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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1928

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Canadian Farm Tragedy Four Persons Dead (Special to "The Miner.") Calgary, July 10

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 July 1928 · page 3

When Mr. Henry Vernon Becker (20 years of age), son of Mrs. Henry Becker, was returning across a field toward the farmhouse of his mother,…

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Sequel to Murder Trial Farm for Widow London, July 11

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 July 1928 · page 1

After paying all expenses the balance of the Pace Fund will be about £3000. A farm will probably be bought for Mrs. Pace, and the balance will…

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Pine Wool

Western Grazier · Saturday 14 July 1928 · page 4

Ch[?] have [?] wested oct in [?] as a [?] for wool for [?] very [?] By carving…

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Farmer's Throat Gashed Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 July 1928 · page 4

Henry Mudge, a farmer, of Baroota, was brought to Port Pirie by Constable Mertin, of Port Germain, on Sunday afternoon with his throat badly…

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Farmer's Suicide Followed His Arrest for Serious Offence Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 1

When Edgar Jenkins, a farmer, was charged by the police with a serious offence, he asked to be allowed to have a cup of tea. The request was…

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The Growing of Oranges on Irrigation Areas a Record Crop

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 July 1928 · page 4

A record navel orange crop on the irrigation area is being harvested (says a Sydney message in the "Register"). Estimates of the total…

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A Missing Farm Youth Believed to Be Drowned Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 July 1928 · page 1

A migrant youth employed on a farm at Toorooka, near Kempsey, left his employer's residence to post a letter to his mother and has not been seen…

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Murder and Suicide Four Persons Dead at Farm Near Bendigo House Also Set on Fire Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 July 1928 · page 2

A man who ran amok at Junorton, near Bendigo, this morning, shot his wife and two other persons, set fire to a dwelling and then committed suicide…

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Russian Wheat Purchases Ottawa, July 18

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 4

Russia has purchased 8,000,000 bushels of wheat in different markets during the past week. Much of it is in Western Canada Canadian shipments…

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Killed by a Bull Aged Farmer Gored to Death Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 1

Thomas Duck (78), a farmer, of Seville, was gored to death by a bull in a paddock adjoining his farm yesterday morning. Before he expired he…

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Aldinga Farmer Shot Claimed to Be Accident

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 July 1928 · page 2

Mr. Peter W. Hunt, farmer, of Aldinga, who was shot in a leg with pellets after having asked two men to refrain from shooting game on his…

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Russian Wheat Purchases Ottawa, July 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 6

Russia has purchased 8,000,000 [?]ushels of wheat in different markets during the past week. Much of it is in Western Canada. Canadian shipments…

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Helping Woolgrowers a New Wool Tester London, July 18

Barrier Miner · Saturday 21 July 1928 · page 1

Professor A. F. Barker, in showing delegates to the Empire Farmers' Conference around the textile research department of the Leeds University…

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The Alsatian Sheep Dog

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 3

In yesterday's issue of "The Miner" a letter was published setting out the value of the Alsatian shepherd's dog. This dog is used in Germany to protect sheep from wolves, and has got the name of the Alsatian wolf dog. It has been barred from some competitio as at dog shows on the ground (denied…

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Wheat for Russia No Compulsion on Peasants Moscow, July 20

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 July 1928 · page 1

A resolution has been published by the Council of the People's Commissariat on the subject of the storage of grain. It prohibits every application…

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Theft of Butter Man Is Fixed £10

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 July 1928 · page 2

Before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., in the Police Court this afternoon Albert Kennewell (21), a machinist, was charged with, having on July 26…

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Heavy Sheep Weighs 159lb. DRESSED

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 4

Owing to the excellent season here, the live stock of the district is in wonderful condition (says a Gisborne message in the "Age"). Last Wednesday…

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Cattle Stealing Three Men Sentenced Darwin

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 1

The trial of William Stanley Brown, pastoralist. of Dorisvale, and Frederick Martin and David May on a charge of cattle stealing, was concluded…

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Alsatian Dogs One in Toodyay District Destroyed 50 SHEEP Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 1

Following the recent controversy regarding the advisableness of introducing Alsatian dogs into South Australia a disastrous incident has come…

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Prison Farm Panic Cigarette Causes Explosion Followed by a Fire Three Convicts Escape (Special to "The Miner.") New York, July 30

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 August 1928 · page 1

When a motion picture show, which had been seen by 65 convicts at the State Prison Farin, at Houston (Texas), was closing, one man threw a lighted…

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