Threatening Butter Famine. Great Shortages in Victoria
At present there seems to be every prospect of Victoria experiencing a butter famine—a somewhat remarkable state of affairs for a State in which…
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Farming & the land, 1908
427 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 22
Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. Sydney, Tuesday. [?]
The w[?] o[?] yesterday [?] session of the Farmers' and Settlers' Conference was taken up in the consideration of the best means to adopt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Not a Gift. a Farmer and His Cheque
On May 5 of last year a farmer from Kyneton named Peek, who was said to have inherited a fortune;of £30,000, plnoed.' n cheque for £G00 in the plate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Threatening Butter Famine. Rise in Sydney Price. Sydney
Another rise tooK place in the [?] of butter to-day. It is now £10; per cwt. The retell price ls 1s. 11d. to 2s. 2d. per 1b…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Fined for Cruelty. Ward of the State Ill-treated
At the Geelong police court Marcolm Cameron, a farmer, of Connuwarra, was fined £5, or in default one month's imprisonment for having…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers and Settlers. Deputation to Minister for Lands. Presenting Resolutions from Recent Comference. Sydney
A deputation yesterday waited upon thr Minister for Lands (Mr. Moore) and presented the resolutions on land matters passed at the recent Farmers'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threatening Butter Famine. [Reuter's Message.] Prices in London. London
The prices of butter are unchanged. The colonial consignments have all been cleared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmers and Settlers. Deputation to Minister for Lands. Presenting Resolutions from Recent Comference. Sydney
A deputation yesterday waited upon the Minister for Lands (Mr. Moore) and presented the resolutions on land matters passed at the recent Farmers'…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threatening Butter Famine. Slack Demand Reducing
From most of the butter-producing centres in Victoria, the [?] forwurded for the closing local market of the last Week allowed a substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Cargoes for England. Adelaide
Speaking at Crystal Brook on Saturday. Mr.John Darling stated that if South Australian wheat merchants had not sold their wheat cargoes before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Young Farmer's Death. Thrown Off Plough Seat. Killed on the spot. Adelaide
Paul Albert Hastings (22), a son of Mr. F. G. Hastings, a farmer of South Kilkerran, Yorke's Peninsula, was ploughing yesterday, when the reins of…
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Hurdle Race, 2 miles.— Dinyah, 9.0 (Clark). 1: St. Leonard, 10.8. (Curtin), 2; Prince Merv. 9.O (Morton), 3. Other staters: Tiay Tim, 9.0; Mahomet, 9.0…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victoria. "Wet Sheep." Melbourne
The conference at Melbourne between representatives of the Pastoralists' Association and the A.W.U., decided that the question of "wet sheep"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the Sydney wool sales yesterday only a small catalogue was presented. The demand was good. New greasy sorts tended towards an upward price…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Price of Butter. Sydney
The price of butter receded yesterday £2 per cwt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Butter Famine. Broken By Its Own Weight. Melbourne
Owing to the famine prices asked for butter, the public has done without it,using instead honey, jam, and the like. Consequent upon the notion of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir Willliam Farmer's Estate. London
The late Sir William Farmer's estate has been sworn for probate at £41,683…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wet Wool. Melbourne,Thursday
The Federal Givernment has approved of a grant of £500 towards the inquiries into the question of wet wool…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Wool Sales. Sydney
At the Sydney wool sales yesterday only 1593 bales were catalogued. Competition Was, however, spirited and prices firm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Factory Manager's Narrow Es[?]ape. Melbourne
A. Foster, manager of a butter factory at Wallan, a few miles from MElbourne, on the North-[?] line, yesterday narrowly [?] death. The…
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