Agricultural notes show diverse farming trends across regions
A South Island farmer milks 28 cows daily, Denmark hosts 115 agricultural societies with 84 500 members paying 16 000 in subscriptions, and New Zealand exporters report strong mutton and lamb sales in the Old Country. Melbourne shows a shift away from milk tests, Edison foresees electric farming, and Auckland plans a literacy display for the Blind. Fielding experiments combat Californian thistle while NSW reports rising stock numbers and Queensland fat cattle demand.
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Denmark
Fat Cattle Prices Jump at Burnside as Shortage Looms
Yardings at Burnside show scarce fat cattle with prices rising about 30s per head in two weeks. About 140 cattle yarded, top price £14. quality poor with many store stock. Invercargill butchers contract for winter supplies at 40s per 100 lb. Sheep and lambs also yarded, drought impacting prices.
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Burnside
Dunedin
Star
Otago Daily Times
Invercargill
Australian Lambs Go Begging Amid Heavy Trade Decline
Extracts from London meat reports show a sharp drop in prices across the frozen meat trade. Australian lambs face low demand as heavy NZ imports push down values, Canterbury sheep scarce and NZ mutton slipping, while beef stocks run low but chilled beef remains cheaply priced.
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London
British New Zealand Meat and Produce Company Limited
New Zealand
Canterbury
C. and. D. Company
Limited
North Islands
Immigrants Pour Into Canada As Vancouver Welcomes Hundreds Daily
British immigrants arrive in Vancouver at about 200 per day amid expectations that Canadian migration will break records in the coming season. In the United States a bomb exploded at a Chicago liquor warehouse injuring twenty. In South Africa the Union Senate backs a possible state owned line of steamers for mail contracts. A blasting accident at Diamond Hill killed three and seriously injured three others. Labor shortages loom in Queensland sugar regions as Port Douglas growers plan to indent British laborers at twenty five shillings weekly.
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Vancouver
Canada
Union Senate
Edward Splomor
Bank of New South Wales
Victoria Proprietary
Diamond Hill
Thomas Brookes
Karl Brooks
Queensland
Port Douglas
Coronation dressmaking in London faces overtime protest
In London April 20 a deputation of women’s societies protested a Home Affairs plan to grant dressmakers permits to extend hours during May and June for the Coronation. Under-Secretary Masterman said the Queen arranged to prevent overtime and pledged to reconsider the order.
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London
Home Affairs
PF. G. Masterman
Australian defence scheme outlined by Admiral Henderson
London reports Admiral Henderson on arrival from Australia praising the loyalty there. He says the naval plan rests on treating any threat to the Empire as Australia’s enemy and stresses the need for the Australian fleet to support Imperial naval forces, with wartime control by the Admiralty and coastal defence as secondary aims.
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London
Reuter
Admiral Henderson
Australia
Admiralty
Imperial Affairs debate on conference agenda and naval policy
The discussion on adding an imperial crisis topic to the Imperial Conference agenda was abandoned after Mr Harcourt pledged to share desired information. Speakers highlighted New Zealand's advisory council idea, Dominion naval cooperation, and the need to align naval with foreign policy. Premiers may attend Imperial Defence Committee sittings with strict secrecy.
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Per
Press Association
London
W. J. Guinness
Harcourt
Guinness
New Zealand
Ak Ormsby-Gore
Australa
Edward Grey
Great Britain
FF. Crawshay-Williems
Iberat
Imperial Defence Committee
First Clause of Veto Bill Passed After Prolonged Session
London reports the first clause of the Veto Bill carried after a fourteen hour sitting. The Budget is promised for late May. It is stated that Lloyd George’s insurance measure will become operative in April 1922.
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London
Attia
Democrats Push Free Trade With Canada in Reciprocity Debate
Washington reports show Democratic speakers urging reciprocity with Canada and free trade as the measure returns to the Senate. Henry George predicts broader world free trade, while Cannon and Gudger spar over the Reciprocity Bill. Ways and Means backs tariff cuts for farmer needs, praising the Canadian accord amid renewed House debate.
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Washington
Canada
Henry George
United States
Senate
Cannon
Gudger
Ways and Means
Lower House
House of Representatives
Rural classes eyed for North Taranaki winter start
Prospects rise for rural classes in North Taranaki this winter as technical organiser Mr Heatley visits dairy factories. Meetings are set at Bell Rock Cardiff and Tariki to plan classes with Ngaere on Thursday and Midhurst next Thursday. Captain Young will attend the Midhurst meeting to speak.
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North Taranaki
Mr Heatley
Bell Rock
Cardiff
Tariki
Ngaere
Midhurst
Captain Young
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Friedlander Bros
Shaw, Savile and
Lbion Co., Limited
OXY AL Mail
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Jane
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Rio
National Mortgage and Agency Company, Ltd
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the Dominion
Korea
Sterling
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Manchester Bros
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Kid Shores
J. Mellor
Zealandia
Birmingham & Co., Ltd
George Street
Knox Church
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Reessse & Express
Hlig
Robinsons Patent
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Hedgehope
Seasor
Waingawa Works
Wairarapa
South Canterbury
Southland
Melbourne
Edison
Auckland A. and J. Association
Jubilee Institute For the Blind
Midland Agricultutral and Dairy College
Nelani
New South Wales
Sydney
Sydney Wadman
Kangitikei
Robinson
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Wweee
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General Gable News
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South Africa
Imperial Affairs
British Politics
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Raven
Simmerson
Simpson
T. Barrett
Holland
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Christchurgh Tire
Collins
Hughes
Hereford Street
Been
Oxford
Farris
Ashton
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Peart
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