Dairying Growth in Glen Innes Promises Giant Prospects
The Glen Innes Guardian notes drought harms elsewhere but praises local dairying boom. Butter factories and creameries have surged, with farmers forming a cooperative to run the butter factory. The New England district’s pastures and facilities support strong cream testing and butter manufacture, yielding high prices and rising confidence in expansion into large-scale operations.
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Glen Innes
New England
The Pale Horse Rides the Unknown Track
A poem from the Southern Cross in the Stock and Station Journal speaks of a pale horse that travels the world from sunrise to sunset and through the night. Its riderless journey hints at death and mystery, with a legend of Nevere an Tell and a sire named Mystery, unseen footprints, and a haunting refrain of waiting for a sign from the land of the Unknown Strand.
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Nevere an-Tell
Hell
Southern Cross
Stock and Station Journal
Road Maintenance Staff Retains Posts After Withdrawal
A state inquiry into excess road maintenance workers led to a departmental cut notice set to start February 13 but the government withdrew it. Road custodians will remain in place with their usual salaries after standard hours.
Coastal Railway letter urges unity and action
A letter in the Armidale Express by W. M. Stevenson of Guyra criticizes delays by the Public Works Committee on the coastal railway. He cites past advocacy, alignment with Hon. Henry Copeland, and calls for unity to press for a east west line development as proposed by Mr Rudder.
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Armidale“ Express
W. M. Stevenson
Guyra
Mr Rudder
Public Works Committee
Henry Copeland
Rudder
Roderick McLennan
Copeland
Decrease in Wool Hits State Amid Drought Losses
Drought continues to devastate the wool industry with rail freight figures showing a sharp drop. From July 1 to now Darling Harbor Morpeth and Newcastle received 397 000 bales versus 578 000 the previous season a fall of 181 000 bales. Sydney saw the largest decline with 140 000 fewer bales.
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Darling Harbor
Morpeth
Newcastle
Sydney
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W. H. Starr, Proprestor
Hitel
Britton’s Beer
P, Ryan
Avrail
A.S. Curtis
Stok, Sauton and General Commission Agent
Walter A. Woods’ Agricultural Micchinery
Dugall Bros
Pale Horse
Dea
the Coastal Railway
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