The "Wool Sack"
In the literal sense there is no "bar" in the House of Commons: it is but a brass rod let in the floor. Yet most people imagine it as a sort of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1927
275 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 14
Grazier Reported Missing Attends Sale of Sheep Sydney
James Carlon a wealthy Uralla grazier, who had been lost sight of by his relatives since his arrival in Sydney on June 29 visited the sheep sales…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unrest in Queensland Shots Fired Last Night Near Johnstone River Farmers Proposals Brisbane
A Message from Cairns states that [?] organised farmers have [?] their intention to visit that town within the next few days unless there…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Alleged Bogus Shares Men Arrested in Sydney for Defrauding Farmers [?]
A remarkable story of how a specious individual sold allegedly bogus shares to farmers through out the country is disclosed following the arrest of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sale of Cattle
Bennett and Fisher Ltd. report having sold at the Picton saleyards yesterday afternoon on behalf of J. Dempster, 100 head of mixed cattle in good…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool for Russia Russian Buyer in Sydney
Mr. J. Patiagorsky, vice-president of the Textile Import Company, Ltd., of Moscow, who recently arrived in Sydney, said on Tuesday that in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cauliflower Crop Failure at Bathurst
Cauliflower crops, for which Bathurst district has in the past been noted, have this season been a complete failure in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ex-broken Hill Miners on Murrumbidgee Farms Financial Concessions Granted-by-minister Sydney
Former Broken Hill miners who found it difficult to make a living on their farms on the Murrumbidgee. irrigation area have been granted…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Industry in Eastern States Fear of a Crash
Mr. W. L. Sanderson, the secretary of the Pastoralists' Association" of West Australia, who returned on Friday from Sydney, where he…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australia Wheat-growing Activities Referred to by Mr. Bruce Melbourne
Mr. S. M. Bruce, the Prime Minister, referring to the resources of West Australia, said that it was only a matter of time before that State…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmcoat Watering Place Tenders for Lease Sydney
The Public Works Department has received three tenders for the lease of the public watering place at Farmcoat Tank on the road from Broken…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheep Should Be Branded Says a Stock Inspector Sydney
Mr. D. M'Pherson, stock inspector, told the Cumberland Pastures Protection Board that it is hopeless to speak and write of sheep stealing being…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain and Show Farming Areas Benefit in South Australia Snowballing Enjoyed
There were heavy fallg of snow in the country on Wednesday night (says the Adelaide "News"). When residents of Hallett awoke yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain and Snow Farming Areas Benefit in South Australia Snowballing Enjoyed
There were heavy falls of snow in the country, on Wednesday night (says tho Adelaide "News"). When residents of Hallett awoke yesterday morning they…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Threat to Burn Farm Brisbane
Mr. Gilmore, chairman of directors of the South Johnstone mill, has reeded, an anonymous notification to the effect that the cane on his farm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmer Found Dead Sydney
Patrick Maher (45), a farmer of Kootingal, near Tamworth, who left his home yesterday morning was discovered lying dead in a pool of blood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Canefields Strike Armed Police Arriving on Scene at South Johnstone' Farmers Declared "Black"
Such is the stage of the drama, between the farmers and strikers at the South Johnstone sugar mill that wholesale mob role is threatened…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers at Innisfail Want Police Protection Brisbane
A large meeting of farmers at Innisfail carried a motion asking the Government to render adequate and effective, police protection so as to enable them…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maltese Prefer Gaol to Working for Farmers Adelaide
Mr. R. L. Butler, the Premier, stated in the House of Assembly this afternoon that unemployed Maltese had again called on him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pastoral Industry Addresses by Professors on Need for Research Sydney
Professor Woodruff, of the Melbourne University, and Professor Stewart, of the Sydney University, in addresses before the General Council…
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