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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Late Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Importation of English Cattle Prohibited. Buenos Avres

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 March 1911 · page 8

The importation of English cattle into the Arcentino Republic has been prohibited by the Argentine Government. This action is taken on account…

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Shipment of Wheat. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 4

It is expected that 600,000 bags of wheat will be shipped between Renmark and Murray Bridge this year…

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Pinnaroo Farms for Sale Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 March 1911 · page 6

Several farms at Pinnaroo were offered for sale to-day, but the reserve prices were not reached. Ladies recommend Martin's Apiol…

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Stud Cattle

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 March 1911 · page 5

Thirty-four stud heifers will arrive at Cockburn from Netley Station, New South Wales, on Sunday, and will be trucked on Monday to Mr. Hirsch,…

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Accident at Katamatite. Well-known Farmer Killed. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 2

An accident occurred at Katamatite, Victoria, on Saturday to W. G. Carrick, a well-known farmer, who was driving a team of horses hitched to a heavy…

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An Alabama Tornado. Crops Ruined and Farmhouses Wrecked. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 April 1911 · page 4

A tornado, destroyed the settlement of Ganesville, Alabama, yesterday, but no lives were lost. The crops were ruined, and the…

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Gruesome Discovery By a Dairyman's Boy. Man's Body Found Shot Through the Heart. Near the Picton Cattle Yards. Body Identified as that of the Missing Man Abrahams

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

The sensational disappearance of the mail John Abrahams, who failed to answer to his name at the Quarter Sessions yesterday when called upon to…

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Wheat and Flour by Rail. Bitter Rate War Ended. [Reuter's Message.] San Francisco

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 April 1911 · page 2

The Trans-Pacific Railway Companies have agreed to restore their former rates on wheat and flour shipped from North Pacific ports to Japan, China,…

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A Farmer in Trouble. Convicted of Horse Stealing. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 April 1911 · page 1

At the Adelaide Criminal Court today, William Perry, farmer, late of [?]ackara, was found guilty of horse stealing, but the jury strongly…

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Encinedrivers and Firemen. Claim Before Federal Arbitration Court. Evidence on the Cost of Living. "Often Have to Deny the Children Butter." Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 4

In the Federal Arbitration Court yesterday, the hearing was continued of the evidence in the dispute between the Enginedrivers and Firemen's Union…

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Farmer in Trouble. Sentenced for Horse Stealing. Sentence Suspended Under First Offenders' Act. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 6

William James Perry, a farmer, who was found guilty, of horse stealing yesterday, came up for sentnece at the Criminal Court, Adelaide, to-day…

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Factory Girls for Farms

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 7

Mrs. Belmont, who is actively interested in Ph[?]hropic work and the woman's suffrage cause in this city, has (says the New York correspondent of…

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West Australian Wheat Belt Mr. G. L. Sutton Appointed Commissioner for Agriculture. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 4

Mr. G. L. Sutton, who for years past has been the wheat experimentalist to the New South Wales Department of Agriculture, has been appointed…

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An Accident at a Farm. One Man Killed and Another Seriously Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 4

An accident occurred on Friday at Spiver's Gowrie farm, four miles from Burrowa. A party of men were engaged in…

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A Farmer's Rash Act. Gashed His Throat with Pocket Knife. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 4

Abel Williamson, a farmer at Lindnow, attempted to commit suicide in a dramatic manner at Bairnsdale on Saturday. He drove his horse to a…

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Farmer B Comes Excited. Watching a Man Arrested. Succumbs to Cerebral Hemorrhage. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 April 1911 · page 4

On Saturday night an elderly farmer named Lawson from the Hawkesbury district, saw a man arrested on the Newcastle Company's wharf, and…

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The Tantanoola Sheep-stealing Case. Accused Sentenced to Six Years' Hard Labor. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

At the Mount Glimmer Circuit Court yesterday Charles Edmundson pleaded guilty to having killed 78 sheep with the intent of stealing skins belonging…

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Bill Squires As a Farmer. Wins the Champion Bag of Wheat. at the Sydney Show

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 April 1911 · page 8

Ill-fortune does not seem to pursue "Bill" Squires, the man who lost his punch, so consistently as a farmer as it did when he was a prominent figure…

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American Politics. Farmers Free List Bill. Canadian-american Reciprocity. Washington

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 4

The Ways and Means Committee of the House of Representatives at Washington reported to-day that the Farmers Free List Bill, recommending…

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Canada and America. Debating the Reciprocity Bill. in American House of Representatives. Bitter Attacks on Farmers' Free List Bill. [Reuter's Message.] Washington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 April 1911 · page 4

Striking differences of opinion were expressed by members of the Democratic and Republican parties during the debate in the House of…

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