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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

207 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 11

Wool Secretariat's Work In Wartime

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 December 1939 · page 3

"THERE is no doubt that the International Wool Secretariat can continue to give a service of first importance to the wool producers and the whole of the trade by carrying on with its promotion and publicity campaign in directions suited to the…

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£400 Station Sheep Theft

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday — Mr. William T. Rowe, grazier, of Naringal Station, near Linton, has reported to police the theft of 368 merino ewes…

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Farmer Burned in Crop Blaze; Dies at Benalla

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 December 1939 · page 1

BENALLA, Thursday — Badly burned in a fire which broke out while he was harvesting crop. Mr. H. E. Jacka died in Benalla bush nursing…

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Farmer Drowned; Friend Dies From Injuries SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 December 1939 · page 4

Arthur Kingham (45), a rice farmer, was drowned and his friend and neighbor, Edward Luke Sivyer 63 was fatally affected by shock,…

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Pi[?] Wool

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 4

Chemically treated pine [?] have worked out in Germany as a [?] for wood for certain purposes very successfully. By varying…

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Insurance on Wheat Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

A SCHEME for the compulsory insurance of wheat crops against hail and fire such as that proposed by the Deputy, Leader of the Federal…

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Neighbors Harvest Injured Man's Crop

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 December 1939 · page 5

LASCELLES, Saturday.—Farmers in the Turriff, district rallied to the assistance of Mr. George Graham, of Turriff West, who suffered a broken…

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