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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1921

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Dry Again Outback. Stations Send Cattle for Sale in Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 2

A resident of Euriowie, in a telephone conversation. with a "Miner" reporter to-day, stated that the country round about Euriowie was very dry,…

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Wallaroo Wharf Men Refuse to Unload Wheat. No Sign of Settlement. Wallaroo

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 4

Work was not resumed on the jetty tooday in connection with the dispute between the Waterside Workers' Association and the Steamship Owners…

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South Australia Drinking Water on Wheat Sends Boy to Hospital Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 4

While helping his father in harvesting operations Murray Ellis, aged 12, a son of Richard Ellis, of Hamilton, swallowed a quantity of wheat and…

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F.a.q. Wheat Standard

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The corn trade sectional committee of the Adelaide Chamber of Commerce met on Wednesday in Adelaide to fix the f.a.q. standard of wheat for the…

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Price of Butter Application for Increase Prices Commission's Decision Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The Prices Commission to-day investigated the cost and sale of butter. The chairman announced subsequently the following decision:—…

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Wallaroo Strike Ends Loading of Wheat Resumed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

The men at Wallaroo who struck work a little while ago to demand higher pay for loading wheat from steamers have now decided to resume…

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600 Cattle to Be Sold in Broken Hill Market En Route From Queensland

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

The municipal herdsmen, Mr. J. T. Dunn, has been advised that about 600 head of mixed cattle will cross the common on Wednesday next in charge…

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Price of Butter Application for Increase Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

The Prices Commission to-day investigated the cost and sale of butter. The chairman announced subsequently the following decision:—…

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The Case for the Country. How Sydney has Ex[?] at the Country's Expense. The Decline of Agriculture The Slump of Dairying. No. 1

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

The war excepted the most arresting fact in the [?]story of New South Wales, is the decline of rural industries, and ho[?] of the rural…

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Fall in Wheat in Britain (Reuter's Message.) London, February 5

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 1

Wheat was quoted at 75/ a quarter at Northampton to-day compared with 90/ a quarter a week ago…

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Revolt in Ireland Bishop of Cork's Pastoral "Ireland Not a Republic." ("The Times" Message.) London, February 7

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

Bishop Cohalan, of Cork, in his Lenten pastoral, writes:— "According to the teaching of our church ireland is not a republic. The…

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Commercial Australian Wool Stocks on Band in Britain

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 February 1921 · page 1

A cable message from London states that the directer of raw materials (Sir Arthur Goldfinch) has issued a statement showing the stocks of wool on…

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Commercial Australian Wheat Sale ("The Times" Message.) London, February 10

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 1

The London "Times" warns those concerned not to expect, a great relaxation in the attitude of the banks on the exchange question as the…

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Plague of Grasshoppers Growing Crops Damaged

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 1

A message from Brisbane reports that a plague of grasshoppers on Darling Downs is working havoc among all the crops. Thirty acres of lucerne at…

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Charge of Muroer Victorian Farmer Arrested Geelong

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 4

Ernest Schefferle (40), a farmer, of Sutherlands Creek, was lodged in the Geelong lockup last night on a charge of having wilfully murdered William…

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Advance to Wheat Growers Wheat Board Decisions Sydnev

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 3

Amongst important decisions arrived at yesterday the Wheat Board agreed to the payment of a second advance of 2/6 as soon as possible and decided…

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Retired Farmers in the City Robbed by Friendly Stranger Over £32 Gone

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 1

The acquaintanceship of a confiding stranger in Melbourne on Thursday cost Mr. O. Scott Thompson and Mr. Arnold Blackman, two retired…

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Milk Supplies Withheld Farmers Want 1/3 a Gallon Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 February 1921 · page 3

The dairy farmers who supply milk to Sydney took practically unanimous action yesterday in withholding supplies. They demand 1/3 a gallon, which…

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Shipping for Portland to Help Decentralisation Wheat to Be Loaded

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 February 1921 · page 2

An experiment in decentralisation is to take place at Portland, on the south-west coast of Victoria, about 250 mile from Melbourne. The residents of…

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No Further Control of Wool by the Federal Government Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 25 February 1921 · page 1

Australian wool, the exportation of which has been prohibited except by consent of the Minister for Customs since October, 1914, has now been…

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