Crop Ablaze at Waterloo
WATERLOO (S.A.), Tuesday.— Damage estimated at between £150 and £200 was caused by a fire which broke out in a crop of standing wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1940
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Farmers Top List In Bankruptcies
MELBOURNE, Friday.— During 1938-9 a total of 379 farmers went bankrupt in Australia. The figure includes those who entered into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rationing May Hit Butter Trade
LONDON, January 5.—English firms are lamenting the rationing of butter arid bacon (which begins on Monday) and the closing of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wilcannia & District Hospital Wool Appeal
Graziers who have donated wool are—Messrs. D. J. Fitzgerald; John Parker, G. V. Bonney, Bi[?] C. J…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War No Handicap To Wool Research
THE war has not handicapped the International Wool Secretariat's research programme in "British laboratories or caused any deviation from the original plans for this technical research on behalf of wool. This assurance is given to growers in an sir mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farmer Displays Fortitude
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Frank Egan (61), a farmer in the Bateman's Bay district, was driving a utility truck when it ran off the road and fell 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Lawyer to Be Poultry Farmer
PERTH, Saturday—Five years ago Dr. Richard Rosendorff, notary in Berlin, author of several books and papers on combines, joint stock law,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News In Brief Wheat Sold To Japan
SYDNEY, Wednesday—More than 80 million bushels of Australian wheat, worth at least £15,000,000 had now been sold from the new season's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prices for Wheat Sold to United Kingdom
MELBOURNE, Thursday.— The Minister for Conimerce (Mr. McLeay) announced that the average price for half the wheat sold to the United…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Large Sales of Wheat to East Likely
ADELAIDE, Saturday— The Minister for Commerce (Senator McLeay) said today that large sales of wheat and flour to countries close to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cattle on the Ramp. Bullock That Called on [?] Tailor
Our Sunday's dinner, prior to meeting the [?]ghterman, often carries on in a manner which is apt to change our opinion of those docile…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italy's Wheat Harvest Satisfactory Rome, January 21
The battle for Italy's selt-sufficiency: will continue in order to assure the people of bread and the means of der fence, declared Mussolini, in a speech…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →No Restrictions on Wheat Acreage
CANBERRA, Wednesday—It is believed that the Federal Government has abandoned its proposals to restrict wheat planting in the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Review of Pre-war Wheat Contracts
SYDNEY, Saturday.-—A committee has been appointed by the Australian Wheat Board to review pre-war contracts made between growers and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Farmers Not To Blame For Bush Fires SYDNEY
Representatives of graziers and farmers organisations and fire officials today repudiated the charge that the carelessness of farmers was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diseased Cattle Sold
SYDNEY, Thursday.— Speaking at a meeting of the Unanderra Council, the Health Inspector of Central Illawarra Shire (Mr. Morley) said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Butter Not Allowed in Gift Hampers Canberra, Janaury 31
In future the inclusion of butter in gift hamper for people living in England will be strictly for bidden by the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increased Turnover in Woollen Goods Follows Lectures By Wool Secretariat
In a report to the Australian Wool Board, the Wool Secretariat says that it has found clear proof of the need for some system of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Police Hunt for Alien Shot At Farmer MELBOURNE
Penshurst Police are searching for an alien, vfho, it is alleged, was recently released on a bond to be of good behavior for 12 months after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Man's Estate
SYDNEY, Friday.—The estate of James Paroissien Johnson, formerly of Edgecliff, who died last November left estate which has been sworn for…
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