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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Sheep, Fences Trees Lost In Bushfires

Barrier Miner · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 1

Sydney.—Thousands of sheep miles of fencing and valuable timber reserves have been destroyed by bush fires in north-west N.S.W. A huge area of a triangle from Baradine tb Goodooga, on hhe Queensland border, and down to Bourke, is ablaze and other…

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Pastoral Talks

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 2

Mr. R. L. Caskey, president of the Pastoralists Association of the West Darling, will leave here on…

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Wool Prices

Barrier Miner · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 2

A 10 per cent. rise on the previous Adelaide wool sale was reported by Bennett and Fisher, Ltd., for yesterday's…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 1

Adelaide. November 7.—At the Adelaide wool sales today competition was keen and rates firm on late levels with prices…

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Getting Texas Cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 1

Sir Rupert Clarke is Importing 200 Santa…

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Crop Duster Wrecked

Barrier Miner · Saturday 10 November 1951 · page 5

Adelaide—Robby's Aircraft Limited lost a second Tiger Moth plane in eight days, when one crashed…

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Pastoral Inspector

Barrier Miner · Monday 12 November 1951 · page 1

Mr. M. S. Toogood, western division pastoral inspector, who has been stationed in Broken Hill for…

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Stop Press Sheep for Japs

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 8

Tokio.—Fifteen Australian Coriedale sheep anti five sheepdogs Lave arrived as part of a Japanse Government plan to start a…

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Wool for Coats

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 14 November 1951 · page 7

Out of 135 American business girls questioned as to their favourite fabric for a coat, 110 declared they…

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Adulterated Milk Sold By Dairyman

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 2

A Broken Hill dairyman, Raymond Green, was fined a total of £16/5/- in the Police Court today after pleading guilty to selling adulterated milk…

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More Sheep In Aust

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 8

Canberra—Last March 31 Australia had 115.600.000 sheep-2,700,000 more than a year ago…

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Cheaper Wool Clothes

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 9

Canberra—A Government decision announced last night will guarantee Australians cheaper woollen…

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Wheat for Home Need

Barrier Miner · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 6

Canberra—The Agriculture Minister (Mr. McEwen) assured Parliament today that Australia would…

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Embargo On Export Of Merino Sheep Queensland Graziers Opposed To Lifting

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 1

Sydney, November 15.—The United Graziers Association or Queensland is opposed to any move to lift the embargo on the…

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Values Down at Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 1

Sydney, November 19.—Values at the Sydney wool sales today, compared with the close on October 25, showed a fall of fully 6…

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Wheat On "Black"

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 1

Sydney— Poultry farmers are paying up to 15/a bushel for wheat on the "blackmarket" to…

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Models In Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 9

Romantic lines distinguish the pretty wool models now making fashion news at Britain's mid season…

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Wool Still Holds Paris

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 9

Tailored suits, varying widely in design, are to be seen at Paris collections and are in all types of wool…

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Stock Feed Wheat Proposals

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 2

Canberra, November 22.—Telegrams have been sent to all State Governments indicating that the Commonwealth will legislate to…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 27 November 1951 · page 6

Sydney, November 26.—Values for Good average fleece and skirtings were very firm at Sydney wool sales today compared with…

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