Barrier Miner Tuesday, January 3, 1939. Stabilising the Wool Market
WITH about half of the Australian wool clip sold, the clearance for the first half of the season is more satisfactory than last year. A total…
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Farming & the land, 1939
207 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 11
Sydney Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There was keen competition at the reopening of the Sydney wool snles yesterday, and values were unchanged on those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freak Storms in South Australia Wheat Sheds Unroofed; Trams Delayed ADELAIDE
FREAK summer storms struck Adelaide and various parts of the State yesterday culminating in a fierce line squall which swept through a comparatively narrow belt in the Eudunda district, unroofing wheat sheds and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collects Rare Cockatoos On W.A. Farm
PERTH, Thursday.— One of the strangest farms in Western Australia is Cockatoo Farm, conducted by a 63year-old Irishman, John Grogan, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Drowned
BRISBANE, Friday.—William Thomas Denman (65), farmer, of Harrisville, near Ipswich, was drowned in a wading pool at Wynnum…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Tried to Frighten Him" Story At Inquest On Farmer, Man To Stand Trial PETERBOROUGH
IFIRED to frighten him; he turned and ran about a chain and fell over." This statement by John Henry Batts (58), single, was read to the Peterborough coroner (Mr. R. H. Koch) at an inquest today into the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Explosion on Farm
ECHUCA, Tuesday. — After an explosion in a shed on the property of Mr. William Beeson, farmer, of Bamawm, William Lockhead, aged 45…
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TAREE, Wednesday.—An inquest was opened concerning the death of William Henry Edwards, farmer. Mrs. Matilda Anne Edwards (31), and…
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Adelaide wool sales were conducted today and will be held tomorrow and Thursday. Today- 14,130 bales were offered by Elder Smith and Co…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three Boys Kill 281 Sheep; One Detained
MELBOURNE, Wednesday— Three boys are said to have killed or maimed 281 sheep out of a flock of 1000 at the Newmarket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Prices Firm; Excellent Sale
The following report on the Adelaide wool Sales has been received by Elder Smith and Co.: "Excellent sale, market very firm on late rates of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Markets Close Gloomily Wool Bright Spot London, January 22
THE markets closed the year's first account gloomily. Business, for the greater part, was limited to the closing of commitments before the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nezvs In Brief Farmers Face Heavy Losses
MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — Many farmers and graziers in Victoria and southern New South Wales may face almost ruinous losses if the dry spell…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Moquette Of Wool Suggested
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— The replacement of leather upholstery by moquette made of wool and cotton is suggested by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed When Fighting Fires; Farmer's Fate HOBART
George Clarence Wagner, farmer, of Winnaleah, father of 10 children was killed when fighting a bush fire. The shell of a tree was blazing near…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Consumption Maintained
SYDNEY, Wednesday,—The president of the Sheepbreeders' Association of New South Wales (Mr.E. I. Body) said that although the…
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THE Minister for Lands (Mr. C. A. Sinclair) announces that arrangements have now been made to dispose of a number of farms within estates recently acquired for closer settlement. The new holdings will be subject…
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Continued on Trove, page 4 →Guns Instead Of Butter LONDON, February 6
Herr Buerckel, addressing a mass meeting of Nazis in Vienna, admitted that there was grumbling against the Government because of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wool Bartered for Machinery
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Machinery worth £120,000 which will arrive in Sydney soon for the new works of Atlas Portland Cement (Australia)…
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