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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1919

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Receiving a Stolen Sheep Official Organ's Suppression

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 4

Dear Mr. Editor,— I was much struck by two or three points in connection with the case in which two hard working members of the…

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Receiving a Stolen Sheep Official Organ's Suppression

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 November 1919 · page 3

Dear Mr. Editor,— I was much struck by two or three points in connection with the case in which two hard working members of the…

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Heavy Cherry Crop Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 1

Cherry picking is now general, and the Cherryville crop promises to be a heavy one…

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Second-grade Wheat a Japanese Purchase Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 1

Japanese buyers have placed an order for 1500 tons of second-grade Victorian wheat at 7/5 a bushel…

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Wool and Basil Workers Are Now Out on Strike Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 1

Eight hundred members of the wool and basil workers are on strike as the result of what they consider the shelving of their demands for increased…

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Fruit Crops Prospects Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 November 1919 · page 1

The heat and the hot winds are having a bad effect on the strawberry crops, but cherries are plentiful…

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The Drought Graziers' Serious Position Explained by Mr. Kidman Huge Loss of Sheep

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 November 1919 · page 3

Mr. Anthony Kidman, representing Mr. Sidney Kidman and a number of pas[?]oral companies in New South Wales, Queensland, and South…

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Wheat Stack Trouble Deadlock Continues Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 4

A meeting of delegates from the South Australian branches of the Waterside Workers' Federation was held in Adelaide on Tuesday to discuss…

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Wheat Handlers' Strike Continues at Port Pirie Union Decision Flouted Exasperated Moderates May Boycott Extremists

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

The Port Pirie "Recorder" announces that contrary to expectations the wheat handlers' strike did not end on Saturday last. It appears that there is a…

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The Senate. F. B. S. Falkiner Selected As the Farmers' Candidate

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 November 1919 · page 2

Mr. F. B. S. Falkiner, M.P. for Hume, is the nominee of the Farmers and Settlers' Association as the farmers' candiate for the Senate in New…

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Wheat Commission Finalisation Urged in South Australia Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 4

In the House of Assembly to-day, several members urged that the investigations of the wheat commission should be speedily finalised…

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Wheat Handlers' Strike Co[?]tinues at Port Pirie Slight Change on Tuesday Union Refuges to Confer

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 1

The Port Pirie "Recorder" reports that there was a s[?]ght change in the position of the wheat han[?]ers on Tuesday, when men accepted work…

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Pastoralists' Association West Darling District. Wool Prospects Discussed

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 4

A meeting of the Pastora[?]sts' Association of the West Darling District was held at the Freemasons' Hotel yesterday. Mr. T. M. Daskein presided,…

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The Shortage of Water Is Very Grave at Young Great Mortality of Sheep

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 2

So grave has the water shortage become that the necessity of making immediate use of the large streams of clear, underground water known to flow…

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Pastoralists' Association West Darling District. Wool Prospects Discussed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 8

A meeting of the Pastoral[?]sts' Association of the West Dar[?]ng District was held at the Freemasons' Hotel yesterday. Mr. T. M. Daskein presided,…

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Europe Must Be Clothed to Pay High Prices Consumers Are Ready. Rates for Wool Are Soaring (United Service Message.) London, November 14

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 November 1919 · page 1

Bus[?]ness firme, as well as official auth[?]rities, temporar[?]ly interested in the wool trade, while differing on many points of detail, agree in pred ct[?]…

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Wheat Handlers' Strike Ends at Port Pirie Union Executive's Advice

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 November 1919 · page 4

Waterside workers at Port Pirie (reports the "Recorder") on Thursday, gave effect to the resumption of work resolution adopted at the moeting of…

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Wool Business Saved by Aid of Government Statement Tn Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 November 1919 · page 1

Evidence given before the High Prices Commission showed that the wool business would have collapsed only for Government aid. It was…

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"Reprehensible Conduct" of Wheat Board Manager Statement by Justice Pring Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 November 1919 · page 2

Mr. Digby, manager of the State Wheat Board, Btated before the Wheat Commission yesterday that he had instructed his officers to refer to himself…

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The Drought Assistance to Farmers Bill Introduced in Assembly Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 November 1919 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last night notice was given of the introdnction of a bill to provide assistance for drought-strickn farmers…

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