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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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Will Breed Prize Cattle King's Intention (Special to "The Miner.") LONDON, January 3

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 January 1938 · page 4

SINCE his accession, King George VI. has given many proofs of his love for Sandringham and his intention to re-establish the beautiful…

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Farmer Gives Evidence Melbourne Truck Case Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 January 1938 · page 3

A FARMER, who wag on his way to market between 2.15 a.m. and 2.30 a.m. on October 12 —a few hours after Demsey…

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Trail Of Blood Stains Followed Police Seeking Wounded Man Shooting Drama in Farmhouse Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 10 January 1938 · page 1

WOUNDED in the stomach, without food, and clad only in trousers and coat, a man who was found shot in a farmhouse at Gembrook on Friday afternoon is believed to be wandering in the dense…

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Singer Was Farm Hand And Cabin Boy

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1938 · page 5

THE Fame-in-a-night Irish Tenor. That is the name often given to Danny Malone in England. Danny Malone, who arrived from London,…

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Puffed Wheat Pudding

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

Ingredients: One quart milk, 1 cup sugar, l½ cups puffed wheat, pinch cinnamon. Stir together, and place in an oven…

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Farm Schools in N.S.W. 1000 Emigrants This year SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 7

About 1000 British child migrants are expected to be brought to New South Wales this year by Fairbridge Farm Schools of New South Wales,…

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Cattle Valued At £10,000 Land In Sydney SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 3

Thirty-two head of polled shorthorn beef cattle, said to be the largest and most valuable shipment of its kind ever to enter Australia…

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Poison Plants And Their Effect Upon The Wool Industry

Barrier Miner · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 8

Progress report of investigations into the poison plants affecting wool-growing in Australia conducted on behalf of-the Australian Wool Board has been received through the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling…

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N.S.W. Floods Easing Damage To Crops

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 January 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—The flood position on the North Coast eased last night. Mr. Mares said that although further showers were likely flood…

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Farmer's House Is Washed Away

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday. — Although the flood position on the North Coast is easier. Coraki is still isolated, and is likely to remain cut off by road…

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Rolier Kills Farmer His horses Bolted COHUNA

Barrier Miner · Saturday 22 January 1938 · page 7

Denis Moriarty, farmer, of Wee-wee-rup, was run over and killed by a horse-drawn roller in the main street of Leitchville…

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Drop in Prices at Sydney Wool Sale

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Wool prices dropped considerably at yesterday's sales, and compared with the closing rates of the previous Sydney sales the…

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Woman Shot Several Times In Back Farmhand Arrested Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 January 1938 · page 3

SHOT several times in the back and in the hand and battered about the head with the butt of a rifle, Miss Kitty Bradley (53), of Richmond Park, Robe, is in a critical condition in the Millicent Hospital…

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French Farm Tragedy Fugitive Occupant Arrested (Special to "The Miner.") PARIS, January 26

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 January 1938 · page 3

Henri Cornuel, the only one of a family of three to survive the siege of their farmhouse after a locksmith and a gendarme were killed…

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Wool May Weaken Result Of The Dry Season

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 1

AFTER a two-month interval the sixth of the current series of the Adelaide wool sales will be opened in Adelaide on…

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Japanese Buy Much Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday—Orders received from Japan indicate that the purchase of wool by Japanese agents yesterday will continue until the end…

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Wool Sales in Adelaide 33,000 Bales Are Offered

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 3

The sixth of the series of Adelaide wool sales opened at the Wool Exchange this afternoon, when there was strong bidding. Many overseas…

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Cattle on the [?] Bullock That Called on the Tailor!

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

Our Sunday's dinner, prior to m[?]ng the slaughterman, often carries [?] in a manner which is apt to change our opinion of those d[?]…

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Barrier miner Saturday, February 5, 1938 Future of Wool and Beef

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

IN spite of the decline in wool prices at the Adelaide sales this week there was spirited compe tition, and it is confidently predicted…

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The Farmer's Best Friend

Western Grazier · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 4

In co-operation with the botanist, the bio-chemist is making marked pre[?] is producing [?]ms to [?] into the [?] str[?] of…

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