Dairy Board Statement on butter price under wartime contract
Chairman James Purcell of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Board Engatisation Committee Ltd in Brisbane said discontent existed in some dairying districts over the fixed price for butter under the Commonwealth Government and British Ministry for Food contract. He noted a Sydney meeting February 12 and 13 where the Board praised the Dairy Produce Control Committee for aiding farmers while stressing Britain would not let Australia dictate terms. The contract price, based on prewar conditions, left Britain with potential cost savings but also passed freight and insurance burdens to Britain. the overall charges were borne by Britain under the agreement.
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James Purcell
Commonwealth Dairy Produce Board Engatisation Committee Ltd
Brisbane
Commonwealth
Ministry For Food
Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalization Committer Limited
Sydney
Dairy Prete Control Committee
Australia
Purcell
Commonwealth Dairying Leafiers
Briain
New Zealand
London
Britain
Britain’s Risky Role in Postwar Butter Trades
The passage argues Britain bore prewar risks and wartime insurance costs, boosting prices. It notes freight and charges rising, making Britain a crucial market for surplus butter. Britain’s responsibility is viewed as a significant factor that merits serious consideration.
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Britain
Hereford Heifers Sell Record North Coast Run
Seven hundred pure bred Hereford heifers were sold by S J Field Pty Ltd Gordonbrook Station Grafton to H and M Burke Melbourne area. The cattle were trucked to Glenreagh and rail moved to Flemington for spell then retrucked for delivery at Holbrook Riverina. Three year olds bred from Gordonbrack Hereford stock, half joined for breeding Jersey crosses, half speyed for beef. The sale marks the largest single mob on the North Coast in years.
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S. J. Field
Fie Gordonbrack
Herefort Stull
Mascot Girl of Wady Hanain in Anzac Memoir Tale
The fragment describes the Mohammedan girl adopted as a brigade mascot by the 2nd Light Horse and ALF forces in Palestine. Raised from near starvation, she was clothed and sheltered at brigade quarters, then sent toward Amman with a convent option in Jaffa explored by a padre. The article ponders her current life and whether she remains a mother or caregiver in a region influenced by Baksheesh.
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Anholly
ALF
Wady Hanein
Ridgade
Australia
Palestine
Anzac Mounted Division
Amman
Bint
Juiten
Jaffa
Anzacs
2Nd
Bakshees
Government dairy subsidies cited to curb milk price rise
In a House of Commons debate on food prices Sir John Simon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, stated that the British Government spends about 12 million pounds yearly to the dairy industry to prevent milk prices rising by a penny a quart. He attributed overall subsidies of 50 million pounds annually to stabilizing the food index, also noting weekly costs for wheat meat and bacon subsidies.
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House of Commons
Sir John Si Inont
Unusual Fig Bait Attracts Large Bream On Oxley Island
An Oxley Island correspondent reports visitors from the city using ripe figs as bait and catching large bream from a creek on Moscatt property. The fish reportedly weighed up to over a pound, with each day yielding about a dozen, the method intriguing residents and prompting plans to tell friends of the figs’ success.
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Oxley
Concrete Mixers Find New Use in Moree District
Moree news notes concrete mixers are ideal for preparing balanced stock rations by hand. The devices are widely used in the district with reports of 70 lb of feed mixed by two men in four minutes and four men producing enough feed to sustain 4000 sheep for seven days in a single day.
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Moree
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Gloucester
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Gloucester Electric Supply CO. Ltd
Hereford
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Roslyn
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Capper
Avin Ain
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Carsons Northern Timber Co., Ltd
Carsonville
Berkico Creek
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H. J. Channell Newsagents
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