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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

237 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 12

Wool Exhibition Tomorrow

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

Although the war has naturally had some affect on entries, tomorrow's wool exhibition to be conducted by the Country Women's…

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Wool Exhibitions on

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

The annual wool exhibition organised by the Country Woman's Association will be held in the Town Hall on Wednesday. It is to be opened at 3…

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Drowned in Creek Farmer-Woman Victims ADELAIDE

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

WIDELY separated, the bodies of a young couple, tipped from a buckboard down a swirling creek near Laura yesterday,…

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C.w.a. Wool Exhibition Today

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 5

Mrs. R. L. Phillips and Mrs. D. P. Ferguson, secretary and president respectively of the C.W.A., declare that they are well satisfied with entries for the…

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Beautiful Examples of Handicraft C.W.A. Wool Exhibition At Town Hall

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 1

THE work of hundreds of busy fingers was displayed at the Wool Exhibition at the Town Hall today. Beautiful examples of knitted and crochetted wool and needle work, some of the finest coming from the veteran…

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Wool Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

OPENING the C.W.A. wool exhibition in the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, Mr. E. A. Andrews said the exhibits set a very high standard, although there were fewer entries this year. The women who had helped in the…

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Wool Exhibition the Awards

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 5

At the wool exhibition conducted at the Town Hall on Wednesday by the Country Women's Association, the following awards were made:—…

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Butter and Cheese Rations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 5

LONDON, June 13.—The Ministry of Food announces that from June week instead of loz., but the butter 30 the cheese ration will be 2oz. a…

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Government Help For Farmers

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.— The Premier (Mr. W. J. McKell) has announced that Cabinet has decided immediately to waive all farmers' debts postponed…

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Nazi-Russian Relations Cause Stir Is Stalin Ready For Deal? Hitler's Eyes on Oil and Wheat London, June 17

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 1

DISCUSSIONS on relations between Germany and Russia continue throughout Britain, the Continent, and U.S.A. One theory is that Hitler badly wants the vast wheat supplies…

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Farmhand Found Guilty

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—After being locked up all night at the Central Criminal Court, a jury returned a verdict of guilty against Denis…

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Farmers Worried About Petrol Restrictions

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.— The president of the Primary Producers' Association (Mr. Dunlop) said today that primary producers had been preparing…

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Wool for Style

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 4

Well known in Wales, but little known outside, is the red black and white check washing flannel. Paquin used it…

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Farm Fire Husband Sees Wife Dead in Flames Perth, June 22

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 6

Mr. Harold Hallyburton, farmer, was working in a paddock a half-mile from the homestead on his farm—a well-developed properly 13 miles cast of…

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Wool Packers Restive

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 June 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Storemen's and Packers' Union intends to request the Government to nationalise the wool industry in New South…

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Wool Payments to Growers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 July 1941 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—Distribution amounting to £8,303,566 will be made by the Central Wool Committee on July 29 to suppliers of…

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Pine Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 4 July 1941 · page 4

Chemically treated pine [?] here worked out in German as a substitute for wool for certain [?] very successfully. By varying…

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Pastoral Award For West Darling

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 2

Claims by the Australian Workers' Union in the Full Court for an adjustment of the pastoral award of wage rates and guaranteed earnings…

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Wool Rationing

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 4

LONDON, July 7.—Possibly for the first time since wool rationing was introduced into Britain, the amount released for the domestic…

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Ukraine Retreat: Some Wheat Left

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 4

LONDON, July 7.—The British United Press correspondent with the German armies on the Russian front says that despite Stalin's call for a…

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