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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Homestead Farms Re-appraisement Abolished

The Independent · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The Lands Department has notifi[?]its district offices of the withdrawal from the District Land Boards of all cases of re-appraisement of homestead…

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Land Act Amendment Homestead Farm Transfers New Appraisement conditions

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 April 1929 · page 2

The recent statement by the Minister for Lands, Mr, Ball, with reference the reappraisement on transfer of homestead farms will be…

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Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative. Big Yarding of Cattle

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 4

At Flemington on 22nd April, the Farmers and Graziers’ Cooperative Co., Ltd., yarded no less than 835 fat cattle. There were…

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Sydney Wool Sales

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 1 May 1929 · page 5

The secretary Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Co., Ltd., writes, 23/4/29 :— There has been little of note…

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Special Sheep Sale

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

John McNamara and Co. Pty Ltd report having conducted, considering the weather, a flighty successful special on Friday last, April 26 When they…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 2

Wheat is quoted in Sydney to-day at 410 to 411 per bushel…

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Yesterdays Wool Sales. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 3

At the Sydney wool sales, to-day, the market closed without material change; greasy merino sold to 25d…

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Australia's Wool Production Last Year's Record. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

The Australian wool production for 1928-1929, was the largest ever recorded in history. The Commonwealth Valuer estimated the value…

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Sentenced for Fatally Beating Native. South African Farmer Refused Leave to Appeal. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 May 1929 · page 1

The Appellant Court has refused leave to appeal to a farmer who was sentenced to the lash and imprisonment for fatally beating a native…

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Pastoral Areas Capacity Going

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 May 1929 · page 1

In recent years the wool produced by in Australian sheep has risen from about 3 lb. to 8 lb., and in some cases to 10 lb. The frame of the sheep is…

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Yesterday's Wool Sales. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

The selection at the wool sales, to-day, was below the average. The market ruled firm, at recent levels. Greasy merino sold to 23d…

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“Use More Wool” Suggested Campaign Committee’s Proposals

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 4

The recent annual conference of the Graziers’ Association of New South Wales appointed a wool publicity committee to inquire into the…

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Successful Deniliquin Sheep Special 15,193 Yarded 13,332 Sold at the Splendid Average of £1/7/4 per head

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 2

John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. report having conducted, considering the feather a highly successful special sale of store sheep at Deniliquin…

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Lady De Chair Makes [?] Smile the Governor Likes the Riverina Leuit. De Chair Would Like to Be a Farmer

The Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 1

Vice Royalty made an excellent impression on this democratic comm[?] when the Governor, Sir Dudley De Chair, Lady' De Chair, Miss Elaine De Chair, and Lieut. De Chair, Aide de Camp to his father, visited Deniliquin on Friday. Lady De Chair carried…

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The Retired Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 May 1929 · page 3

Speaking at the annual conference of the Provincial Press Association, held at Canberra, the Prime Minister said the average country newspaper…

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Land Notes Homestead Farms available on 17th June

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 May 1929 · page 5

Land District Bellingen, Co. Raleigh, Parish Dudley.—Por. 50 of 289 acres, 25 miles from Bellingen. Undulating country along…

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Telegrams Price of Wheat. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

Wheat is quoted in Sydney to-day at 410 d per bushel…

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Proposed Sheep Tax Opposed by Pastoralists’ President (To the Editor.)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

Sir,—In your issue of 30th April you reported that in my address to a Pastoralists’ Union meeting in Echuca I had supported the above…

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Export of Stud Sheep Victorian Premier's Statement "South Africa Will Be Australia's Greatest Rival"

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 1

The Victorian Premier (Mr. McCormack) stats that an embargo on the export of stud sheep to South Africa was a…

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Latest Telegrams Wool and the American Tariff. a Serious Matter for Graziers. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 May 1929 · page 2

The president of the Graziers' Association (Mr. F. H. Tout), said, to-night, that the proposed increase of the American tariff on wool and…

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