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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1933

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Farmers Block Selling Up Genuine Bidders Overawed American Cases (Special to "The Miner") WASHINGTON, February 4

Barrier Miner · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 1

The tactics of the debt-harassed farmers of the central and western States have caused moneylenders to abandon attempts to sell the farms…

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Brisbane Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tuesday.—At the wool sales, competition was keen and animated, the Continental section predominating, particularly Germany…

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Sheep Sold At A Loss

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—After paying the expenses of 1010 sheep sold at Flemington, graziers near Bourke showed a loss of £15…

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London Wool Letter Signs Of Increasing Activity Recovery Slow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 3

The new year has opened with a general note of cheerfulness and although this muy be based on slight signs of improvement in certain…

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Farm Manager Fined

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The manager of Mr. J. T. Lang's farm at Ebenezer, was fined £15 for having deposited a dead horse in the Hawkesbury River…

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Albury As Wool Centre

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The importance of Albury as a wool centre is shown by the fact that sales there this season have reached 73,000 bales…

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Notes and Comments Low Sheep Prices.—

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 2

A recent message from Coonamble stated that a truck of 119 sheep from a property in the district was sold at a price which brought the producer…

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Bad Classing Alleged Australian Wool Clip South Africa Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 February 1933 · page 3

Every newspaper in South Africa is featuring the deterioration and alleged had classing of the Australian wool clip, states a…

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Brisbane And Geelong Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 February 1933 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.—At the wool sales yesterday competition was keen, and the opening day's rates were well maintained…

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Butter Exports

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Roland Green, M.H.R., suggests drastic action in overcoming the faults in the marketing of Australian butter. He…

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Wool-classing Taught

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A valuable adjunct to the agricultural course at the Yanco Agricultural High School is that of wool-classing, which by an…

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Geelong Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Friday 10 February 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—At the Geelong wool sales yesterday the market was unchanged. Comebacks in particular met with excellent…

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London Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 February 1933 · page 1
Also in Western Grazier

Dalgety and Co. has received advice of the second day of the wool sales held in London last Wednesday. The sales closed actively with…

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Riverton Farm Fire Haystack And Sheds Destroyed Heavy Damage Riverton

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 1

A fire occurred to-day on the farm of Mr. F. Kemp, of Woolsheds, about eight miles west of Riverton, and caused several hundred pounds…

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Farmer Burnt To Death

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A farmer named Samuel Gray was burnt to death when his home a few miles from Mullumbimby was destroyed by fire…

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Boycott Of Wheat Ship

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Militant maritime workers are attempting to organise a boycott of the Norwegian vessel Sirenes, which is at present in…

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New Type of Cattle Experiments In Far North MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

The owners of four large pastoral properties in Northern Australia, controlling nearly 250,000 cattle, have decided to experiment in the…

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Wool Industry and Tariff Mr. Bennett's Reply To Mr. Tout SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

Mr. Gordon Bennett, the president of the Chamber of Manufactures, in a rejoinder to Mr. F. H. Tout, the president of the Graziers'…

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Plight of U.S.A. FARMERS Huge Sum Owed For Mortgages Relief Plans (Special to "The Miner") New York, February 16

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 1

The plight of United States [?] mers is increasing so rapidly that they now owe between £2,000,000,000 and £3,000,000,000 for mortgages…

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