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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1937

271 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 14 of 14

Stop Press Farmer Shot Dead

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 December 1937 · page 1

SYDNEY.—John Dickers (54), farmer of Oaklands, near Berrigan, was found shot dead. To-day the C.I.B. was asked to send…

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Farmer Shot Dead Mystery Case At Berrigan SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 December 1937 · page 4

John Dickens (54), farmer of Oaklands, near Berrigan, was found shot dead. To-day the C.I.B. was asked to send homicide experts to investigate…

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Extending Use of Wool More Competition From Other Textile Fibres

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 4

ACCORDING to a special report by air mail received by the Australian Wool Board from the International Wool Secretariat in London and issued by the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling, the field for…

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Man Injured by Lightning Lucky Escape Of Farmer SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 December 1937 · page 1

During a heavy storm in the Clarence River district yesterday afternoon, Francis Baden Batchelor (38), county council linesman, was struck…

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Wool Fibre Made From Fish BERLIN, December 15

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 December 1937 · page 4

GERMANY is elated at the announcement that the new Wool fibre," made from fish albumen, is a success…

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Lower Wheat Yield Is Forecast

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 December 1937 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.—Taken at last season's price of 4/9 the wheat yield of 47,000,000 bushels this year will be worth £11,000,000. The crop is…

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Terrific Hailstorm Orchardists And Farmers Suffer SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 December 1937 · page 7

MANY market gardens and orchards in outlying Sydney suburbs were stripped by a terrifie hailstorm late yesterday…

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£10,000 Fire in Offices Wool Brokers Big Losses MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 3

DAMAGE estimated at £10,000 was caused by a fire which swept through several offices and wool sample rooms on the top floor of the…

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Farmer Killed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 1

BURRA (S.A.), Wednesday.—One man was killed and two were hurt in a collision between two motor cars near Booborowie…

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Foreigner Murdered At Boulder Beaten About the Head with a Stone Dairyman's Story KALGOORLIE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 4

DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Marin Tdrervich, a Yugoslav (45), at Boulder last night believe that he was killed by a foreigner, who knocked him to the ground and beat him about the head…

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Farmer Dogged By Misfortune BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 December 1937 · page 3

Arthur Greinke, a farmer, of near Esk, who last year lost his dairy herd during the drought and had his crops ruined a week…

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Barrier Miner Tuesday, December 28, 1937 Future of Our Wool Trade

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 December 1937 · page 2

RATHER optimistic predictions are being made concerning the prospects of duty free United States ports, for wool imports from…

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More Farmers Went Insolvent

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 December 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Farmers topped the list of bankrupts and those who entered into a deed of assignment or compositions and schemes of…

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