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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

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Wool for Upholstery of Motor Cars London, January 31

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

The British woollen industry has launched a big campaign to recapture the upholstering of motor cars from the leather industry…

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Wheat Ship in Sydney Masts Lowered To Pass Bridge SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 2

The four-masted Finnish barque, Pamir, has arrived in Sydney from Port Victoria (S.A.). She is more than 100 days out from the United…

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Boy Ordered to Fight Nine Others Farm Officer's Admission Leeton

Barrier Miner · Friday 2 February 1934 · page 1

Giving evidence before the Yanco Welfare Farm Inquiry to-day Mr. W. E. Cattell, an officer of the farm, admitted that a boy was ordered to fight…

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Best Wool Prices [?]

Western Grazier · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 2

The [?] of the sixth [?] all the best [?] opening day. The…

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Wool From Waste

Western Grazier · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 4

If new yarn, with the [?] lambs wool is being made from the wants produce of the [?] industry…

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49d. a Pound for Wool Brisbane's Record For Scoured BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 9

At the fifth scries of wool sales 11,219 bales were offered on the concluding day. Competition was again keen. Germany and Japan were the…

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49d. a Pound for Wool Brisbane's Record For Scoured BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 3

At the fifth series of wool sales 11,219 bales were offered on the concluding day. Competition was again keen. Germany and Japan were the…

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Dairy Stars v. Flemingtons Dairy Stars First Innings

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 7

Rawson, c. Brewster, b. Phillips 18 Kelleway, b. Bartley........ 10 Bates, c. Bird, b. Phillips...... 40 Anspach, c. Birmingham, b…

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Farmer Shot Broker Faces Murder Charge Had Been in Asylum Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 3 February 1934 · page 6

Allegations that William Vinecombe had been confined to a hoispital for the insane for some time were made at an inquest at Talbot…

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Wool Recovery Expected Buying Power Problem LONDON, February 8

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

Well-informed operators belleve that the lull in wool prices is temporary, and expect a rise shortly, or at least recovery of lost…

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Demand for Wool General Rush For Tops Active Trade Conditions

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 3

Discussing the effect abroad of the rise in wool prices, Mr. Walter P. Devereux, the official representative of the Australian Woolgrowers'…

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Welfare Farm Inquiry Senior Officer's Evidence Some Youths Abscond Leeton

Barrier Miner · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 3

At the inquiry on Saturday into the allegations regarding the administration of the Yanco Welfare Farm, Hector Melville, senior officer…

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Groom Sentenced to Death Murder Of Yorkshire Farmer Gruesome Exhibit

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

Sentence of death was passed by Mr. Justice Humphreys at Leeds Assizes, England, on Ernest Brown, aged 35, a groom, for the murder of his employer, Frederick Ellison Morton, aged 28, a cattle factor, whose charred body was found…

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"Mendicant Farmers" Objection Taken To Term ARMIDALE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

Strong exception was taken at a meeting of the Armidale Chamber of Commerce to evidence given before the New States Boundaries Oammision…

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Pastoral Company Makes £32,903 Profit

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 2

Net Profits of £33,903 have been earned by the Australian Pastoral Company Ltd. in the year ended June 30, 1933. For the previous year the…

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"Give American Farms to Australian Farmers"

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 2

DETROIT, February 4. — Father Charles Coughlin, who became prominent because of his criticism of the "barons of Wall-street," said, in his…

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Checking Sheep Stealing

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The Graziers' Association has suggested to the Government as a means for checking the theft of sheep such as those…

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Cost of Wheat Inquiry

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—It is estimated that the cost of the Royal Commission on the wheat industry will amount to more than £10,000…

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Effect of Wool Prices on Trade Balance

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—Australia favorable trade balance for the current financial year will probably be £50,000,000 if the present wool prices…

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Sheep Stolen and Sold Theives Collect And Vanish ORANGE

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 4

Displaying almost unparalleled effrontery, two young men stole 250 sheep from a paddock at Canowindra and succeeded in selling them before…

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