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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1901

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South Australia. A New Pastoral Measure. ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 2

In the Assembly last evening. The Commisiioner of Lands moved the second reading of an amending pastoral measure, another step in the direction of…

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A Wheat Ring. New Zealand Legislation. [By Telegraph.] Wellington

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 August 1901 · page 2

The Premier has Intimated his intention of bringing in a bill to deal with the NewZealand millers' trust, which, it is alleged, [?] cornering the wheat supplies…

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S. A. Pastoral Industry. Large Areas Taken Up. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

Much satisfaction is expressed at the fact that Mr. J. G. Moseley has taken up 824 square miks of the Gawler Ranges pastoral country, which had been abandoned for…

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Proposed Industrial Farms

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

THE Minister for Works is pushing on as rapidly as possible with his proposal to establish industrial farms in country districts. Reports have been called for from district…

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The Inventor and the Farmer

Barrier Miner · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 3

THE Washington Government has been investigating the present prices of agricultural supplies, as compared with the prices which prevailed during the middle of the…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, August 24, 1901. "The Poor Farmer."

Barrier Miner · Saturday 24 August 1901 · page 4

MR. BUTLER, the Treasurer of South Australia, in submitting his Budget Speech, said that he thought he was justified in framing his estimates on the…

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Trip Through Central Australia. the Pastoral Position

Western Grazier · Wednesday 28 August 1901 · page 2

Sidney Kidman, of Kidman Bros., returned to Adelaide after a long trip through the north of South Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory…

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The World's Wheat Harvest. Estimate for the Coming Year. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 29 August 1901 · page 2

Mr. Carthew, an agricultural authority, estimates that the world's wheat harvest for the year ending July, 1902, will produce 13,000,000 quarters above…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing. Collapse of the Charge. " A Grave misiace

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 5

IN the Police Court yesterday, before Mr Maitlan.' P.M., two well-known Broken Hill men, Joseph Axtell and Thomas T. Carnow, plesded not guilty to a charge of killing two…

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Tuberculous Cattle. Can they Infect Mankind? Dr. Koch's Reason for Thinking Not

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 September 1901 · page 7

" I SHOULD estimate the extent of infection by milk and flesh of tuberculous cattle and the butter made from their milk as hardly greater…

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The Wool Sales. Opening of the New Series. Steady Advance in Rates. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 September 1901 · page 2

The new series of wool sales were opened to-day. There was a strong advance in rates, from 5 to 7½ per cent…

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The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 2

The wool sales yesterday were again marked by much animation. Low crossbreds, however, showed little change in values on the last sales; other sorts…

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The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 4

The wool sales were again spirited to-day, but rates were [?]auged…

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Wool on the River. [By Telegraph.] Wilc Niia

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 2

The river here is ri[?]ing nearly 2ft daily, and a strong current is [?]ing. The steamer Tarella has sailed for South Australia with 500 bales of Ya[?]snnia,…

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Fighting for a Farm. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 September 1901 · page 2

A patrol of Grenadier Guards surrounded a farm at Riem Siding, on the De Aar-Na[?]wpoort railway line, and captured it after a stubborn resistance…

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Decadence of Australian Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 6

MR. F. W. LEAROYE, one of the best-known of Australian wool buyers, has received the following letter from a European expert…

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State Politics. [By Telegraph.] The Queensland Pastoral Bill. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 5

The Pastoral Bill, the second reading of which has been moved in the Assembly, provides for the issue of new leases. This, the Minister says, will affect about a thousand…

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The Wool Sales. London, Sept. 18

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 2

At the wool sales, extra fine merinos advanced 10 per cent…

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The Wool Market. Better Conditions Maintained

Western Grazier · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 2

It seems almost impossible to report a big improvement in the Bradord wool trade because things are in a groove which will need a lot of work before being able…

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The Wool Sales. [Reuter's Message.] London, Thursday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 September 1901 · page 8

The wool sales were again spirited to-day, but rates were unchanged…

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