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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1944

1,399 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 70

2500 Italian POW Working on Farms CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 4

Of 13,000 Italian prisoners of war in Australia suitable for employment in rural industry, approximately 9500 are actually employed on farms and rural…

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Farmers’ Costs Bounty On Tractors Discussed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 2

Discussing the question of bounty payments nor Australian produced tractors, Mr H. G. Nock, treasurer of the NSW Farmers and Settlers’…

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Surplus Army Trucks for Farmers Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 2

Release from the Army of numbers of surplus utility trucks for primary production purposes was urged by Senator Aylett (Lab-. Tas) in the Senate today…

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Sheep Losses

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 3

Heavy drought losses in the Bourke, Brewarrina, Goodooga and Walgett districts are reported—totalling over .100,000 sheep…

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Killing of District Cattle Suspended Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 4

Until employes other than slaughtermen agree to handle offal and meat, the killing of suspect and reactor cattle at Homebush abattoirs has been…

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AGRICULTURAL & Pastoral Notes Buffalo Fly Problem of Southward Trend

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 4

Though well known to stockowners in the north of Australia as a serious parasite of cattle, the buffalo fly, a grey blood-sucking…

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Wheat “Bake Off,” Says Minister CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 3

[?]lying to Mr Langtry (Lab. [?] in the House of Representatives [?] the Minister far Commerce (Mr [?] denied alleged published…

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The No Campaign Strong Referendum Organisation Farmed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 3

Under the name of the Australian Constitutional League a strong non-party organisation has been established in opposition to the…

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Post War Farming Rural Problems Discussed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 4

Among the foremost tasks of the post-war period in Australia will be the solution of the problems of the primary producers. Under the…

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Farmer’s Tragic Death

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 2

Edward Frances Lloyd, of “Clonmel.” Mangoplah, married, aged 38, was shot dead yesterday. Lloyd had been to his brother’s place and had left…

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Wheat And Wool Men Meet Conference at Springhurst on Wednesday WANGARATTA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 5

A well-attended meeting of the Northern District Council of the Wheat and Woolgrowers’ Association was held al Springhurst yesterday, presided over by Mr J…

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Increased Export Butter Payment Sought CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 4

The Commonwealth Government is negotiating with the British Government with a view to obtaining an increase in the payment on dairy…

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Alleged Sheep Stealing Hearing Adjourned For Month

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 2

The hearing of a charge of alleged sheep stealing and two other charges against Frederick C. Druitt, firmer, was resumed in the Police Court on…

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Synthetics and Wool State Government to Take Action

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: The State Government is taking immediate steps to combat the threat of synthetics to the N.S.W. wool industry. Premier…

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Menace to Wool N.S.W. To Take Steps To Combat SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 5

The State Government is [?] immediate steps to combat the threat of synthetics to the NSW wool industry. The Premier (Mr Mckell) [?] tonight…

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Servicemen's Farms Cabinet Decisions

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 2

Full Federal Cabinet decided on Thursday that no returned Serviceman should be assisted to settle on the land unless there was…

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Farmers and Settlers

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 3

A meeting of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held on Thursday afternoon, when Mr. A. D. Finlayson presided. There was a fair…

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Farmers Dissatisfied with Prices Will Not Cut Hay Next Season

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1944 · page 3

Farmers at Walla Walla, Culcairn and Walbundrie have decided not to cut hay for commercial purposes next season because of unsatisfactory…

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“Just Too Bad” Mr Scully on Action of Big Poultry Farmers SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 4

Regret that Carter Brothers, of Weribee, Vic., owners of the world’s largest poultry farm, had decided to cut output from the farm by 3,000,000 eggs…

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Cattle Driven Too Slowly

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 2

Hume PP Board proceeded against Arthur Stanley Day. of Talmal[?] in Albury Police Court yesterday. on a charge of failing to travel a herd of…

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