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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1931

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Telephone Rent Unpaid Many Farmers Cut Off. Cunberra

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 October 1931 · page 6

Replying to Mr. Hawker (S.A.) in the House ot Representatives to-day, Mr. A. E. Green, the Postmaster-General, admitted that a considerable…

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Wheat for Europe Russia Wants' Monopoly Riga, September 30

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 4

Overseas wheat exporters must prepare to surrender the European grain market to the Soviet, said M. Pavloff, s[?]eaking on behalf of Russian grain…

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S.a. Goalkickers Owens Bent and Farmer

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 4

In applauding the remarkable goalkicking effort of K. Farmer, the splendid consistency of J. Owens in League football has not been overlooked (writes…

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Farmer Breaks Goalkicking Record

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 October 1931 · page 4

[?]K. Farmer (North Adelaide) by kicking six goals to-day broke the Australian record of 124 goals in one season established by Gordon Covently…

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Frost at Clare Most of Vine Crops Are Badly Damaged Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 October 1931 · page 4

Almost all vine crops throughout the Clare district were severely damaged by a severe frost yesterday morning when the temperature fell to about 23…

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Adelaide Sheep Sales Cheaper Rates Yesterday

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 1

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., received word that sheep and lambs were quoted from 6d. and l/6 cheaper at the Adelaids sales yesterday…

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The Wool Sales Prices in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 1

The average price realised for greasy Wool sold during the week ended October 3, which covered the opening series in Melbourne, was 9.14(1. a lb., or £11…

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Fire in Cane Areas Farmer's Death Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 1

In a fire which caught felled dry seruh'at Miriwinni, near Cairns, about 600 tons' of cane belonging to John Hoare, farmer, and 200 tons belonging…

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Adelaide Sheep Sales

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

Dalgety and Co. have received the following telegram regarding yesterday's Adelaide sheep sales:—"At the sheep market yesterday 10,000 sheep…

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Wool Sales Opened in Adelaide Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 4

The second wool sale of the season was opened at the Wool Exchange, Adeleaide, this afternoon and will be continued Friday. An attractive1 catalogue…

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Optimistic Tone To-day in Local Pastoral Circles Prices of Local Clips

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 1

There was a distinctly optimistic tone in pastoral circles to-day when reports of the risen in prices at the second series of Adelaide wool sales which opened…

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Wool Sales Adelaide Sales Bidding Animated Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 1

Bidding was animated and at times excited at the second Adelaide wool sales which began yesterday. Values were on a par with those obtained in…

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Adelaide Market Prices of Sheep and Lambs at the Abattoirs Sales Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 1

There were 2000 more sheep, but 3000 fewer lambs, at yesterday's sales at the abattoirs than the previous week. Lightweight mutton showed…

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London Wool Letter Representative's Advice to Woolgrowers' Council London, September 2

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

Mr. Walter P. Devereux, the official representative in Europe of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, writes from London as follows:—…

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Resentment at Tariff Japanese May Refuse to Buy Australian Wool Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 3

Woolgrowers fear that Japan, antagonised by the enormous tariff on its exports to Australia, may retaliate by refusing to buy Australian wool…

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"Talk of a Wool Boom Greatly Exaggerated" (Special to "The Miner") London, October 8

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 1

Any talk of a wool boom is considerably exaggerated, said a prominent manufacturer to-day. Other authorities expressed the…

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London Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 2

London, Thursday.—The Wool Sales closed steady though slightly below the best of the series. [?]pered with the July closing greasy…

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Wool Sales Dalgety and Co's Report on London Quotations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 October 1931 · page 2

Dalgety and Co. report that the London wool sales on wednesday eiosed with active competition. There was an improved demand from European…

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Wheat From Boola Boolka Attracts Much. Attention

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 1

Mr. Harry smith, part owner of Boola Boolka Station, where the-bush fire was raging inst week, has returned to Broken Hill after inspecting the…

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Pound of Wool Shearing Shed to Shop

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 October 1931 · page 1

A country woman went into a city shop and bought and knitting wool (writes A. J. in the "Sydney Morning Herald"). Some of it was at…

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