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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1954

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Wool Sales in Aus. Will Go on

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 10

Sydney: Wool sales in Australia will not be postponed because of the British dock strike. This was announced…

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Substitute for Wool Is Coming

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 12

Melbourne: A plastic substitute for wool was coming soon, and "Australia's fools paradise" would come to an end, Mr. Norman Robertson, managing director of…

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Wool is Preferred to Plastics Says Graziers Officer

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 11

Melbourne: People preferred wool to plastic substitutes, Mr. W. Officer, Graziers' Association secretary, said today. He disagreed with Mr…

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Help for the Farmer

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 4

Sydney, Oct. 31.—An agriculture research institute at Wagga, established at the Agricultural College and…

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Wool Cheque Down £50m

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 1

Melbourne: Australia's wool cheque this season is likely to be nearly £50 millions lower than last year,…

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Cattle in Stampede

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 November 1954 · page 4

Melbourne: "A policeman was gored when. about. 20 cattle ran wild in the Kensington area…

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Wool for Apex

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 2

A district grazier, Mr. Jim Smith of Buck[?] w Station, is the latest person to come forward with a novel…

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Wharfies lift ban on cattle

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 2

Darwin, Nov. 9.—Waterside workers on strike in Darwin today lifted the ban…

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Aus. Wheat Crop Is Down

Barrier Miner · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 3

Melbourne—Australia's marketable wheat crop this season is expected to reach only from 138 to 140 million…

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Junior Farmer Contest

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 11

Sydney: Nineteen junior farmers were taken to Sydney as guests of the Rural Bank to be interviewed by…

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Warwick Farm

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 15

12.30-Kindergarten Maiden Stakes, 5 furlongs— Accept. Spanish Fiesta, Stock Topic, Penarth, Devil Dancer, Lady…

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Shot Fired at S.a. Escapee From Farm

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 November 1954 · page 1

Adelaide: A police officer fired a shot over the head of an escaped convict before the latter was captured at Clovelly Park early today. The man, Leo Frederick Meline (20), escaped from Kyeema Prison Farm last night…

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Triple Murder Case Govt. Farmer Before Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 November 1954 · page 4

Paris: An Edinburgh professor said when he reached the scene of a triple murder in France, he found the accused "acting like a guide in a museum."…

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Triple Murder Case Govt Farmer Before Court

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 November 1954 · page 4

Paris: An Edinburgh professor said when he reached the scene of a triple murder in France, he found the accused "acting like a guide in a museum."…

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Better Wool Prices

Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 3

Sydney: A sharp upturn in buying activity for Bradford and Japan and sustained support from continental countries at the Sydney wool sales on Wednesday. This strengthened…

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Cattle on Premises

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 3

The Chief Health Inspector reported as follows to the City Council on Thursday:…

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London Designer's Use Wool Felt For Exciting New Fashions

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 3

New wool [?] glowing colors or decorative prints are making fashion news in London now for skirts bright with embroidery or applique and even for top coats and…

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Wool Market Difficult

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 3

Sydney: Russia was steadily buying medium Merino qualities and America was showing keener interest in…

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Record Wool Clip Forecast

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 December 1954 · page 5

The Australian of the International Wool Secretariat (Mr. Ewen M. Waterman) has forecast a…

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