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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

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

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 6

Mr. J. W. Allen, 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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The Farmer's Best Friend

Western Grazier · Saturday 19 July 1930 · page 4

In co-operation with the botanist, the bio-chemist is making marked progress in producing agrums to be injected into the sap stream of…

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New Zealand Wool Sales Decline Nearly £7,000,000 Auckland (N.Z.), July 20

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1930 · page 1

The total gross proceeds of this season's New Zealand wool sales show a decline of nearly £7,000,000 compared with last year…

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Sheep for Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 2

Ten vans of sheep from Black Gate Station for the Adelaide market will arrive from Menindie on Saturday. Under the supervision of Dalgety and…

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Australian Wheat Not Wanted Abroad Says State Treasurer Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 July 1930 · page 1

Speaking at a meeting of Nationalists at Rose Bay, Mr. B. S. Stevens, the Treasurer, predicted that within a few years the great political…

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Federal Pastoral Award

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 July 1930 · page 1

From C. Sinclair Wood, secretary Pastoralists Association of West Darling:- In connection with the variation of…

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Higher Wool Yield Result of Experiments Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1930 · page 3

In an address on Monday night to the South Australian branch of the Australian Chemical Institute Mr. Hedley R. Marston, who is…

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Wool and Wages

Western Grazier · Saturday 26 July 1930 · page 3

The decision of Chief Judge Dethridge in the Federal Arbitration Court to reduce shearing wages by 20 per cent has raised a storm of adverse criticism from…

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Efficient Sheep Branding

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 3

The Australian wool grower, as an individual, does not realise perhaps, the enormous annual loss on wool, due solely to the use of so-called wool…

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London Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 1

Mr. C. Sinclair Wood. secretary of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling, reports having received the following cable from the London…

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Fire in Wool Store About 10,000 Bales Burnt London, July 25

Barrier Miner · Monday 28 July 1930 · page 1

Approximately 10,000 bales of wool, principally Australian were burnt in a daylight fire at Browne Eagle's East End warehouse…

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Small Arms Factory Mat Be Used to Make Pastoral Machinery Canberra

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 2

The Federal Government is exploring the possibility of using the plant at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory to enable all tile employees to be retained…

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Wool Research Levy Support by Sheepbreeders Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 1

A meeting of the Australian Sheep Breeders Association agreed to support the decision of the Federal Graziers Council and the Australian…

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Zinc Corporation Annual Meeting Chairman's Comments on Metals and Wool (Special to "The Miner.") London, July 28

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 29 July 1930 · page 4

Speaking at the annual meeting of the Zinc Corporation, Sir Robert Horne, chairman of directors, mentioned the new world zinc cartel,…

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Sheep and Mutton

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 2

From "Woolly":- Broken Hill people might like to know the difference between sheep and mutton. Here it is. I sold some…

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Stud Sheep Sales Low Prices Accepted Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1930 · page 3

Low prices were accepted for stud sheep at yesterday's sales, the top price being 220 guineas…

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Pastoral Industry Alteration Is Sought of Queensland Awards Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 2

The United Graziers' Association of Queensland is seeking a reduction of rates of wages, including piecework rates, by 12½ per cent. in five awards…

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Pastoral Industry Alteration Is Sought of Queensland Awards Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 1

The United Graziers' Association of Queensland is seeking a reduction of rates of wages, including piecework rates, by 12½ per cent, in five awards…

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Barrier Miner Saturday, August 2, 1930. Small Arms to Sheep Shears

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 2

It was recently reported that the Federal Government proposes to use the plant at the Lithgow Small Arms Factory for the manufacture of…

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Federal Wheat Pool Another Poll to Be Taken Canberra

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 August 1930 · page 2

The decision to take another poll on the question whether a wheat pool should be formed was arrived at by Ministers at a special meeting of the…

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