Farmers and Labor Aims
Addressing the annual conference of the Farmers and Settlers' Association in Sydney on Monday, the president (Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C.) stated that…
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Farming & the land, 1917
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Encouraging Milling of Wheat. Adelaide
Householders are to he urged each to stock a bag of flour to encourage the milling of the wheat now in stacks…
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The Commissioners of the Government Savings Bank of New South Wales announce that they are prepared to receive applications from farmers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Wool Clip. Purchased by Imperial Government. Adelaide
The Prime Minister (Mr. W. M. Hughes) announced yesterday that the Imperial Government has bought this year's wool clip…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Feeding the People. Control of Cereal Crops. Transactions Forbidden. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Press Bureau announces:— The Food Controller (Lord Rhondda) has forbidden transactions, without a permit, in connection with the 1917…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Meat Supplies. for Imperial Government. Cattle From Broken Hill District. Adelaide
The Minister of Home Affairs and Federal Territories (Mr. P. M. Glynn), states that he has giren instructions for four mobs of cattle, each consisting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer's Leg Broken. Adelaide
Mr. William Jefferey, farmer of Booboorowie, was thrown from his waggon on Friday, and his thigh was fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bulk Handling of Wheat. Adelaide
The South Australian Government has decided not to bring the bulk handling of grain before the Parliament this session…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Australian Wool Clip. Acquired for £40,000,000. ("The Times" Message.) London
In the House of Commons to-day Mr. A. Bonar Law (Chancellor of the Exchequer), when questioned, stated that the Government had acquired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Federal Politics. Passage of Wheat Storage Bill. Melbourne
The House of Representatives yesterday passed the Wheat Storage Bill through all stages, and then adjourned till Wednesday next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Federal Parliament. Wheat Storage Bill Passes the Senate. Repatriation Bill Considered. Melbourne
The Wheat Storage Bill passed all its stages in the Senate without amendment. The Repatriation Bill was further…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide Cattle Market. Adelaide
At Monday's cattle market the supply was short and the prices averaged 50/ per 100lb., an advance of 4/ as compared with a week ago…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Payment for 1916-17 WHEAT. Adelaide
The second advance for 1916-17 wheat is payable to-morrow, the amount for South Australia being approximately £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmers' Taxation Proposals. Adelaide
The Pastoralists' Federal Council has urged that Federal and State taxation returns should be uniform in respect of the time and particulars required:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damaged Wheat. Turning It to Use. Melbourne
The executive of the advisory council of science and industry reported that damaged wheat purified with lime can be used for malting, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Wool. Adelaide
There is little chance of imported knitting wool being cheaper, it is stated, but it is hoped that Australia will turn out a good, article at a cheaper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crop Prospects. in Various Countries. (Reuter's Message.) London
A report by the Board of Agriculture on the crop prospects says that in France, Italy, Denmark, and Sweden, the yield is expected to be below the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ownership of Cattle. Verdict for the Plaintiff
Sophia Roberts sued James Liddington for the recovery of a cow and two calves which she claimed as her property. The pontiff also sought £35,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Government Wheat Sheds. Adelaide
The Wheat Advisory Committee is constructing skeleton sheds for the storage of the next wheat harvest at the cost of £390 each. The sheds will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lutheran Synod Pastoral Letter. an Exhortation for Humility. (Reuter's Message.) London
Reuter's Amsterdam correspondent telegraphs:— "A pastoral letter from the Lutheran Synod has been read in all German…
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