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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Not Sold Up How Farmer Was Aided SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1934 · page 3

Believing that a city Arm was attempting to sell the plant of Mr. John Breusts's farm, near Temora, for a debt owing on a motor car, farmers…

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"Wheat Growers Not Down and Out"

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 4

MELBOUllNE, Friday. — Giving evidence before the Wheat Commission, Mr. D. S. Ferguson, managing director of H. and v. M'Koy Massey…

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Grassmere's Wool Clip a Remarkable Record

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 April 1934 · page 2

A remarkable record in the average cut per sheep for 12 months' growth has been secured from the recent shearing at Grassmere Station this…

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Next London Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 2

Wool available for the third series of the 1934 sales in London, a wireless message states, amount to 128,000 bales, including 15,000 bales from…

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Less Local Wool Drought Affects Early Clips Lambing Was Poor

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 April 1934 · page 1

The poor lambing and the drought, which was not broken till November, are likely to have their effect on the wool clip from thc Broken Hill district…

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German Wool Embargo May Complicate London Sales LONDON, April 22

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 4

The opening of the third London wool sales on May 1 is likely to be attended by disturbing and unprecedented complications. The German…

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Jute and Rubber Wool Packs

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 2

The question of wool packs is still receiving attention in Great Britain. The report of the Council of Wool Industries Research Association at…

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Transport of Wheat Drop In Railway Returns SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 April 1934 · page 2

Railway returns disclose a drop of 53 per cent. in the amount of wheat transported from the country to the end of March, in comparison with the…

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Story of a Russian Village How Collective Farming Is Carried On Method of Organisation

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 April 1934 · page 5

The story of Ulitena, a little Soviet village, is told here by the famous Australian authoress, Katherine Susannah Prichard. Ulitena's adoption of collective farming is typical of…

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Wool Packed to Deceive

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 27.— John Simmons, fanner, was found guilty of a charge of fraudulently packing thirteen bales of wool and…

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N.z. Farmer Fined for Topping Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 2

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 28.— Convicted of having "topped" wool, John Simmons, farmer, of Timaru, wns fined £100, with £56 costs—in…

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N.z. Farmer Fined for Topping Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 April 1934 · page 10

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), April 28.— Convicted of having "topped" wool, John Simmons, farmer, of Timaru, was fined £100, with £56 costs—In…

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Season's Wool Clip Nearly Three Million Bales MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 2

The average price of greasy wool sold in Australia for the 1933-34 season, to the end of March, is estimated at £20/5/7 a bale, or 16.04d. lb. For…

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German Wool Embargo to End May 5 LONDON, April 27

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 April 1934 · page 2

The "Yorkshire Post" has received official information from Germany that the embargo on wool imports will be withdrawn on May 5, as originally…

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Victorian Wheat Export Slow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Exports of wheat (flour included) from Victoria to date this season have just about readied the 10,000,000 bushel…

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Wheat Ship Race Abraham Rydberg First Home 108 Days From Wallaroo London, April 29

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

Sailing round the Cape of Good Hope, the Abraham Rydberg, an auxiliary barque, reached Britain yesterday after a voyage of 108 days…

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Butter Prices Increased in Melbourne Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 3

Officially the retail price of butter has been increased by 3d. a lb., but the rate was not uniformly observed. Some important buyers, who conduct…

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Australian Wool Cup Value £55,000,000 For Season

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — Addressing a gathering, Mr. N. J. Carson, president of the Woolbrokers' Association, said the export value of…

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Wool Presser's Death From Tetanus

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 6

SYDNEY, Thursday. —The inquest concerning the death of Roland Edward Thomas Lucas (21), wool [?]resser, was concluded to-day, when…

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Barrier Miner Thursday, May 3, 1934. 55 Millions From Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 2

ACCORDING to an estimate given by the president ot the Woolbrokers' Association (Mr. N, J. C[?]rson) Australia's wool clip for the…

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