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Farming & the land, 1946

1,914 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 96

Fat Sheep In Demand

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd report having conducted their usual monthly sale of stock at Henty on Tuesday last, 23rd…

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Mr. Scully Explains to House £3 Million Butter Payment by U.K. Government Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

The Minister for Commerce (Mr Scully) today clarified the circumstances surrounding payment of £3 million to the…

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Drought Relief Grants To Cereal Growers 1945/46 Season's Crops

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 7

Forms of application, to enable wheat, oat and barley growers to apply for payment of grants from the amount of £162,000 to be…

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"Air Force Ploughed Crop Under" Compensation Claim By Yerong Creek Landowner

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 6

When the Royal Australian Air Force' took over 320 acres of land from Messrs. L. T. and A. K. Menzies at Yerong Creek in July. 1943. portion of…

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Die Australian Farmer Mr. Bankes Amery's Tribute

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 1

A tribute to the part played by the Australian farmer during the war was paid by Mr. Sankes Amery former Loader of the…

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Just One of the Dairyman’s Worries !

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 2

Hard work and plenty of it is always the dairyman’s lot, but when floods come up over the milking yards like this the going becomes really tough. The picture was taken at Mr. F. A. Trabant’s farm at…

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This Farmhouse Is “High and Dry” So Far

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 10

“Oh, the house is not likely to be flooded—it stands on quite high ground,” said Mr F. A. Trabant, referring to his home at Mungabareena seen above. Although the water rose several inches after this photograph was taken yesterday. Mr. Trabant was much more anxious about…

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The Time Had Come to “Abandon Farm”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1946 · page 5

No wonder Mr W. H. Moulder decided to move his dairy herd to higher ground when the floods reached this stage round his farm sheds on Wodonga flats yesterday morning. Some horses and cattle can be seen standing where no more than footroom remanded above water…

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Successful Wodonga Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 6

Dalgety and Co. Ltd. (Inc. in England), Albury, report having held a special store cattle sale at Wodonga yesterday, when they yarded 2650 grown cattle and calves. The…

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Prices of Sheep Skins Skyrocket Controls Lifted; Sales At Albury

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 4

Controls on the price of sheep skins were lifted at tile end of June, and when the Albury produce brokers yesterday held their first produce…

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N.Z. Workers Declare Wool for Spain “Black” Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 1

Wool in store awaiting shipment to Spain has been declared “black” by the Auckland Trades and Labor Council in line with the decision of…

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Farmer Charged with Manslaughter Lismore

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 6

The driver of one of two cars involved in a fatal head-on collision on Box Hill road near Lismore today was charged late this afternoon with…

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Some Dairymen in Bad Way, Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 1

Daily farmers from Gympie in Queensland to Newcastle in NSW were all in a serious position, Sir Earle Page (C.P., NSW) said in…

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Farmers Fear That Greater Flood May Come In The Spring Crisis Expected to Pass by This Morning Slackening In Rise Of River

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 1

Indications last evening were that by this morning the flood crisis at Albury would have passed. Rise of the water had slackened, at evening the River Murray being only an inch higher than at 8 o'clock in the morning…

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WAHGUNYAH Farming Properly Sold

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1946 · page 5

Mr John Culhane has disposed of his freehold farming property at Norong Central to his son, Sir Jim Culhane, Corowa. Mr and Mrs Jim Culhane…

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Wodonga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

There will be a yarding of 539 fat cattle, 137 choppers. 636 store cattle, 248 dairy cattle and 14 bulls at today’s Wodonga cattle market. Order of sale: Gippsland…

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Dairy Farmers,wheat & Woolgrowers Fleeced Federal Government Withholds £15 Million From Them Mr. Fadden's Disclosure

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 3

Scandalous exploitation of dairy framers, wheatgrowers, and wool producers, was the charge made by the country party…

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Value of Sheep Dogs in Australia

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 1

It has been estimated by a New South Wales veterinary surgeon that there are more than 300,000 trained and working sheepdogs in Australia…

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Sheep Average 38/5 at Rand

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 2

At Rand yesterday, Younghusband Ltd. yarded 7000 high class store sheep at their usual monthly market. The penning included some excellent lines of crossbred…

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First Post-war Sheep Show in Melbourne Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 July 1946 · page 6

Keen interest was displayed in the first post-war sheep show conducted by the Australian Sheep Breeders’ Association at Newmarket today…

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