Stabilisation of Wheat Industry
MELBOURNE, Friday.—The Federal Government's scheme to stabilise the wheat industry at 3/4 a bushel at sidings would involve a contribution…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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Deadlock Likely At Wheat Conference MELBOURNE
When the wheat conference adjourned last night there appeared to be every prospect of a deadlock, but under Section 96 of the Constitution…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Scheme For Helping Wheat Men Disappoints
SYDNEY, Friday.—At the Farmers and Settlers' Conference today many delegates strongly protested against the plan to assist the wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Barrier Miner Monday, August 14, 1939 Assistance for the Wheat Farmer
THE defeat of the Mensies Govern"ment is predicted during the coming sessions of the Federal Parliament if the Commonwealth wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Scheme Offers Some Security (Special to "The Miner.")
LONDON, August 13.—In a leading article on Mr. Menzies' wheat subsidy, the "Times" (London) says that if Victoria is recalcitrant, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Support for Sir Earle Page Farmers-Settlers In Conference SYDNEY
When the Farmers and Settlers' Association conference was resumed today delegates passed a vote of confidence in Sir Earle Page, leader of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danish Farmers Favor Australia
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Rev. Johannes Brastrup, Danish missionary, who arrived in Sydney today, said that Scandinavians, although anxious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Legality Of Wheat Plan Questioned MELBOURNE
IN the Legislative Assembly last night the Premier (Mr. Dunstan) read the opinion of Mr. G. N. Fullagar, K.C., a barrister, expres…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Good Season For Wool Industry LONDON, August 16
THE "Financial News," in a long survey of the wool position, says that the outlook for the 1939-40 season is encouraging…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Difficulty Anticipated Stabilisation Of Wheat Industry SYDNEY
The Federal Government did not anticipate any constitutional difficulty in carrying out its proposals for stabilising the wheat industry, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Barrier Miner Tuesday. August 22. 1939 Wool Prospects
AUSTRALIAN woolgrowers are anxiously looking forward to the coming series of wool sales in the hope that there will be an upward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Murdered on Farm Sacrifice Made By Daughter LONDON, August. 20
Miss Saran Rowlands, aged 30 years, was shot dead today as she flung herself across the body of her mortally wounded father to shield…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Aid Plan
CANBERRA, Wednesday—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said last night that some form, of levy on the proceeds of wheat sales when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Survey of Wool Industry Graziers Must Reduce Costs And Develop New Markets Interesting Address by Sir Dalziel Kelly
POINTING out that so far there had been no price fixing or stabilisation schemes, which gave any promise of being able successfully to raise the price of wool, the chairman of the Australian Wool Board (Sir Dalziel Kelly), in an address to the Chamber of Agriculture Convention held at Warrnambool this year gave an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Farmer's Best Friend
In co-operation with the botanist the bio-chemist is making marked progress in producing [?]rums to be injected into the gap stream of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Plan Negotiations Collapse MELBOURNE
Negotiations for a joint Commonwealth and States plan for the stabilisation of the wheat industry collapsed yesterday when the Victorian…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Position Uncertain
Although there is a strong possibility of the Adelaide wool sales which were to have been held on September 5 being postponed, local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Barrier miner Thursday, August 31, 1939. the Wool-selling Season
THE present world crisis is [?] to have a disturbingf effect on prices during the early part of the 1939-40 Australian wool-selling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welfare Farm at Yanco Mr. M. H. Saxby Tells of Activities
INTERESTING particulars of the working of the Riverina Welfare Farm at Yanco, near Leeton, were given today by Mr. M. H. Saxby, superintendent of the farm, who is visiting Broken Hill. Mr. Saxby was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Postponement of Wool Sales
According to a telegram received by Dalgety and Company, brokers in Adelaide have decided to postpone the Adelaide wool sales for a week…
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