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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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Cattle From Queensland on Way to Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 2

According to men in the pastoral industry the stock route from Queensland is now open and in good order. Large herds of cattle are reported to…

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Australian Wool Campaign. Result of Committee Meeting

Western Grazier · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 2

A meeting of the recently constituted Australian Wool Campaign Committee was held on Tuesday morning in the Graziers' Association rooms, at which…

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Prison Farm Escapee Three Months' Gaol Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 July 1930 · page 6

Morris Richard Auld, who escaped from Emu Plains prison farm, was at the North Sydney police Court to-day sentenced to three months' hard labor,…

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Wheat Marketing Bill Dropped for the Session Canberra

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 July 1930 · page 1

Mr. Parker Moloney, Minister for Markets, says that the Wheat Marketing Bill will not be resubmitted to Parliament this session owing to…

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Pastoral Award All Rates Are Reduced Comments by Judge Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 1

The pastoral award which operates from midnight last night (as briefly reported in yesterday's Latest News Issue) provides for minimum rates for…

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Tragedy in Poland Grief Stricken Farmer Kills Five Persons (Special to "The Miner."). Warsaw, July 13

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 July 1930 · page 1

Five persons were killed when a wealthy farmer (formerly a soldier) became distraught at the death of his wife and ran amok. He set fire to his…

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Australia's Wheat Supply

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 2

The Commonwealth Statistician estimates Australia's wheat supply for the year ending November 30, 1930, at 141,858,000 bushels. Of this it is…

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Pastoral Award General Strike Favored by Moree Shearers Moree

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 1

A meeting of shearers held here to-day after discussing the new Pastoral award carried a motion in favor of a general strike…

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Collision with Pet Sheep Woman's Death Follows Mount Mary

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 1

Mrs. W. Dreckow, of Mount Mary, was getting fowl feed out of a barn when a pet sbeep rushed in and collided with her, breaking her leg. She…

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Proposal to Exempt Wool From Sales Tax Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 1

The Wool Growers' Publicity League is urging that all goods made from wool should be exempted from the proposed sales tax. It emphasised the…

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Failure to Sterilise Alsatian Sheep Dogs W.A. Breeder Fined Perth

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 1

The first prosecution in the State against a breeder of Alsatian dogs came before the Police Court to-day, when C. H. Snowden was fined £5 on…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Formation Likely in Victoria and N.S.W. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 2

The formation of compulsory wheal pools in Victoria and New South Wales is expected to result from a conference between the Ministers of…

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Pastoral Award Graziers Determined to Carry Out Award A.W.U. Officals Refuse to Authoiuse a Strike Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 July 1930 · page 4

It is estimated that if no sheep are shorn in Australia, resulting in no wool being exported, the result will be a direct less of nearly £30,000,000. So…

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Mr. Murphy's Comments on the Pastoral Award

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 1

The effect of the new pastoral award was referred to by Mr. J. Murphy, organiser for the A.W.U., to-day. He said that when the case was brought…

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Pastoral Award Regarded As Key Judgment Canberra

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 July 1930 · page 1

Momentous repercussions on Australia's industrial hitory are predicted in political circles from Chief Judge Dethridge's new award for shearers, which…

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The Pastoral Award Graziers Expect Strikers to Return to Their Work Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Alien, secretary of the Graziers' Association, referring to the shearers' strike, said to-day that a general return to work by the men is…

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Pastoral Award Shearers Advised to Accept Canberra, Friday. It was learned from authoritative circles yesterday that the shearers will be advised to accept Chief Judge Dethridge's award. Graziers' Association to Prosecute Strikers Enrolment to Begin of Non-union Labor Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 1

Important developments took place in the shearing trouble last night when the Graziers' Association decided to prosecute the strikers in the Moree…

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Pastoral Award Reduced Rates for Shearing

Western Grazier · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 2

The pastoral award which operated from midnight Monday provides for minimum rates for shearers as follows:—For fleck sheep, wethers, owen and…

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London Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 2

London, Thursday—At the Wool Sales there was a moderate selection of all descriptions. A good tone continues and prices are unchanged…

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Pastoral Award Some Men Resume Work After Striking at Moree Moree

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 1

Two of the sheds, which struck because of the new shearers' award have resumed work…

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