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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1932

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Wool Industry Inquiry Cost of Production TOO High Say Witnesses Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1932 · page 3

Witnesses before the Wool Inquiry Committee to-day emphasised the fact that the cost of production must be reduced to meet the present…

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Oversea Farmers' Federation

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1932 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Mr. A. E. Gorgh, O.B.E., managing director of the Overseas Farmers' Federation, has booked his passage in the Orient…

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Brisbane Dairy Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1932 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wednesday.£At the dairy inquiry yesterday Mr. Russell, M.L.A., supplied information which he had refused to give previously con…

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Death After Syncope Farmer Drowned in 4 Inches of Water TUMUT

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 September 1932 · page 3

Walter David Collison (33), farmer, of Bombowlee, was drowned in four inches of Water. He left home in the morning to repair a fence. When he…

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Adelaide Wool Sales Highest Price To Rowena Station Prices Up

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 September 1932 · page 1

Representatives of all the principal wool buying countries and local mills, the largest number of buyers to have been present at the…

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Irish Exporis Decline Million And A Half Fall For August Cattle Drop London, September 12

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 September 1932 · page 3

As the result of the land annuities dispute, the Irish Free State's trade for August declined by £1,577,000, compared with the corresponding…

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Wool for Road Making Public Works Officer Will Make Tests Wool Wanted

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

Following on the publication of a paragraph in "The Barrier Miner" on Tuesday that graziers in the Moree district have used inferior…

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Sheep Left to Starve Tasmanian Grazier Fined HOBART

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

An unusual case was before the Police Court at Glenorchy when Joshua Charles Knight, of Claremont, was charged with having left 100…

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Telegrams Wool Market

Western Grazier · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 2

Adelaide Thursday.—Secured wool realised to 21½d at the Wool Sales which opened yesterday Values generally showed an advance of 25 to [?]…

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Wool From Waste

Western Grazier · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 4

A new yarn, with the warms, soft feel of lambs' wool in being made from the waste product of the artificial silk industry…

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Wool Used for Road Making

Western Grazier · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 2

A number of graziers in the Morse district, have reported that they have used inferior wool on small sections of road with successful results. Little…

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Farmers Refuse to Sell Wheat Movement In Alberta May Spread Not a Strike Ottawa, September 15

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 3

Dissatisfied with the price of wheat, Alberta farmers are holding their product off the market and selling only when money is re…

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Big Wool Clip in S.A. £380,000 More Than Last Season Good Outlook Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 2

The State's wool cheque for 19321933 will be between two and a quarter aillions and £2,400,000—an increase of move than —380,000 on…

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Big Wool Clip in S.A. £380,000 More Than Last Season Good Outlook Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 17 September 1932 · page 1

The State's wool cheque for 19321933 will be between two and a quarter millions and £2,400,000—an increase of more than £380,000 on…

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400 Sheep Dead From Gold and Floods

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 2

GRAFTON, Monday.—The cold change and flooded creeks caused the loss of 400 sheep valued at £250 at Gordonbrook Station, Upper Clarence,…

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London Wool Sales; Higher Prices Expected (Special to "ThE Miner.")

Barrier Miner · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 1

LONDON, September 18,—Most buyers expect a substantial advance, probably 15 per cent., at the opening of the London wool sales on Tuesday…

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Thousands of Sheep Dead

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—As the result of exposure during the recent heavy rains, thousands of newly-shorn sheep in the State have perished…

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Bride From Japan Japanese Wool Buyer Returns Parents Choose Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 3

After a two months' holiday in Japan, where he met the bride chosen for him by his parents. Mr. S. Ashima returned to Australia by…

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Wool Workers Claims Arbitration Case Begins More Pay Asked Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

The hearing was begun in the Federal Arbitration Court before Judge Beeby of claims by the Wool and Basil Workers Federation and…

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London Wool Letter August Stocks Heavy

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 September 1932 · page 3

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

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