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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Ministers of Agriculture Conferring in Melbourne a Record Wheat Yield Is Expected in W.A. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 June 1929 · page 2

Discussing agricultural conditions and the prospects for the season, interstate Ministers of Agriculture who are attending their annual conference in…

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Sheep for Jamestown to Be Trucked From Menindie

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 3

A special stock train carrying 3000 sheep will be run from Menindie to Broken Hill to-morrow, and the sheep will then go to South Australia. The…

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Stud Sheep for Overseas Visitor From Argentina Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. M. S. Mackinnon, sub-manager of a sheep-raising property in Patasonia, arrived by the Runic on Friday. He will tour Australia and New…

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Frosts in California Injure Fruit Crops Australia's Opportunity Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 June 1929 · page 3

According to advice received by the Department of Markets, Canberra, the damage to fruit crops in California through the severe frosts about six…

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Pastoral Industry Proposed Publicity Campaign Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 June 1929 · page 4

An intensive publicity campaign by which it is estimated that the industry will benefit by £3,000,000 will probably be decided upon at the Federal…

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Sheep From Henley Station Sold to Jamestown Man

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 2

A special stock train conveying 3000 sheep was run from Meninnie to Broken Hill yesterday. The sheep were consigned to Dalgety and Co.,…

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The Names of the Victims Murchison is in Ruins Farms Practically Destroyed Wellington (N.Z.), June 19

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 June 1929 · page 1

The victims in the New Zealand earthquake, so far as is known, are as follows:— A. D. Stubbs Miss Ferguson Charles Morel William Chamley…

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Scarcity of Fat Cattle

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Calder, local manager for Bennett and Fisher, who has returned from a ten days' trip through New South Wales inspecting cattle on…

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The Sydney Railway 50 Vans of Cattle and Sheep Reach Crystal-st. Station

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 2

Yesterday over 50 vans of cattle and sheep arrived at the Crystal-street railway station. These included eight trucks from Box Tank, consigned to…

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Wool Propaganda. Proposed Action Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 June 1929 · page 4

Agreeing to the principle that extensive propaganda was desirable in the interests of the wool industry the 42nd convention of the Graziers'…

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High-priced Stud Merino Sheep

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 6

Not one in the group is worth less than 50 guineae, and several are valued at 100 guineas…

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Wool Propaganda Proposed Action Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 June 1929 · page 6

Agreeing to the principle that extensive propaganda was desirable in the interests of the wool industry, the 42nd convention of the Graziers'…

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Amanullah for Italy From King to Farmer Bombay, June 23

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 1

Former King Amanullah, of Afghanistan, accompanied by 40 Afghans. sailed for Italy by the mail liner Mooltan to-day. Twenty-five…

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Boy Killed by Machinery on Farm at Murrayville Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 1

Lachlan M'Kinnon (14) met his death on a farm near Murrayville when his clothes were caught in the spindle of an engine. He was whirled around…

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Italians Quarrel Farmer Is Acquitted on Charge of Murder Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 June 1929 · page 4

On the ground that he had fired in self-defence, Giuseppi Gauliano (57), an Italian share farmer, who was charged in the Criminal Court with…

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Special Cattle Trains

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 1

A special train of 25 trucks of cattle, 18 of which are from Wallangarra, and the remaining seven from Tenterfield, arrived at the Crystal-street railway…

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City Council Prosecutions a Dairyman Fined

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 June 1929 · page 3

In the Police Court to-day, before Mr. R. C. Atkinson, S.M., Eugene Kirwan proceeded against Walter Stewart M'Kenzic for erecting a…

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Annual Sheep Show Being Held in Sydney Over a Thousand Entries Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 June 1929 · page 4

The annual sheep show opened on the Agricultural Society's ground in Sydney to-day in glorious weather. The exhibits are from all the best known…

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Wool Sales Lower Prices in Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 3

Dalgety and Co. advise that the Brisbane wool sales were opened on Monday before a large attendance of buyers. The competition was keen…

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Heavy Rains in Burma Villages Washed Away Over 10,000 Cattle Drowned (Spacial to "The Miner.") Calcutta, June 26

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 June 1929 · page 4

Torrential rains have fallen in the hill districts of Burma. Several villages have been washed away and more than 500 houses destroyed, while…

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