Exhibition of Handicraft Wool Week Plans Given
WOOL week will be celebrated in Broken Hill next week with the opening of the Country Women's Association Wool and Handicraft…
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Farming & the land, 1938
175 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 9
Making Fun Of The Farmer; Losing Prestige SYDNEY
Speaking at the Agricultural Bureau's annual conference. Mr. J. Cavanagh criticised caricatures of Dad and Dave on the farm. He said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Artificial Wool Causes Concern Plea Made To Use Real Article "All's Well If All's Wool"
AT the opening of the Wool and Handicraft Exhibition in the Town Hall yesterday, speakers expressed concern at the increased use of artificial wool fabrics in preference to wool in the manufacturing of clothing. They…
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Large crowds visited the Country Women's Association Wool and Handicraft Exhibition in the Town Hall yesterday and to-day. They have…
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SYDNEY, Friday. — The New South Wales Agricultural Bureau conference, sitting at Richmond, decided to-day to ask the Federal…
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SYDNEY, Saturday.—The warning issued by the former Agent-General for New South Wales (Mr. A. E. Heath) that artificial fibres…
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BANGALOW, Tuesday.—With his right arm strapped, John Johnstone Ambrose Crozier (54), dairy farmer, of Nashua, wss found in a 12ft. pool…
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It is doubtful if the average city worker on the basic wage could clearly explain the difference between un economist and a tobacconist. This…
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Donald Harvey (66), a farmhand, a passenger from Berrigan, waa preparing to alight as the south-west mail was drawing into the station…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner Thursday, July 21, 1938 Overcoming Wool Synthetics
MORE alarming than ever is the menace of synthetic fibres superseding pure wool in many of the world markets. Australia has been given…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poultry Farmer on Trial Intent To Murder Wife Is Alleged SYDNEY
ROSIE CAMENZULI, a witness at the Central Court to-day, said that she and her child had eaten a cheese cake given her by Mrs. Frank Camilleri without suffering any after effects…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner Tuesday, August 2, 1938. Inventor's Hand in Wool Industry
PASTORALISTS in the West Darling district have had a welcome relief from the drought conditions of the past eight months. Light rains…
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THE following information as to the existing pastoral conditions in New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia, Victoria and Tasmania has been received by the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling from the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →"Drank Glass of Wine and Collapsed" Poultry Farmer On Trial SYDNEY
"I DRANK a glass of wine and collapsed after a few minutes. That was the start of my illness." Mrs. Jean Cassar, a witness at the Central Police Court, declared that Mary Camilleri made that statement to her…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Love For Black Sheep
The Black Sheep, finds a champion in this little chap. Snapshot taken on a South An stralian station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →If War Came Tomorrow £45,000,000 For Three-Year-Plan Farmer at Head of Organisation
IN a vast endeavor to make Australia safe from invasion, the Defence Department has embarked upon an extensive three-year plan, calling for the expenditure of £45,000,000 and the utmost co-operation from all three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Three Children Drown Sheep LITHGOW
MY STIFIED over the loss of a number of sheep through drowning, Mr. P. Lyell had a watch kept and discovered that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cattle Station for £34/12/- a Year
CANBERRA. Saturday.—A cattle station with an area of 346 square miles in the Northern Territory may be leased from the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Farm Workers For Australia MELBOURNE
NEGOTIATIONS for the establishment of an organised plan of migration of Dutch farm workers to Australia are expected…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Acting Minister for Commerce (Mr. Cameron), referring to the wheat question, said that the Commonwealth would…
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