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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1911

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Insanitary Conditions. a Dairyman Fined. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 6

At the Lismore Police Court to-day Robert Trimbell, a dairyman, was fined £20 and costs on a charge of not maintaining his registered dairy and…

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Bullet in His Brain. Farmer Dies Without Regaining Consciousness. Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 4

A farmer named George Shepherd (31), was found in his room at Bendoon (W.A.), on Sunday with a pea rifle bullet in his brain…

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Broken Hill Dairy Farm. "A Picture of Cleanliness."

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 8

In conversation with a "Miner" representative to-day the Mayor (Alderman Marks), in discussing his visit to the timber reserves near[?]Stephens…

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"Shang Haied." Bought and Sold Like Sheep. Statements at Labor Council

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 3

Mr. Thorbjorn[?]sen, of the Coal Lumpers' Union, made some remarkable statements last night (says the S.M. Herald" of June 9) before the Labor…

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Farm Laboring Immigrants. Victorian Government Will Reduce Passage Money. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 4

The Victorian Government has decided to reduce the passage money of British immigrants who are farm laborers to £6, while their wives and…

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Floods in Gippsland. Many Properties Under Water. Farmers' Heavy Losses

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 June 1911 · page 3

The Trafalgar correspondent of the "Ago" wired on Juno ll: — The exceptionally heavy rains still continue throughout this district. All…

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Looking for Record Wheat Crop. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 3

The Canadian North-west farmers are looking for a record wheat crop…

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Farm Laboring Immigrants. Victorian Government Will Reduce Passage Money. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 8

The Victorian Government has decided to reduce the passage money of British immigrants who are farm laborera to £6, while their wives and…

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Return Op the "Cattle King." Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1911 · page 4

Mr. Sidney Kidman, the "Cattle King," returned to Adelaide on Saturday after a long tour in New South Wales and Queensland. He left…

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A Curious Land Sup. Farmer's 15-Acre Block Shifted

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 June 1911 · page 1

The Leongatha correspondent of the "Age" wired on June 14:— A serious earth disturbance has occurred in the Halston district, between…

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Farmer Fractures His Spine. Dies in Adelaide Hospital. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 22 June 1911 · page 4

Gustave Lippman, a farmer of Woodside, died in the Adelaide Hospital this afternoon from fracture of the spine. Lippman met with an accident…

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Phenomenal Growth of Wheat. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 8

Frequent rains in the Canadian prairies' have caused a phenomenal growth of wheat. Heavy storms have also occurred…

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Price of Butter. an Advancing Market. Broken Hill Values

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 28 June 1911 · page 8

Consequent on the wet weather and floods in Victoria the wholesale price of butter has steadily advanced during the last few weeks. This has brought…

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He Temere Degree. Pastoral Letter From the Anglican Church

Barrier Miner · Friday 30 June 1911 · page 2

The "Register's" Melbourne correspondent reports that the Anglican Church of victoria has drawn up a pastoral letter dealing with the ne…

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Pastoral

Western Grazier · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

The following is an extract from "Age ricultural and Pastoral Notes" Issual under the sirection of the Hooorary Minister for Agriculture:—…

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New Butter Regulations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 4

The new butter regulations which promise to have an important effect on the Commonwealth's export trade become law to-day…

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Food Standard Committee. Preservatives in Butter Not Permitted. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 July 1911 · page 2

The Federal Food Standard Committee has decided that butter shall not contain any preservative, but permits the addition of harmless coloring…

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South Australian Wheat Yield. Official Figures for Last. Harvest. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 8

Official figures relating to the last wheat harvest in South Australia are available. Compared with the season 1909-10,…

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Labor Party and the Farmer. "The Farmers' True Friend." Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

Replying to Mr. Wade's speech in the Asembly. Mr. Trefie says it is well known that the Labor party took a bold step forward with regard to…

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The Snake As the Farmer's Friend

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 July 1911 · page 7

The snake, it seems, is not as black as he is painted. Indeed, Mr. A. S. Le Souef, who drew attention to his merits in a lecture at last night's…

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