Fire Costs Railways Dept. £6575 Claim by Farmers Tamworth
In the Supreme Court at Tamworth today before Mr Justice Herron, a settlement of claims by Richard John O’Halloran and Keith Rogers against…
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“Queen Bee” Farm Tractor in Use in Britain
Left: An experimental radio (remote) controlled farm tractor has been developed, using existing control unit manufactured for use in the “Queen Bee” radio controlled aircraft. The tractor controls are worked by servomotors, powered by compressed air, which, in turn, are controlled by sensitive electrical relays in the receiving circuit, carrying out the “commands” of the incoming radio signals.—The machine actually ploughing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Record Crowd at Lockhart Show Sheep Entries Outstanding LOCKHART
An agreeable day, a record attendance and an especially large number of light horses were all features which helped towards the success of the show at Lockhart on Saturday. Mr E. T. Kendell, who has been the Agricultural Society’s…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Heavy Stock Losses in Northern N.S.W Sheep Become Cannibals! Grim Toll of Drought SYDNEY
Starving sheep in the Wee Waa district have become cannibals and are eating the bodies of sheep killed by the drought, said a stock agent today. On the North Coast dairy farmers have begun to shoot suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →20,000 Farmers to Strike Trouble Over Prices Edmonton
The Alberta Farmers’ Union has called out its 20,000 members on a 30-day delivery strike, and has picketed roadways, grain elevators,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market
There will be a yarding of 603 fat cattle 129 choppers, 448 store cattle, 211 dairy cattle and 31 bulls at today’s Wodonga tattle market. Order of sale: Farmers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wool Sales
SYDNEY, Tuesday: French operators dominated the bidding in the opening stages of the wool sales yesterday, when a catalogue of 11,527…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Sales and Contracts
"The sale of Australian wheat to New Zealand was made by the Australian Wheat Board at the then ruling rate of 96 bulk and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →25,000 Sheep Sold at Hillston
MESSRS. DALGETY & CO. LTD. report having conducted a, very successful sheep, sale In conjunction with LEN WILSON & GO. in their Hillston saleyards…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wool Auctions Make Good Start
As anticipated, wool prices rose sharply at the first post-war auctions in Sydney, in some case’s by as much as 60 per cent, for high quality fleece, and for .which there was a strong demand. The all-roun increase has led to the prediction that, if sustained, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →World Wheat Board; Australian Seeks Seat London
Australia would endeavor to secure a scat on the commission which had been established to examine the World Food Board Project, Australia’s chief delegate…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sells Well Again Top Price 31d a lb. SYDNEY
French operators dominated bidding in the opening stages of the wool sales today when a catalogue of 11,527 bales was offered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Elections Mr. C. B. Lethbridge's Views As Liberal Candidate On the Wheat Scheme
Mr. Lethbridge states, inter alia:-- "The late Mr. John Curtin, when prime Minister, told the farmers very definitely that the 1945-46 harvest…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Radar on the Farm "Pilotless" Tractor
A radar controlled tractor, operating as neatly as if it were handled by an expert human hand, has been at work during the last few…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Commercial Wodonga Cattle Market
Tile Associated Agents’ selling in the following order—Farmers and [?] Co-op. Co. Ltd., Younghusband Ltd., Goldsbrough Mort and Co. Ltd., J. McNamara…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Butter Production Will be Reduced SYDNEY
The prolonged drought in the dairying areas of the north coast and southern Queensland is expected to reduce seriously the supply of butter to famine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fat Sheep and Lamb Sales Melbourne
[?] in the morning sales at Newmarket today was a little uneven prime heavyweight suckers and old lambs being firm at last Tuesday’s rates, All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drought Felt Here More Cattle Sales at Wodonga
Number of special cattle sales being held in Wodonga is an indication of the flow of stock from the drought areas of NSW, but because…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letters to the Editor the Scully Wheat Plan
Sir.—Your leader writer speaks of the Scully Wheat Plan as fraudulent and designed to rob the wheat grower. Here is the position as outlined by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Top Price 31½d Keen Competition For Wool SYDNEY
Keen competition was again experienced at the wool sales today which marked the close of the first Sydney series. A catalogue of 8599…
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