The Wool Industry Statistician's Figures Sydney
Mr. T. Waites, Government Statistician, estimates that 48,000,000 sheep and lambs were in the State at the end of last year as compared with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1928
337 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 17
Alleged Murder Farm Employee Arrested After Death of a Girl
An alleged brutal murder has been reported from Darkan township, 150 miles south of Perth (says a Perth message in the Adelaide "News")…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Man Discharges Revolver at People on a Farm Sydney
A Casino man who was some months age fined for having an unlicensed revolver in his possession, and who then disappeared from town, reappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Discharges Revolver at People on a Farm Sydney
A Casino man who was some months ago fined for having an unlicensed revolver in his possession, and who then disappeared from town, reappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Confidence Man an Australian Farmer Leads to His Arrest London, March 2
The Nice correspondent of the British United Press states that an Australian sheep farmer, Mr. William Downie, who is spending a holiday on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Police Raid on Farm for Suspected Cockfighting Magistrate Fined
The case in which a farmer sued a magistrate and the police for damages because of a raid on his farm for suspected cockfighting, ended at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep and Wool of N.s.w. Official Estimates
Estimates made by the Government Statistician (Mr. T. Waites) in collaboration with the Chief Veterinary Surgeon (Mr. Max Henry) on the basis of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wool Position Prices Satisfactory
As indicating the comfortable position in which pastoralists find themselves this year it may be mentioned (says Were and Son's weekly letter)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Industrial Transfer to Commonwealth of Industrial Powers Opposed by Farmers
That the wholesale transfer of industrial powers to the Commonwealth would not be in the best interests of the ultimate development of Australia,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Adelaide Wool Sales High Values Obtained
Dalgety and Co. were advised to-day that the Adelaide wool sales opened to a large attendance of buyers last night. A good selection of wool was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swan Drowns Sheep
Lord Derwent, walking in his grounds at Hackness Hall (says the London "Daily Express") saw a swan attack a sheep by the edge of a lake…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Clip Nearly £50,000,000 Sold
Figures issued by the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers show that the amount of wool sold in Australia from July 1,l927, to the close…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality Queensland Farmer Killed Cairns
Edward Smith, farmer, of Mareeba, waa killed by a train yesterday. He was carrying half a sack of corn on his shoulder which, when crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality Queensland Farmer Killed Cairns
Edward Smith, farmer, of Mareeba, was killed by a train yesterday. He was carrying half a sack of corn on his shoulder which, when crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Heavy Wheat Yields
The Vancouver correspondent of the London "Times" decently stated that land in the Peace River district yields 40 bushels of wheat to the acre…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Increase Is Forecasted in the Price of Butter Sydney
Speaking at Lismore, Mr. W. T. Missingham, M.L.A., said that butter producers were soon going to set consumers the task of paying another…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trade with Russia British Co.'s Contract for Dairy Produce (A.p. A. Message.) London, March 18
The Union Cold Storage Company has contracted to market all Russian dairy produce in Britain. Sir William Vestey, the director of the company,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Driven Into River Murray a Farmer Drowned
On Saturday night Mr. Herbert, Castle (54), farmer, of the Hundred of Paisley, was driving a motor car from his home, about 13 miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unquiry Opened Into Girl's Death Farm Hand in Custody Perth
This morning at Williams, a small farming township, an inquiry was opened into the circumstances of the death of lvy Lewis (12), whose body was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Cattle Stealing Sydney
A stock inspector employed by the Sydney Water Conservation and Irrigation Commission at Leeton was arrested yesterday on a charge of cattle…
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