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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Sensational Queensland Railway Accident. Goods and Cattle Train Leaves the Line. Passenger Train Crashes Into the Wreckage. Five Men Killed and Five Injured. the Condition of Two Serious. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

A complete block in the trame over the range to the Darling Downs occurred yesterday as the result of a sensational accident. Two miles beyond…

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Mr. Cann and Farmers. "A Farrago of Confused Nonsense."

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1913 · page 4

The statement made by Mr. Cann, State Treasurer, regarding the complaints of farmers of failure to provide for the shifting of the wheat harvest…

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N.S.W. Wool in London. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 February 1913 · page 4

The New South Wales wool exhibit was opened to-day, at the Technical Institute. Many manufacturers and former technical students were present…

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Wheat in India. Important Demonstration. [Reuter's Message.] Delhi

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Resea Cheshoward the Government Botanist at Pusa, has shown that wheat with milling and baking qualities similar to the best on the English markets…

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The Wheat Harvest. South Australian Forecast

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 February 1913 · page 4

The Government statistician of South Australia has issued a revision of the official forecast of the wheat harvest of that State for the year 1912-13. The…

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New South Wales. the Dry Farming Congress. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 February 1913 · page 2

Mr. Nielsen considers that the dry farming congress held in america was one of the greatest meetings of expert agriculturists hold in any part of the…

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Crowing-crop Competition. a Fine Yield

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 6

Though the competition held at Cowra during the past harvest was gradually reduced by one defection and another to one grower that one was…

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A Cyclonic Storm. Corn Crop Stripped Clean Other Remarkable Ingidents. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 4

A cyclonic, storm struck Mr. Martin Shanahan's residence, two miles from Capetown, near Uralla, yesterday. The house was shifted from its…

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Wheat Lumpers Want More Money. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 4

The casual hands employed at Darling Harbor in the loading of wheat want higher wages, or else they will cease work…

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Cheap Farms. Land Thrown Open in the Northern Territory

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 8

The Federal Government is throwing open for public competition perpetual leases of 20 blocks of mixed farming and gnazing lands on the western side…

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The Rush for Lan[?]. Farms in the Northern Territory

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 4

No fewer than 326 applications were received by the Externnl Affairs Department for the 26 farms on the Daly River, in the Northern Territory. They…

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Stolen Fruit. and a Shot Gun Farmer. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 8

On six youths visiting an orchard at Heidelberg and enjoying a feast of pears, the elderly owner of the stolen fruit is alleged to have discharged a…

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Ship on Fire at Rio. Butter Blazing. [Reuter's Message.] Rio Janeiro

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 March 1913 · page 2

The No. 3 cross bunker in the lower hold on the liner Turakona is afire. The seat of the fire is difficult to reach. Heavy damage to the cargo is expected…

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West Australian Farmers. Forming a Political Party. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 March 1913 · page 2

The Farmers' and Settlers' Association's annual conference, after a prolonged discussion yesterday, carried, by 103 votes to 17, a resolution that…

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The Rev. Albert Knight. His Double Life. Factory Girl and Poultry Farm. Victoria's New Immigrant. (From the "Sun's" London Correspondent)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 March 1913 · page 6

A fog, [?]ammy and clinging, enveloped the torn, searped, cruel cliffs of F[?]borough Head on Saturday, January 18. A storm-tossed sea fretted and…

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Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday there was competition for cross breds at late rates. Merinos were firm, prices being unchanged…

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[?]H[?]rch Schools. Archbishop Kelly's Pastoral. an Attack on the Bursary System

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 7

A pastoral letter by Archbishop Kelly to the clergy and faithful was read in the various Roman Catholic Churches of the Archdi[?] last Sunday. It…

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Australian Wheat. Sir George Reid and the Duke. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 4

Sir G. H. Reid in the "Daily Mail," correct[?] the Duke of Marlborough's statement in his series of articles on the land question that Australian wheat…

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Wet Sheep. Shearers' Claim for Wages for Lost Days. the A.w.u. Agreement Tested

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 March 1913 · page 8

Judgment was given on Thursday by the New South Wales Full Court in which the question was raised whether shearers can claim wages for days on…

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Ostrich Farming. a Profitable Australian Industry. Feathers Kqual to the Best in the World

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 March 1913 · page 3

The alleged refusal of the South African Government to allow ostriches to be exported to Australia for fear the Commonwealth will become a serious…

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