Adelaide Cattle [?]Les
Elder Smith and Co. have received the following advice from their Adelaide office regarding yesterday's cattle [?]es:—"Seven hundred and forty-two…
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Farming & the land, 1931
635 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 32
Protosed Wheat Bounty Federal Ministry Adheres to Decision Melbourne
It was stated in Federal political circles yesterday that there would be no alteration of the Federal Ministry's decision to provide a bounty on wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Nugget of Gold Found on Farm Near Port Pirie Port Pirie, February 23
On the farm of Fred Wills, near Warnertown, in the Hundred of Pirie Tom Budd is said to have found a gold nugget double the size of a man's fist…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →R.C. Lenten Pastoral the Bishop of Wagga Indicts Modern Life Sydney
A scathing indictment of modern life is contained in a Lenten Pastoral issued by Dr. Dwyer, the Roman Catholic Bishop of Wagga. He attacks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Dumping Wheat, Iron and Petrol London, February 21
The chief Australian interest in the paris wheat conference on Monday, it is understood, will be how the conference proposes to deal with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Duty on Sheep Skins Motion of Protest by Interests Concerned Melbourne
At a meeting of sheep breeders, graziers, stock agents, meat exporters, selling brokers, and sheep skin exporters at Newmarket a motion was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Higher Wool Prices Rise of Penny a Pound Means £3,000,000 Melbourne
The Australian Mercantile, Land and Finance Co., in its monthly review, states that all wool prices are definitely rising and that an increase of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Farmers in S.A. Government to Help in Necessitous Cases Adelaide
The Government scheme to finance necessitous farmers for the 1931-32 crop was outlined yesterday by Mr. L. L. Hill, the Premier. Parliament has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Gun Accident Dying Merredin Farmer Says Daughter Shot Him Perth
The wife of Edwin John Meldrum, farmer near Merredin, yesterday heard a gunshot and on going into the back yard found Meldrum dying from a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Wool Industry Research Building at Adelaide University Adelaide
Of vital importance to the wool industry an announcement was made to-day by Mr. Marston, the acting chief of the Animal Nutrition Division…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ABOUT 200,000 Sheep Skins in Adelaide Stores Two Million in Australia Adelaide
About 200,000 sheep skins have accumulated in Adelaide stores since the export duty of [?]d. a lb. was imposed by the Federal Government It is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Country Storekeepers Ban Credit to Farmers Country Traders' Association Denies Allegation Sydney
At the meeting of the general committee of the Country Traders' Association of New South Wales a resolution was carried emphatically protesting…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Problems Sir Charles Martin Arrives to Make Investigations Adelaide
Problems confronting the Australian wool producers will be investigated by Sir Charles Martin, who arrived to-day by the Ceramic to take over the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragedy on Farm Four Members of a Family Drowned in a Dam Melbourne
The bodies of Mrs. S. King and her three youngest children, a daughter and two sons, aged 12 years, [?] years, and six months respectively, were found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Duty on Sheep Skins Canberra
The Federal Labor Caucus decided that the export duty, amounting to a [?]d. a pound on sheep skins in wool, which came into operation.— on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Sheep Show Not to Be Held This Year Sydney
It has been definitely decided not to hold the annual sheep show this year, in view of the uncertain conditions prevailing in the pastoral industry and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Machine Sand, Dust and Burrs Are Removed Mechanically
The attention of wool growers is being drawn to the advantages that can be gained by the treatment of low grade wool by the willeying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Freights Reduction Decided on on Broken Hill—s.a. Line Adelaide
In order to meet motor competition the South Australian railways have acceded to the request of the stock owners of South Australia for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheep and Cattle Sales
Kider, Smith and Co., Limited report that at Monday's Adelaide cattle market 812 cattle were yarded. There was an excellent selection, and prices…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Victoria Bridges Washed Away and Sheep Drowned Melbourne
Bridges were washed away and sheep drowned in a rain storm in the Ararat district last night, when five inches of rain fell…
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