A Disastrous Fire Farmers Heavy Losers Adelaide
A disastrous fire swept the district between Port Broughton and Mundoora, about 130 miles north of Adelaide and a few miles south of Port…
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Farming & the land, 1926
293 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 15 of 15
£200.000 Damage Reported Much Wheat Destroyed Sydney
Bush fires in the Parkes and Trundle districts have been responsible for damage estimated at between £150,000 and £200,000. Thousands of bags of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wheat and Coal Cargoes Held Up by the Ice Jam (A.p.a. Message.) New York, December 6
The ships in the ice jam are carrying between them 15,000,000 bushels of wheat and many bundred thousand tons of coal. The ships themselves are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oats Crop Destroyed Bathurst
A spark from a railway engine is believed to have caused a fire in a crop of oats at Raglen, owned by Mr. G. Shute. The whole of the crop was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Stabilisation Sydney
It is reported that the benefits to the producers during the first year trial of the Australian Butter Stabilisation committee amounted to £1,600,000. In…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep From Wilcannia Go to New Pastures
Dalgety and Co. on Friday trucked 5000 wethers from the Wilcannia district for South Australian stations. Mr. O. Strachan, the manager, said…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Races From Sydney to Find Harvest Destroyed Sydney
Mr. T. M. Greig, of Pitt-street, Sydney received word that his farm at Ootha, 317 miles from Sydney and near Condobolin, was menaced by bush fires…
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Dalgety and Co. have been advised that the following prices were obtained at the Adelaide wool sales to-day for district clips:—Carmarla, 17¼d.;…
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Elder, Smith and Co. Ltd., report that the fifth wool sale of the season was opened in Adelaide last night and continued this morning, when 30,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Caterpillars in Tasmania Crops Threatened
The prospects for a heavy oat and wheat yield in Tasmania this year are reduced owing to the appearance of caterpillars in several districts on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Caterpillars in Tasmania Crops Threatened
The prospects for a heavy oat and wheat yield in Tasmania this year are reduced owing to the appearance of caterpillars in Several districts on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmer Loses His Teeth Taken by a Magpie From Log in Paddock Sydney
An amusing incident is reported from Grafton. A resident while at work in a paddock removed his false teeth and placed them on a log. Almost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmer Fatally Injured. Sydney
While Michael O'Brien was working on his farm at Killarney, near Jerilderie, a Hash of lightning caused the team of 12 horses attached to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman to Stand Trim. for Setting Fire to Crop an Alleged Threat Sydney
Marr Ann Preston (68) was committed for trial at the Bathurst Police Court on a charge of havina maliciously set fire to a standing crop belonging…
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