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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

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Wool Prices Up in London Merinos Advance 7 To 10 Per Cent. Tribute to Growers (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 19

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 September 1933 · page 1

At the opening of the wool sales to-day merino wool advanced 7½ to 10 per cent. and crossbreds 7½ per cent. The "Financial News" describes the rise in the price of wool as one of the most spectacular and quite the most…

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"Sheep Cannot Think " ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 2

"I do not believe that sheep can think of that they have much sense at all. It is a good thing for sheep men that they have not," the…

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Highest Butter Imports at Lowest Prices

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 2

The review of the Overseas Farmers' Co-operative Federation Ltd., London, of the 1932-33 butter season states that importations to the United…

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Surplus Wheat Raising Home Consumption Talks in London London, September 19

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1933 · page 3

The wheat advisory committee, which continued its session to-day at the Foreign Office, discussed its functions in relation to the wheat…

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"Wool Back to Price Level of 1876"

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. W. M. Hughes, M.H.R., speaking at North Sydney declared that there were tens of millions of unemployed in the…

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London Wool Prices Firm (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, September 21

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 1

The general tone of the London wool sales continued firm to-day. The bulk of the offering was sold to British and Continental buyers at full…

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Farmers' Tithe War in Britain Will Resist By Force If Necessary Fascists Offer Support

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 2

The whole of East Anglia Has been in a ferment over the refusal of large numbers of farmers to pay tithes. Tithes are happily unknown in Australia. They are the tenth part of the produce of a farm, payable to the owner…

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When the Squatters Owned the Land No Encouragement For Wheat Production Progress of the Industry

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 6

Wheat is one of Australia's greatest industries to-day. We have produced as much as 213 million bushels of wheat a year, and have exported up to 127 million bushels. But these big figures are only of comparatively recent…

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Butterfly Man Has Success England's 10 Crops Of Silk

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 4

Five years ago a young mild-mannered man, whose hobby was colelcting butterflies, paid his first sight-seeing visit to London…

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Butterfly Man Has Success England's 10 Crops Of Silk

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 September 1933 · page 4

Five years ago a young mild-mannered man, whose hobby was colelcting butterflies, paid his first sight-seeing visit to London…

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Queer Cattle Sold Effect Of Strike On Railway ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 4

Because the strike last week on the Commonwealth railways had cut off supplies of beefers from the Far North, there were queer cattle in…

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Wool Sales This Week 30,000 Bales For Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 1

Further wool sales are to be held in Adelaide on Thursday and Friday, there.being a total catalogue of 30,000 bales…

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Threats Made to Farmers Foreigners Are Implicated BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 September 1933 · page 1

A message from Innisfail states that some farmers are considerably alarmed over the receipt of letters through the post demanding money…

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More Records Put Up Wool and Butter Production Bank Deposits Increase

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 2

The latest half-yearly report of the directors of the Commonwealth Bank states that the early steps taken by Australia to arrest the financial drift…

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Tick Infested Sheep

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 4

GOULBURN, Wednesday.—At the Goulburn municipal yards, of about 2500 sheep yarded for a special sale the stock inspector (Mr. F. Forster)…

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Black Wool Aids Cricket Club

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 1

Members of the White Cliffs Cricket Club will always have a good word for black sheep which will be responsible for augmenting…

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Prices May Slump Adelaide Wool Sales 5 TO 10 Per Cent Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1933 · page 3

Approximately 31,000 bales of wool will be offered at the second Adelaide wool sales of the present series which will begin to-morrow and be…

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Station Owners Inspect Their Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 1

MESSRS. E. B. and H. W. HUGHES, owners of Kinchega Station, inspecting wool which was offered at to-day's wool sale at Goldsbrough, Mort's store, Adelaide…

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Dairy Stars Cricket Club

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 September 1933 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Dairy Stars Cricket Club was held at Mr. T. Blackwell's dairy on Sunday last. Mr. J. Rogers presided…

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Private Sale of Wool Danger to Industry

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 September 1933 · page 6

SEYMOUR (Vic.), Friday.—Despite the warning of wool authorities about the danger to the wool trade because of small growers selling their…

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