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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Anthrax In Tamworth Fight For Dairy Farmer's Life

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 1

Tamworth, October 19.—A dairy farmer. John Casey (28), of Dungown, is in Tamworth Base Hospital ill with anthrax, the, extremely rare and deadly…

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Glamorous Wool Evening Gowns Featured in London Export Fashions

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 October 1947 · page 4

Sweeping skirts lent grace and elegance to many of the evening gowns presented by the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers in their…

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Sheep On Common

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 1

The City herdsman, Mr. J. J. Wilks, stated yesterday in reply to the statements that sheep were being lost from the common, that they were either…

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Wool Workers Offer To Work Longer

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 October 1947 · page 7

To help the British Government's export drive hundreds of workers in Britain's wool mills have voluntarily agreed to work…

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Marketing of Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 October 1947 · page 8

AT its annual meeting in June last the Australian Woolgrowers' Council, which represents the organised woolgrowers of all States of the Commonwealth, appointed a special committee to give…

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Wool Research Plans In U.S.A.

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 4

WASHINGTON, October 21. —In a stern reminder of the serious decline of American wool production, the…

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Slaughter Of Cattle Jewish Method May Be Illegal From End Of This Month

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 1

Melbourne, October 22.—The Jewish Kosher killing of cattle for meat in which the beast is hauled aloft by a leg and the throat cut with a special…

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Mother, Child Dead On Farm

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 October 1947 · page 1

HOBART.—Blood stains from her sister's wounds are believed to have saved the life of a young girl on a lonely farmhouse two miles from Mole Creek, where the child's 12-year-old sister and her…

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Handling N.S.W. Wheat Harvest

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 3

SYDNEY.—"This is great news," declared the New South Wales Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) when told last night that in…

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Record Price For Scoured Wool

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 October 1947 · page 4

BRISBANE.—A new Australasian record for scoured wool was established at the Brisbane wool sales when 99½d. was paid…

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Markets Cattle Section

Western Grazier · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 2

Official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association, Abattoirs Cattle Market Monday. Another very good selection of cattle…

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General Wool News Paris Fashion Tests In Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 5
Also in Western Grazier

Tests for the highest diploma given by the School of the Association of Fashion Houses in Paris ore being carried out in wool this year, and the International Wool Secretariat is offering a prize to the most skilled worker…

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Wool Goods May Be Coupon Free

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 1

Canberra, October 30—The Prime Minister. Mr. Chifley, said. in the House of Representatives yesterday that the Rationing Commission was now…

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Dairy Specialist From New Zealand

Western Grazier · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 2

Two New Zealand dairy industry specialists arrived in Sydney on Wednesday as part of the first step in the Commonwealth program to place the…

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Dairy Experts Of Fifty Nations Will Be At Olympia

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 31 October 1947 · page 4

Two exhibitions of more than average interest to be held at Olympia. London, shortly, are the 61st annual dairy show of the British Dairy Farmers'…

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Japan Wool Industry Rehabilitation Plan

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 3 November 1947 · page 1

New York, November 1.—The key to the "Rebuild Japan's Wool Industry" policy, disclosed today, lies in the importation of about 665,000 bales of raw…

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Rain Damage to Crops

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 November 1947 · page 8

SYDNEY—Although rain and rust will cause some reduction in the N.S.W. wheat crop, the amount harvested will still…

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Crooks Attracted to Wheat Areas

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 5

MOREE.—Sydney and interstate crooks and confidence men attracted to the wheat belt by big pay cheques expected to be made by…

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Wheat Harvest Rationing of Silo Space

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 5 November 1947 · page 1

Sydney, November 4. — The rationing of space for wheat in country silos has been decided upon. In making this announcement the Minister for Agriculture…

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