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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1915

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Telegrams the London Wool Sales. Thursday morning

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 2

The London wool sales opened yesterday. There was a splendid attendance. The tone was more cheerful than at the December sales. Merinos…

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Wheat Supplies. Appeal to Home Government. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 4

The Emergency Workers' Committee, after investigating the increased cost of wheat, has forwarded a resolution to the Government urging that…

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Salisbury Flour Mill Burnt. Hundreds of Bags of Wheat Destroyed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 January 1915 · page 8

A disastrous fire occurred at Salisbury last night, when the flour mill of Messrs. Edwin Davey and Sons was destroyed. The premises were insured…

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Salisbury Fiour Mill Burnt. Hundreds of Bags of Wheat Destroyed. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Sunday 24 January 1915 · page 2

A disastrous fire occurred at Salisbury last night, when the flour mill of Messrs. Edwin Davey and Sons was destroyed. The premises were insured…

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Effect of the War. Increased Wheat Freights. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

Wheat freights from Argentine are 65/ per ton, as compared with 11/6 per ton a year ago…

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Wool Sales. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

At the fifth series of wool sales to-day, 10,000 bales were offered. There was an advance of 10 per cent. in merinos, and crossbreds were also…

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Wheat Seizure Case. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

Further argument relative to the powers of the State of New South Wales was heard at Melbourne yesterday by the Interstate, Commission in…

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New South Wales. Supply of Seed Wheat. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 2

The State Minister for Agriculture states that matters regarding the State wheat growing and the supply of seed wheat are as satisfactory as can be…

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Wheat Seizure Case Judgment. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 2

It is regarded as likely that the Interstate Commission will deliver judgment in the wheat seizure case on Friday…

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German Seizure of Wheat. "Justifies Allies' Capture of All Foodstuffs." New York Opinion. New York

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 January 1915 · page 2

The opinion is generally held here that as the result of the action of the German Government in confiscating wheat supplies they may now be…

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The Wool Sales. German Buyers About. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

Following on the recent trouble at the wool sales a deputation of woolbuyers and sellers waited on the Acting-Prime Minister (Mr. W. Hughes)…

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Victorian Farmers. £400,000 for Assistance Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

A sub committee of the Victorian State Cabinet, in a report on the assistance rendered to farmers owing to the drought anticipates that before…

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Wool Sales Postponed. Wheat Market Rising. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

The wool sales were postponed yesterday owing to a fog. The wheat market was firm, sixpence per bushel advance being asked…

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The Wool Sales. Competition in Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

At the wool sales in Sydney on Monday, 6584 bales were catalogued and 7229 sold, including private transactions. Exciting competition ruled at…

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The Demand for Merino Wool. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

Heavy orders for shirtings for the army is causing an extended demand for Australian merino wool…

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Wheat for Victoria. Importations From the Argentine. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 2

The Victorian State Government yesterday announced that it had arranged for the importation of a large quantity of wheat from the Argentine,…

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Holding Back Wheat. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

Farmers in South-western Riverina, who are in a position to do so, are holding back their wheat from sale in expectation of a favorable decision…

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Complaint Against the Wheat Board. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

A complaint comes from the Mill Employees' Union that the Government Wheat Board is mismanaging the distribution of grain to the flourmills…

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Objection to a Wool Buyer

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 4

A Melbourne telegram in the "Express" states:— Some excitaient was caused at the Geelong wool sales on Thursday, when…

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Wheat for Victoria. Shipment From America. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 February 1915 · page 5

Two further shipments of wheat for millnig purposes have been ordered from South America by the Victorian S[?]te Government. This makes a…

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