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Blue Mountains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Another Race Meeting at Valley Farm Good Programme Arranged for Anniversary Day

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 3

Inspired by recent successes, which reflect the growing popularity of turf meetings on the Mountains, the…

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Weights for Valley Farm Races To-morrows Meeting at Megalong

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 3

No doubt a big percentage of Blue Mountains residents who will keep away from the city's teeming thousands…

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Valley Farm Races Anniversary Day Meeting

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

The Valley Farm Racing Club held a meeting on Wednesday, January 26, which provided an excellent day's…

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Racing at Valley Farm Another Meeting on March 5th

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

The Valley Farm Racing Club has arranged another meeting for Saturday, March 5th, for which prize money to the value…

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Racing at Valley Farm Another Meeting on March 5th

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 2

With fine weather, an enjoyable outing is assured in the glorious Megalong Valley on Saturday March 5, the date of the…

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Racing at Valley Farm Programme of Saturday's Events

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 4

In all, nine races are provided for race followers at Valley Farm on Saturday next, and the prize money is such as to…

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Next Saturday's Race Meeting at Valley Farm Nine Events to Be Decided

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 26 February 1938 · page 2

For the Cup Meeting at Valley Farm (Megalong Valley) on March 5th, nine races are provided for punters to beat the…

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Australia's Primary Indutries Genesis of Wheat and Wool Wealth

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 3

When Governor Phillip established the first settlement at Sydney Cove on January 26, 1788, one of his outstanding problems was…

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Shipley Progress Association Danger of Fruit Fly Infection. Fine Apple Crops

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

The monthly meeting of the Shipley Progress and Fruit-growers' Co-operative Association, was held at "Bonnie…

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Red Cross Convalescent Farm

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 4

The Red Cross Convalescent Farm at Exeter is another link in the Red Cross, anti-T.B. scheme. This beautiful farm is used as a…

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Dairyman Fractures Leg

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 April 1938 · page 2

Mr. Norman Thew, 33, dairyman of Neate Avenue, Blackheath, had the misfortune to fracture his right leg on Wednesday night. The…

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Straying Cattle Nuisance

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 14 July 1938 · page 2

Straying cattle have again become a nuisance and residents are agitating for the Shire's Impounding officer to live in their district…

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Katoomba Business Properties Change Hands No More Rumours Wool Worths Coming

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 16 July 1938 · page 2

Many times during the post three years rumours have been in circulation relative to the establishment at Katoomba of…

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Valley Farm Racing Club a Year of Progress

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Valley Farm Racing Club will be held in the council chamber of the Katoomba Town Hall on Wednesday,…

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The Price of Wheat (To the Editor)

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 1

Sir,--Permit me to enter a strong protest against a letter in your paper purporting to be a reply to a letter of mine in another paper…

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Home Consumption Price of Wheat (To the Editor)

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 1

Sir,--Mr. Nock, M.P., has written to the press in support of a home consumption price for wheat, and 5- per bushel is -suggested. This…

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Annual Meeting Valley Farm Racing Club Mr. R. Bennett Re-elected President Years Profit £34

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 30 July 1938 · page 2

There was a good attendance at the meeting of the Blue Mountains only turf organisation at the town hall on…

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World Wheat Glut

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 9 August 1938 · page 1

World-production figures for wheat exceed the bumper year of 1928 by at least 200,000,000 bushels, prospects of a good…

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Australia's Oldest House Elizabeth Farm House Parramatta

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 13 August 1938 · page 2

Built in 1793, Elizabeth Farm House, the oldest existing house in Australia, looks little the worse for the battering of, the storms of one…

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Brittany Loves Wrestling First Prize a Sheep!

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 4

A mast in a field, at its foot, a sheep, the first prize, and other prizes attached to it, with gay ribbons flying from the top, is a signal…

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