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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

1,068 stories in Murray's papers · page 32 of 54

Compulsory Wheat Pool Meeting at Finley

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 3

Mr A. M‘Arthur, a member of the executive of the F. and S. A., and a wheat grower for over thirty years. addressed a meeting of farmers at…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Why a Pool Must Pay Less

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 August 1929 · page 4

The principal reason for the [?] conditions which prevail in [?] today has been the con[?] in the minds of many, very [?]…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. McArthur gave an address on the above on Monday to an attentive audience of wheatgrowers and others, and replied to several…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. the Case in Favor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 3

Mr. Alex. McArthur, a member of the central executive of the Farmers and Settlers Association and a former resident of this district,…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool. Why a Pool Must Pay Less

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 August 1929 · page 5

The principal reason for the chaotic conditions which prevail in Australia to-day has been the confusion existing in the minds of…

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Splendid-yield of Wool

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

Mr. Wm Steele, of Jerilderie reports that he had a wonderful return of wool from 2000 one-year-old wethers. In a season when the clip is reported…

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Commercial Big Offering of Sheep & Lambs

The Independent · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

At the Newmarket Sales on Tuesday last, John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. submitted a yarding of 16,400 fat sheep and lambs ans store sheep, a…

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Telegrams Rice of Wheat. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

Local wheat market quotations for bagged lots Is from 56 to 57 per bushel…

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1000 Increase Wool Truckings 5873 Bales to Date

The Independent · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 1

Wool truckings from Deniliquin, for the week ending on Tuesday, totalled 2013 bales, exceeding the previous week's total by over 1000 bales. This…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool Will the Grower Benefit? No! He Will Not

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 5

THERE was a time when the voluntary Pool handled 53 per cent. of wheat grown in New South Wales. To-day there is no Voluntary Pool. As the principal advocates of a Compulsory Pool are persons…

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Mulwala. Cricket Club Holds Annual Meeting "Indiscriminate Cyaniding" Wool Stealing Case Heard

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 6

THE annual meeting of the Mulwala Cricket Club was held on Saturday last. Mr. J. Nicholson occupied the chair. The attendance was not…

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Dispelled the Gloom Gerogery Gets More Rain Fall Now Totals 306 Points Late Crops Have Responded Wonderfully

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 3

FOLLOWING the good soaking rains last week, more steady falls, accompanied by thunder, have brought the total up to 306…

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One Farm, 298[?] Applicants

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 August 1929 · page 2

There were 2987 applications lodged with the Crown Lands Agent, Wagga last week for a homestead farm of 2408 acres, 30 miles from Wagga and…

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Yarrawonga Fat Sheep Top the Market

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 3

McPherson, Thorn and Co. report that amongst the sheep offered by them at their Newmarket stock sales on Tuesday last, 27th inst, they sold…

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Hay Pastoral and Agricultural Association the Hay Show

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

The committee of the Hay Pastoral and Agricultural. Association met on Saturday. There were present:—Messrs. Roy Matthews (president),…

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Telegrams Wheat Prices. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

The wheat market is steady. Balk wheat, sold at .55 and bagged lots at 67…

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Compulsory Wheat Pooling Socialisation and Stagnation

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 1

ONE of the most unfortunate features of the Marketing of Primary Products Act, which was born of the Lang Government and is festered by the present Government, is that its ultimate effect must be the socialisation of the wheat industry…

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Points for a Wheat Pool "Mat" Kilpatrick's Speech in Favour Farmers Are Lowest Paid Section of Community

The Independent · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 1

The following are the main points in support of a compulsory wheat pool, as advocated by Mr. M. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., in an address at Marrar, on Tuesday, August 27:— Farmers are the lowest paid section…

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Commercial Newmarket Sales Big Offering of Sheep and Lambs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 2

At Newmarket sales last week Messrs. John McNamara and Co. Pty. Ltd. submitted a yarding of 16, 400 fat sheep and lambs and store sheep…

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Fatality on Farm Fatal Accident at Redlands Spiked Roller Runs Over Man Mr. Frederick Graeber Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 September 1929 · page 3

A FARM HAND named Fred. Graeber, who has been employed by Mr. W. Culver, of Redlands, for the past eight or nine…

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