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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Annual Show Handicraft And Wool Sections

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 4

The ladies committee for this year's Silver City Show will have a lot of new sections to look after…

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Wool Industry Aspects Under Discussion Pastoralists' Secretary Back From Conference

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 8 September 1953 · page 4

The local secretary of the Pastoralists' Association, Mr. A. J. Beston, returned from Melbourne last week after attending the annual conference of the secretaries of…

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Ministers Differ on Wheat Price

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 6

Sydney—Acceptance by New South Wales of the 15/- a bushel wheat price scheme is opposed by the State Prices Minister (Mr. Landa)…

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Why Wool Rose and Then Fell

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 4

Opening wool values for the new season seem to have fulfilled expectations in Australia and overseas. In Sydney there was an opening-day burst of feverish…

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The Barrier Miner Wednesday, September 9, 1953. Wheat and Politics

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 September 1953 · page 3

TALKS to be held in Melbourne between the State Agricultural Ministers will be the most vital for the wheat industry since the depression years…

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Wool Sales for Dollars Have Declined

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 September 1953 · page 6

Canberra: Australia's sales of wool for dollars have declined sharply, compared with a year ago,…

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Wheat in Peril While Legislators Argue

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 September 1953 · page 5

Canberra: The Commonwealth and State Agricultural Ministsrs are meeting in an attempt to end a wheat price deadlock, which the Federal Minister (Mr. McEwen)…

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Wheat in Peril While Legislators Argue

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 September 1953 · page 5

Canberra: The Commonwealth and State Agricultural Ministers are meeting in an attempt to end a wheat price deadlock, which the Federal Minister (Mr. McEwen)…

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Americans for Aus. Farms

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 September 1953 · page 1

Sydney: Four young Americans, who arrived in Sydney, yesterday, will become "dinkum Aussies" for…

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Wheat Price Talk Again

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 September 1953 · page 2

Adelaide: Another attempt to overcome the deadlock over wheat stabilisation will be made in Melbourne…

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Better Outlook for Our Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 16 September 1953 · page 8

With offerings totalling 192,000 bales for the first three series of sales in Sydney, wool is reaching its testing time of weighton-the-market earlier this season, says…

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Wheat Price in Doubt

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 12

Melbourne: A proposal that the Australian Wheat Board should be maintained as the realising authority…

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Handicraft and Wool Awards

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 12

Judges: Mrs. Thompson and Miss Thompson. Ladies Wear: Best knitted lady's jumper, Mrs. G…

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What Fashion Does with Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 9

London designers are unanimous in their use of wool this season, and never have fabrics been more stimulating. In a host of new weights…

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What Fashion Does with Wool

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 9

London designers are unanimous in their use of wool this season, and never have fabrics been more stimulating. In a host of new weights…

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Best Wool Fleece from Byrnedale

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 12

Although entries in the wool fleece section were slightly less than last year the qualify was well maintained. The sash for the best…

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Atom Power for Farmers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 September 1953 · page 1

Melbourne: Atom power might one day be used to help Australian farmers, said the Governor-General…

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New Wheat Market Plan

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 September 1953 · page 12

Canberra: The Commonwealth authorities think they may at last be in sight of a solution of the wheat…

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Wool Demand Is Put to Test

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 5

With receivers into Australian stores at September 1 totalling 647,000 bales, compared with 534,000 at the same date a year ago, the world demand for wool…

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Kenya Farmer Killed

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 September 1953 · page 8

Nairobi, Tuesday: East Africa Command Headquarters reported that terrorists murdered an Italian farmer…

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