THIS group has stated they will…

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Communist broadcaster points to... Farmers' stake in basic wage claim

Tribune · Wednesday 19 February 1964 · page 11

Australian trade unions, were asking for the support of farmers and all working people in the countryside for their demands for an average increase off £212- a week in the basic wage, said Mr. J. W. Bailes, member of the Communist…

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Farmers to benefit Ratings to Be Reduced

The Broadcaster · Tuesday 17 March 1964 · page 1

Holroyd Municipal Council will be allowed to apply a rural rate in its area this year. This was announced last week by the Minister for Local Government, Mr…

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Training farm "luxury" only

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 20 March 1964 · page 9

A demand for the abolition of a Zionist training farm (Hachshara) near Melbourne…

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WORKERS & Farmers Together Agrarian program of the Communist Party (Draft)

Tribune · Tuesday 24 March 1964 · page 1

Australia's rural industries are organised on a capitalist basis, producing a big surplus of wool, wheat, meat, sugar, fruits, dairy products and eggs, which must be sold on the world market…

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New Books "Green Gold" Portrays Small Farmers' Lives

Tribune · Wednesday 15 April 1964 · page 6

"Green Gold", by Nene Gare, is the story of the establishment of the Western Australian banana industry around Carnarvon, 600 miles north of Perth, told through the experiences of one man and…

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Discussing Communist Policy Plight of small farmers

Tribune · Wednesday 29 April 1964 · page 11

Tribune readers are invited to participate in this discussion on the policy of the Communist party as set out in the draft document for its 20th Congress which will be held in June this year. The documents, The Program, the Draft Resolution, The Agrarian Program, Draff Policy…

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Wool Men Walk Off

Tribune · Wednesday 3 June 1964 · page 5

SYDNEY: Storemen and Packers at three Sydney wool stores walked off the job recently in protest against legal action taken by woolbrokers to…

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Discussing Communist Policy Many farmers might reject these points

Tribune · Wednesday 10 June 1964 · page 14

The West Australian State Committee of the Communist Party suggests that the draft agrarian program could be improved in the following way: 1. Overall it gives a very black…

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Vermageringspil voor huisvrouw bevatte kop van een lintworm Proces aanhangig gemaakt tegen farmaceutische onderneming

Dutch Australian Weekly · Friday 12 June 1964 · page 6

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Clark at the Farm

The Biz · Wednesday 1 July 1964 · page 3

World champion motor racer, Jim Clark, may appear in the Australian and…

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New Wool Scheme weakens Monopoly grip

Tribune · Wednesday 29 July 1964 · page 8

SYDNEY: Despite many weaknesses, the recommendation by the Wool Board for a reserve price scheme in wool marketing is a step in the direction of weakening monopoly's grip and improving the…

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Businessman Backs Campaign From poultry farm to thriving trade

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 7 August 1964 · page 11

From war-torn Europe in 1940 came a diminutive but dynamic Hungarian, seeking solace in this new land — Australia. Today he presides over a thriving manufacturing…

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Uneasy Ride on the Sheep's Back

Tribune · Wednesday 2 September 1964 · page 5

"An ex-prize fighter (William Guise) and W. C. Wentworth have, with several other dirty dogs, Alderman Flood among the number, taken possession of my property and the fruits of my industry and enterprise." THUS George Hobler, a pioneer…

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Fine Wool Production

Tribune · Wednesday 9 September 1964 · page 9

May I make a small but important correction to Rupert Lockwood's otherwise excellent article about wool sale problems --…

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Farm Failures? Time for the dailies to eat their words Soviet economy is booming

Tribune · Wednesday 7 October 1964 · page 4

The Soviet people are now building a communist social system, the most advanced and progressive social system that man has envisaged. INDUSTRIAL construction and…

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Jewellers make new life as farmers

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 October 1964 · page 9

Famous as Israel's major oilfield, Kochav is also the first Moshav (smallholders' co-operative settlement) of Argentinian farmers. Situated a mile or so from Israel's richest oil-wells and some 40 miles south of Tel Aviv, Kochav is a place where 40 families from Buenos Aires have begun a new life as farmers…

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W. A. land swindle: Farmers "touched''

Tribune · Wednesday 4 November 1964 · page 8

PERTH: The Great Australian Bight, lapping the shores of Esperance, could well be renamed the "Great American Bite". Land hungry Australian farmers are the main victims of the Brand…

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Farmer's 'Old' Pottery

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 November 1964 · page 11

Jerusalem (JCNS).—A burial cave, dating to the time of the Patriarchs about 3,000 years ago, has been discovered by a…

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