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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 9 of 11

£1,000,000 a Week for Wool

Barrier Miner · Monday 30 October 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.—The British Government this week will make the first weekly payment under the scheme for the purchase of Austra…

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Offer of Assistance for Wheat Industry

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 November 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.£A deputation, representing Australian wheatgrowers, was informed by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) last night that…

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Bridal Veils Of Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 4

ATTRACTIVE woollen stockings are the latest war-time fashion. designed to lessen demands on depleted stocks of silk…

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Wool Value Stressed in America

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY, Saturday— Australia's best known woman grazier, Mrs. Toby Browne, has received from America a 16-page brochure demonstrating to…

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Versatility Of Wool Theme Of Melbourne Display

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 November 1939 · page 4

"IT has stolen the Show!" This was the comment freely made in connection with the distinctive wool display staged in the Government pavilion at the Melbourne Show and financed by the Australian Wool Board…

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Wool Position

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 November 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY,Wednesday—Although the Graziers' Association is satisfied with the price paid by Great Britain for the Australian wool clip, it…

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Butter Used by R.A.N. Margarine Shipped Abroad

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 November 1939 · page 6

NO margarine is used in any establishment or the Royal Australian Navy, or in ships of the R.A.N. or auxiliary ships, in Australian waters,…

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U.c.p. Dissatisfied with Wool Prices

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 November 1939 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday— The central council of the United Country Party carried a resolution expressing dissatisfaction with the…

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Parisian Designers Put Chic Into Wool (From Our London Fashion Correspondent.)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 11 November 1939 · page 4

WOOL appears on all sides at the new autumn fashion shows now in full swing over the Channel in Paris. Wool that arrives from the British Empire—principally Australia—to be woven and worked by French hands until it becomes an integral part of our…

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Ben Bowyang a Thin Time On The Farm!

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 November 1939 · page 2

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U.S. Wool Interests Have Scheme (Special to "The Miner")

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 November 1939 · page 3

NEW YORK, November 15.— American wool interests are keenly desirous of seeing a wool disposal scheme promulgated. They have been…

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200 Sheep Die Of Starvation

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 November 1939 · page 3

SYDNEY, Saturday.— Since the strike of slaughtermen at the Homebush Abattoirs commenced three days ago nearly 200 sheep have died of…

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Ben Bowyang Somebody's Going To Lose Their Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 18 November 1939 · page 6

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Japanese Arms for Australian Wool?

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 November 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday.—The president of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce (Mr. Okaada) stated on Saturday night that Japanese business men…

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£12,000 Fire at Botany Wool And Skins Destroyed SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 November 1939 · page 1

A FIRE at Lupton's wool scouring works. Botany, eurly this morning caused damage estimated at about £12,000 of which £6000 was the value…

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Bigger Advance to Wheat Growers?

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.—It is rumored in political circles that the Government may increase the arvance it proposes to make to…

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Japan Likely to Buy Australian Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY. Thursday.—The sale of this season's Australian wool to Japan is expected to realise about £6,000,000. About 300,000 bales are…

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Wheat Debate Abandoned C.P. Decision Canberra

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 3

THE Country party had to face a difficult situation in the House of Representatives yesterday. It was realised that a…

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CriticsOf Wool Scheme Are I11-Advised Statement by President of Graziers' Council

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 November 1939 · page 6

THE dissatisfaction at present being widely expressed by growers throughout Australia with the prices being realised under the appraisement scheme is ill-advised, and largely based on erroneous statements without full knowledge of the facts,"…

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Wheat Strike Plan Rejected MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 November 1939 · page 1

THE conference of the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation decided last night to reject the proposal that growers should go on…

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