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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1946

1,914 stories in Murray's papers · page 59 of 96

Wool Growers’ Rights to £7 Million Doubts Raised by Eminent K.C. BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 6

The Executive Council of the United Graziers’ Association today decided to recommend to the Australian Woolgrowers’ Council to seek an…

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Young Farmers’ Corner Producing Best Quality Cream

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 7

On the quality of the cream Australia produces depends the future economic success of Australia’s dairying industry…

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Drought Relief for Dairymen Dissatisfaction Expressed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 August 1946 · page 6

Demands for a re-opening of the question of drought relief for dairy farmers in Victoria were made at the 13th annual conference of…

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Claim of £4,663 for Acquired Wheat

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

A High Court writ issued on Monday claims a higher return for 1945 46, wheat, crop acquired by the Wheat Board under National Security…

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Heavy Loadings of Wool at Deniliquin Railway

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

AH wool usually going to Narandera, Hay and Jerilderie is coming to Deniliquin, as the New South Wales railways have refused to carry it. Wool from as far away as Darlington Point is coming here. Men at the railway are working at…

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£300,000 Damage to Wool Store SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

Total damage caused by last nights blaze in the wool store of New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd. at Ultimo is estimated at…

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Sheep Dying in Stricken Northwest Not Enough Railway Trucks to Haul Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 1

Sheep are dying in large numbers in the drought-stricken north-west area of the State because the railways cannot provide adequate…

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Mr. Scully's Red Herring On Wheat Mr. Warren McDONALD'S CRITICISM

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

"Now that Mr. Scully and his fellow-members, especially those in wheat-growing areas, are learning at first-hand the great resistance to his…

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Menzies Promises Tax Cuts, First Child Endowment, Real Soldier Preference, Wheat Stabilisation

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 8

Further reductions in taxation—direct and indirect—were promised by the Leader of the Federal Opposition, Mr. Menzies, when outlining the Liberal Party's election platform in his policy speech at Melbourne on Tuesday night…

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Of Interest to Ex-Servicemen Farmers CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 7

Federal Government has decided to widen the conditions under which ex-servicemen wishing to engage in agricultural occupations can apply for loans…

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Discussion at Dairymen’s Conference MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 5

Mr J. Clyne, representative of the Victorian Dairyfarmers’ Association on the Pig Producers’ Federation, described the grain position as a racket during…

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Plan For Dairying Industry Federal Government To Be Approached MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 4

The increased return to Australian producers as a result of the price now being paid by Great Britain for Australian butter, was £250,000, declared…

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Farm Water Supplies Act

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 August 1946 · page 2

The Minister for Conservation, Mr. George Weir, M.L.A., announced yesterday that the Farm Water Supplies Act, which had been passed during the last…

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Queensland’s Wheat Crop Ruined BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 2

Queensland’s wheat crop, which had been estimated at 8 million bushels, has been ruined by the prolonged drought. Announcing this today the Minister for…

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Scarcity of Merino Sheep

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 6

The bad seasonal conditions which ruled in NSW and parts of Victoria during the past few years have unfortunately been the means of bringing about a decided…

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“Red Herring” on Wheat Mr. McDONALD’S Criticism of Minister

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 4

“Now that Mr Scully and his fellow members, especially those in wheat-growing areas, are learning at first-hand the great resistance to his…

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Wheat Plan W.G.U. President Appeals For Unity Meeting at Brocklesby

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 August 1946 · page 8

Brocklesby branch of the Wheatgrowers’ Union held a meeting yesterday afternoon to hear an explanation of the Government scheme for wheat stabilisation. Mr H. A. Colwill, of Ariah Park, president of the Union in NSW, explained the plan, and said that it had been…

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Wangaratta Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 2

The yarding of fit sheep on Thursday at Wangar[?] net is heavy as at the previous sale Competition w.[?] satisfactory. although a [?]values…

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Back to the Days of 1066! Farmers in Nsw Using Bows and Arrows Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1

Because they cannot buy rifles and ammunition, some farmers are shooting rabbits and kangaroos with bows and arrows. This is…

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Farmer Killed by Train MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 August 1946 · page 1

Daniel Patrick Conroy aged 21, farmer, of Bacchus Marsh, was killed instantly when he was run over by the Mildura train near Ba[?]chus Marsh…

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