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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1941

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Dairy Farmers In Bad Way

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. W. Davies, M.L.A., declared today that one-third of suppliers of milk through the Milk Board received less than £5…

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Wool Without "Tickle" British Textile Experts Solve an Old Problem

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 9 July 1941 · page 6

A wool fixing process which takes all the "tickle" out of garments made from it has been evolved by British textile experts…

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Relief for Farmers

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The Premier (Mr. McKell) has announced that Cabinet has decided to remove the disclaimer provisions of the Farmers'…

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Wool Featured By Youne Designer

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 4

WOOL was very prominent in the autumn fashion collection presented by Geoffrey Fox, London designer, on May 22. This was a notable feature in View of the large number of evening dresses included in the collection, and it shows just how popular woll has…

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Farmer Heavily Fined

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 2

LONDON, July 20.—Chesterfield Court ordered a farmer to pay £stg.1,220 in fines and costs for slaughtering animals without a…

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Unshrinkable Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 July 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Dr. I. W. Wark, chief of the division of industrial chemistry of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research,…

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Big Wool Clip Anticipated

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 3

INSPECTION of representative clips of wool from the northwestern and western areas of New South Wales shows that the wool is…

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Dairy Farmers May Strike SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 3

THE general secretary of the Primary Producers Union (Mr. J. [?]. Shute) has given the Government until 11 o'clock tomorrow…

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Pastoral Conditions

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 4

THE following information as to the existing pastoral conditions in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia,…

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Farmer Tied Mine to Tree

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 5

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 25.—The other day a farmer who lives on the Great Barrier Island found a mine lying on the rocks on the shore…

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Back To The Plough All England May Be Farmed LONDON, July 25

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 4

DURING a debate on the supply vote for agriculture, the Minister (Mr. Hudson) said that in the past two years agricultural…

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Italian Prisoners on British Farms

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 30 July 1941 · page 2

LONDON, July 29.—More than a thousand Italian war prisoners will be working on British farms in parties under military supervision within the…

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Difficulties In Wool Industry

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 1

The difficulties prevailing in the wool industry because of the war are outlined in the annual report of Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd…

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Will Load Wool Japanese Ship In Sydney SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 1

PERMISSION to load wool was granted today to the Japanese freighter Canberra Maru, which berthed at Sydney after…

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Canberra Maru Leaves with Wool Sydney. July 31

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 1 August 1941 · page 1

The Japanese motor vessel Canberra Maru which reached port yesterday after being hove to seventy miles olf Sydney Heads owing to "foggy weather." left for…

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Women's Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 3

All women in receipt of the dole, and are registered with the unemployed secretary are requested to be present at 10 o'clock this morning to receive their…

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Seven Sheep Supply Gut for One Tennis Racquet

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 3

Five million yards of British music strings are shipped every year from London to countries as far apart as Iceland and the Fiji Islands, and not one…

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Milk Threat MR. McKELL'S Plea to Dairymen Sydney. August 1

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 2 August 1941 · page 3

The Premier, Mr. McKell. appealed to milk producers not to withhold supplies from Sydney. He said that on Tuesday the Cabinet would consider dairymen's…

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Jolly Dance for Pastoral Queen

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 4 August 1941 · page 6

One of the brightest dances for the reason was given in the New Masonic Hall last Thursday evening, when proceeds rolled in for the candidature of…

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Pine Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 8 August 1941 · page 4

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

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