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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1953

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Farmer mid Wife Hie From Burns

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 4

Brisbane: Charles Frederick Zunker (40), sugar cane farmer, of Woongarra, near Bundaberg, died of…

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Our Wool Cheque Now £111 Million

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 12

Sydney: Australia's wool cheque for the first four months of the 1953-54 season is £111,217,157—£16,000,000 more than for the same period last year…

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Farmer Admits to Three Murders

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 November 1953 · page 4

Paris, Monday: Gaston Diminici, 77-years-old French fanner, had confessed to the murder of a British family 15 months ago, police at Digne (southern France) said…

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Lamb Wool Record

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 10

Melbourne: Merino lambs' wool set a new world record of 516½d. 1b (£2/3/04) at the Geelong sales…

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Cattle Die in Crash

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 12

Scone: Seven cattle were killed when a trailer overturned on the New England Highway between Scone and…

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TB Tests af Dairy Herds

Barrier Miner · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 9

An officer of the animal husbandry division of the Department of Agriculture, Mr. G. Derricott, has arrived…

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TB. Tests of Cattle

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 3

More than 120 local dairy cattle were tested for T.B. on Thursday and Friday by an officer of the "animal husbandry division of the Department of Agriculture…

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Wool Not in the Tinting Sports Clothes

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 9

Noted English designer, Teddy Tinling, is a keen admirer of wool and uses it for some of the most intriguing models in his collection of sports and country clothes in the…

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India Reports Bumper Crop

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 November 1953 · page 7

New Delhi, Monday: India's biggest achievement since getting its independence was the attainment of…

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Record World wool Total

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 12

Washington, Tuesday: The U.S. Agricultural Department said tonight that the 1953 world wool production…

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Huge Thefts of Wool Alleged

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 November 1953 · page 11

Sydney: Possibly £50,000 had been involved in wool-stealing from wharves and trucks in the past 18 months, the police said in the Redfern Court…

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Farmer Dies in Smash

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 December 1953 · page 10

Adelaide: A farmer was fatally wounded when his car nose-dived into a deep ditch near "Wirrabara last…

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Jersey Cattle Record

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 2

Shepparton (Vic.): The sale of 71 head of Jersey stud cattle owned by Mr. N. H. Enders, of the Wattles,…

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No Allowance on Sheep Skins

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 8

Sydney: The Minister for Agriculture and Food Production (Mr. E. H. Graham, almost forgotten, but the…

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Pastoral Move to Get Flying Stock Inspector

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 December 1953 · page 5

The secretary of the Pastoralists' Association (Mr. A.| J. Beston) has been informed that a resolution at the recent western division conference on the…

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Pastoral Move to Get Flying Stock Inspector

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 December 1953 · page 5

The secretary of the Pastoralists' Association (Mr. A.| J. Beston) has been informed that a resolution at the recent western division conference on the…

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Wheat Chop Phospects

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 December 1953 · page 7

Sydney: This season's N.S.W. wheat harvest may be 53,000,000 bushels. The Minister for Agriculture…

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KeenDemand for Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 December 1953 · page 3

Sydney: With Britain, the Continent, Japan, and Russia competing keenly for all lots and American orders…

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Three Farm Girls From Ceylon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 December 1953 · page 16

A SMILING TRIO of girls from Ceylon on their way to the milking shed during: a course they are taking at the Monmouthshire (Wales) Agricultural Institute. They are, from left, Tusita Waniganatna, Swarnie Wijeratnc, and Grace Devondra. When they return to Ceylon, they will act as lecturers on farming…

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Sentenced to Death For Murder Of Farmer

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 12 December 1953 · page 8

Melbourne. Dec. 11 Sydney Owen Meredith was sentenced to death in Ballarat Supreme Court by Mr…

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