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  2. PASTURES FOR DAIRYING.

    Mr. William Davies, the British pasture expert, who completed last year a survey of Australian pastures, has made a report to the Australian Dairy Council, and it ...

    Article : 869 words
  3. Young Farmers' Clubs.

    YARRAGON, Thursday.—The annual meeting ot the central executive of the Central Gippsland Young Farmers' Stock Clubs was held last night at Warragul. ...

    Article : 262 words
  4. GEELONG AND DISTRICT.

    The efforts of the Geelong Trades Hail Council and other Labour organisations in the district to organise to oppose the plan of working for sustenance has had an ...

    Article : 977 words
  5. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT.

    Before Mr. E. P. O'Grady, P.M., and the mayor of the borough (Councillor N. Busch) at the Sebastopol Court on Thursday, Frederick Henry Spencer was changed ...

    Article : 970 words
  6. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT.

    Michael John Newton, aged 45 years, shearer, was found guilty and sentenced to imprisonment for two years in the Bendigo Supreme Court on Thursday on a charge of ...

    Article : 517 words
  7. NEWS AND NOTES.

    Potato-digging in the Daylesford district is almost completed. The average yield is barely two tons to the acre. In a few districts where the frosts were not so severe ...

    Article : 483 words
  8. COUNTRY PAGE

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The annual stud sheep sales were concluded in Sydney to-day. The turnover aggregated approximately £41,000 for 2,863 sheep, at an ...

    Article : 691 words
  9. BEETGROWING AT MAFFRA.

    MAFFRA, Thursday.—Nearly 100 persons keen to participate in the growing of beet for the Maffra sugar factory, were present at a meeting last night. Mr. J. T. ...

    Article : 383 words
  10. WHEAT ACREAGE.

    NHILL, Thursday.—Wheatgrowers in the Wimmera strongly protest against any restrictions of the area sown in wheat. Several farmers speak strongly against ...

    Article : 151 words
  11. GOVERNMENT COSTS.

    GEELONG, Thursday.—The Geelong West Council, on the casting vote of the mayor (Councillor J. R. MacDonald), has decided to be represented at the conference ...

    Article : 161 words
  12. BUTTER MARKET.

    Although the seasonal increase in supplies of butter that has occurred is slight the effect of a steady, gradual increase is very evident in the market. Stocks are ...

    Article : 232 words
  13. ORANGES FOR BRITAIN.

    The secretary of the Federal Citrus Council (Mr. J. A. Parkes) said yesterday that the Otranto, which was on a voyage to Britain, was carrying 17,932 export boxes ...

    Article : 144 words
  14. BUSH NURSING HOSPITAL.

    KYABRAM, Thursday.—More than 50 subscribers attended a meeting to arrange for the establishment of a bush nursing hospital at Kyabram. Mr. J. A. Finlay ...

    Article : 232 words
  15. HONEY-SELLING COMMISSION.

    Sir,—"Accountant" on Tuesday put the agent's side of the picture. Agents complain that a number of apiarists outback sell direct, by samples, it prices below theirs. ...

    Article : 225 words
  16. HOSPITAL AT COLAC.

    COLAC, Thursday.—At a meeting of the Colac Hospital committee tenders were accepted for the erection of the new community hospital. Tenders ranged from ...

    Article : 116 words
  17. OFFICE-BREAKER SENTENCED.

    BENDIGO, Thursday.—Sentences aggregating three years were imposed in the Bendigo Supreme Court to-day on William Augustine McEntee, aged 39 years, ...

    Article : 234 words
  18. ORBOST FLOOD.

    ORBOST, Thursday.—Two houseboats of the Marlo Hotel are still submerged after the week-end floods. Entrance to the sea at the mouth of the Snowy River was ...

    Article : 44 words
  19. News from Cities and Towns

    The motor-ship Mulera arrived from Adelaide with a cargo of wool for the woollen mill, and will take a shipment of milk for Adelaide. William Blair, an elderly man, was sentenced ...

    Article : 4,494 words
  20. CHEESE MARKETING PLAN.

    At a meeting yesterday of the full committee of the Southern States' Cheese Manufacturers' Association, at which Victoria, South Australia, and Tasmania ...

    Article : 233 words
  21. YARRAM HOSPITAL.

    YARRAM, Thursday.—Following a dispute between the honorary medical officers of the Yarram and District Hospital (Dr. J. H. Rutter and Dr. H. H. Martin) and ...

    Article : 370 words
  22. OVERSEAS SETTLERS.

    "For seven years we battled for a tribunal; two years were spent in taking evidence; and three months have elapsed since the findings of the Royal commission ...

    Article : 157 words
  23. DANDENONG CREEK FLOODING

    DANDENONG, Thursday.—At a recent conference of members of the Dandenong and the Berwick shire councils and landowners whose properties have been ...

    Article : 204 words
  24. IMPORT OF POULTRY.

    SYDNEY, Thursday.—The chief veterinary surgeon of the Department of Agriculture of New South Wales (Mr. Max Henry) states that, owing to the improved ...

    Article : 83 words
  25. WOOL SALES END.

    BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Brisbane wool sales ended to-day. It was the concluding auction in Australia for the present season. To-day 11,417 bales were offered ...

    Article : 172 words
  26. POISONING RABBITS.

    WYCHEPROOF, Thursday.—Inspectors of vermin and noxious weeds often find difficulty in convincing landholders that rabbits can be induced to take poison at ...

    Article : 160 words
  27. 100 MEN SEARCH FOR LAD.

    ALBURY, Thursday.—After a hundred men had searched with lanters for four hours last night, William Nash, aged 16 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Nash. ...

    Article : 175 words
  28. TRAPPING OPOSSUMS.

    The chief inspector of fisheries and game (Mr. F. Lewis) said yesterday that many applications were being made by Northern district landowners for permission to trap ...

    Article : 122 words
  29. THE FLAX BOUNTY.

    Sir,—The report of the committee of inquiry into the flax industry, as tabled in the Senate last Friday, proves that the scope of the inquiry was too ambitious. ...

    Article : 511 words
  30. LANCE CREEK STATE SCHOOL.

    Introduced by Mr. McKenzie, M.L.A., a deputation from Lance Creek (Gippsland) protested to the Minister for Education (Mr. Pennington) yesterday against the ...

    Article : 85 words
  31. AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY PRICES.

    Sir,—All the arguments advanced by Mr. E. J. Craigie, M.H.A., centre in prices. He admits that, after the reaper and binder was made in Australia, local manufacturers ...

    Article : 197 words
  32. EGG-LAYING.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 526 words
  33. COOTAMUNDRA (N.S.W.) RACES.

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 456 words
  34. KING ISLAND NEWS.

    KING ISLAND, June 27.—This month the King Island butter factory paid 10d. a lb. butter-fat for choicest grade cream, 9½d. for firsts, and 9d. for seconds. For the last year the average price ...

    Article : 203 words
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