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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1913

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Victoria. Probable Wheat Yield. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 November 1913 · page 2

The Railway Department officers estimates that the Victorian wheat yield this year will be 38,000,000 bushels…

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General Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] the Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 December 1913 · page 4

The wool market opened [?], but with prices unchanged[?] There was strong Continental competition for fine-haired merinoes…

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Heavy Storm in the West. Wheat Crops Destroyed. Railway Line Blocked. Perth

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 2

The eastern wheat belt was visited on Saturday night by a heavy thunder and hail storm, which destroyed the wheat crops and sheds. The damage…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. South Australia. the Wheat Yield. Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 December 1913 · page 1

The official forecast of the South Australian wheat harvest was published to-day. It states that 19,491,585 bushels are expected, with an average yield…

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Education in New South Wales. the Archbishop's Pastoral Letter

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 6

The following pastoral letter has been issued by Dr. Kelly, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney:—"To the clergy an faithful of the archdiocese of Sydney…

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Chased with a Hayfork. A.W.U. Organiser Wounded. Farmer Committed for Trial. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 December 1913 · page 5

At the Wagga police court, yesterday, before Mr. Helm, P.M., Wilham Fetita Woods, A.W.U. organiser,' proceeded against a farmer named George…

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Storms in the West. the Damage in the Wheat Be[?]t. Government Assistance to Be Given. Perth

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 December 1913 · page 2

Reports from the eastern wheat belt, with respect to Sunday's rain and [?]ilstorm, indicate that 15,000 bushels of wheat were lost in the Jennerberrin…

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Late Cables. [Reuter's Messages.] Japanese Rice Crop. Tokio

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

The final estimate of the Japanese rice crop this season puts the total yield at 4 per cent, below the normal quantity…

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Cotton Crop Damaged. Dallas

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 4

The flood situation has improved. It is known that 24 people have been drowned. The water in falling slowly. The militia has made many arrests…

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A Woman Suicides. Suspected of Baby-farming. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 December 1913 · page 8

Mrs. Isabella Newman, at her home at Mordialloc, took poison and died within a few minutes last night. For some considerable time past the…

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Wool Sales. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 4

At the wool sales yesterday there was a good demand For merinos at late rates. The market for crossbreds was irregular…

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The Wheat Market. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 4

The wheat market is firm, but inactive, and prices are unchanged…

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Suspected Baby Farming. Two Children Missing. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 5

The police have decided to dig up the lead ia the vicinity of a house occupied by Mrs. Newman, who took strychnine on Friday, when she was…

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The Baby-farming Case. Mrs. Newman's Death

Barrier Miner · Monday 8 December 1913 · page 8

A correspondent of the Adelaide "Mail" telegraphs:—, The detectives who are investigating the disappearance of babies visited…

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The Butter Trade. Colored Margarine. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 4

It is understood that the conference convened by Captain R. Muirhead Collins, R.N., Acting High Commissioner for Australia, with the object of…

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Farm Laborers' Wages. a Democratic Prime Minister. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 December 1913 · page 2

The Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith), speaking at the National Liberal Club. said that in his opinion the weapons of trade unionism were ineffective to deal…

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Suspected Baby Farming. Police Search in Victoria. Startling Revelations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 13 December 1913 · page 3

The very worst fears entertained for the lives of at least two of the inrants which were given into the care of Mrs. Isabel Newman[?] have been realised…

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Baby Farminc. Illgeal Operations. [Reuter's Message] Paris

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 December 1913 · page 8

The police have discovered in Montargis, a town in the French department Leiret, a baby-farming Organisa-0 tion on a very largo scale, which, it is…

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Ore and Wool Traffic

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 December 1913 · page 3

The secretary to the South Australian Railways Commissioner (Mr. A. N. Day) yesterday supplied the following information with respect to the ore…

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Deals in Wheat. German Bread Deficit

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 December 1913 · page 6

Beef and pork in Germany have been been for many years extremely scarce, and on reliable authority, as the German press witness, horse, not to say…

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