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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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War Items. Russian Grain Crop. Holding the Austrogermans. Enemy Officers Killed. the Pope's Peace Negotiations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 September 1915 · page 6

The following war items have been transmitted by the Independent Cable Service:- London, Thursday…

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Action by Roumania. Export of Wheat and Gold Prohibited. Bucharest

Barrier Miner · Sunday 5 September 1915 · page 1

The prohibition of wheat export over the Roumanian frontiers has been made absolute. The Government is advancing growers 60 per cent, of the value…

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In Australia. New South Wales Butter. Embargo on Export Withdrawn. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 September 1915 · page 2

The State Attorney-General (Mr. Hall) has withdrawn the embargo on the export of butter from New South Wales…

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American Wheat Crop. Washington

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 September 1915 · page 2

The United States Agricultural Department estimates the wheat crop of the States at 981,000,000 bushels…

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New South Wales. the Wheat Crop. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 September 1915 · page 2

The State Government will not, it notifies, purchase any more wheat from farmers in New South Wales after September 30. It was, explained in the…

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The Wheat Crop. British Government Not to Purchase. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 September 1915 · page 4

With regard to the report that the Imperial Government had decided to take the whole of the coming Australian wheat crop, the Federal…

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Governor-general in South Australia. Praise of the Wheat Areas. Advocacy of Timber. Adelaide, Monday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 3

The Governor-General and Lady Helen Munro Ferguson left Adelaide by the express this afternoon for Ballarat, where his Excellency will…

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Hearly 3000 Sheep Missing. Charge Against a Grazier

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 4

A Melbourne telegram in the "Express" states:- Mustering operations recently completed on many big grazing areas in the…

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The Darling Wool Clip. All Afloat on a Flood Wave

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 4

A few weeks ago there was a rainstorm at Gunnedah, on the Namoi. When the Namon has flowed about 250 miles to tue north-west it joins the…

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Food Prices. Meat and Wheat in Britain. Arrangements with Australia. French Confidence Tn British Methods. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 4

Replying to a question relative to the increase in the price of foodstuffs, Mr. W. Runciman (President of the Board of Trade) stated in the House…

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The Darling Wool Clip. All Afloat on a Flood Wave

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 1

A few weeks ago there was a rainstorm at Gunnedah, on the Namoi. When the Namoi has flowed about 250 miles to the north-west it joins the…

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Food Prices. Meat and Wheat in Britain. Arrangements with Australia. French Confidence in British Methods. (Reuter's Message.) London

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 1

Replying to a question relative to the increase in the price of foodstuffs, Mr. W. Runciman (President of the Board of Trade) stated in the House…

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[?]Oldier's Body Found. in a Cattle Pit. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Sunday 26 September 1915 · page 1

The dead body of Private Alexander Sergeant, a well-known Geelong artist, who enlisted two months ago was found in a railway cattle pit near the…

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Federal Matters. Transport of Wheat. Mr. Hughes and the Shipping Ring. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 September 1915 · page 3

Referring to the erroneous report concerning the freight for the transport of wheat, Mr. William Hughes (Federal Attorney-General) yesterday…

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Australian Wheat Crop. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 2

The problem of placing the Australian wheat harvest on the world's market is receiving close attention from the Federal Attorney-General (Mr. W…

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Adelaide Wool Sales. Advanced Prices. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 October 1915 · page 2

At the wool sales to-day 12,000 bales were submitted. The demand for good combings was great, and these were from 5 to 10 per cent. higher…

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An Alleged Imposter. West Australian Farmer's Story

Barrier Miner · Monday 4 October 1915 · page 4

Matthew James Field, until recently a farmer, related a remarkable tale in the City Court of his entry into the city's commerce (telegraphs the…

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Farmer Found Dead. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 October 1915 · page 4

Mr. William Henry Mugridge, (49) was found dead in the bathroom at the residence of his relatives in Wellingtonstreet, Newtown, this morning…

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Federal Affairs. the Wool Industry. Duty Free Machinery Wanted. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 4

Mr. F. G. Tudor (Minister of Customs) visited the Commonwealth woollen mills at Geelong yesterday, his main purpose being to inspect certain…

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American Wheat. a Thousand Million Bushels in Prospect. (Reuter's Message.) Washington

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 6

The official estimate of the United States winter wheat yield is giren as 658,000.000 bushels, and the spring yield as 345,000,000 bushels…

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