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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 16 of 69

1018 Tons of Butter Made at Kiewa Factory in Six Months

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 5

Directors of Kiewa Butter and Cheese Factory and Creamery Co, in a report to the half-yearly meeting of shareholders and…

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Wheat Plan Extension Will Take In 1952-53 Season

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 8

CANBERRA, Tues.—The Commonwealth Government will extend its wheat stabilisation plan by one season to take in the…

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Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

The [?] agents selling in the [?] order: Dalgety and Co. G. [?] Mort, J. D. Turner and Co., [?] Ltd., John…

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Commercial Fat Cattle Sales

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Butchers’ competition was stronger for an improved quality [?] of 1533 fat calves at today’s Newmarket sale. Sales…

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Commercial Greasy Wool Exports Down

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

CANBERRA; Wed.: Exports of greasy wool from Australia dropped by 30 per cent during the seven months ended January,…

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Best Wool Prices in 141 Years

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Wool prices being realised at this season’s sales were the best for 141 years, according to the…

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115¼d a Lb. for Merino Wool

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: Highest price obtained today at the seventh series of Geelong wool sales was 115¼d per lb for merino [?]…

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Kiewa Valley Young Farmers’ Field Day Tangambalanga Boy’s Big Success

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 9

Speaking at the annual field day of Kiewa Valley Young Farmers at Kergunyah yesterday, Mr. T. Mitchell, M.L.A., stressed the need for increased primary production to…

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Farmer Sent to Gaol Concealment Of Baby’s Birth

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.—A Ballarat Supreme Court jury, after [?] than an hour’s retirement today, found George Thomas…

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Archbishops' Lenten Pastoral

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

The following Lenten Pastoral from the Archbishops and Australia was read in Henty and Culcaim Churches on Sunday, February 22nd:…

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Wool Market Unchanged

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thursday. — At dosing of the wool auctions for the week the market was unchanged from previous days’ sales with the…

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Firm Market at Henty Sheep Sale

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd, report having held their usual market on Tuesday last, March 2, when they yarded 4000 fat…

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Fifty Years Ago From the “Pastoral Times” Files MARCH 5,1898

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

DENILIQUIN HOSPITAL—A special meeting of the Deniliquin Hospital Board was held on Monday evening for the purpose of receiving tenders for…

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Seventy-Five Years Ago From the “Pastoral Times” Files MARCH 1, 1873

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

LAND SALE—We perceive that “Puckawidgee” is to be offered for sale in Melbourne oh March 20. This is a very compact sheep property and will…

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Twenty-five Years Ago From the “Pastoral Times” Files, MARCH 3, 1923

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

PERSONAL—Mr. S. J. King, town clerk, has been advised that he has passed the section of the final examination in accountancy held in October…

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Turning Back the Files Ten Years Ago From the “Pastoral Times” Files, MARCH 1, 1938

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

PERSONAL—Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Mosley have returned to Deniliquin after spending a brief holiday in Colombo. . . . Mrs. Otway Falkiner…

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Goolgowi Address by Farmers' President

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 2

More than 80 people, including four Shire councillors, attended the public meeting called by the Goolgowi branch of the F. and S.A., to hear an…

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Farmers' Problems Discussed At F. & S. Cncl. Meeting

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

Shortage of cornsacks, farm machinery, fencing and building materials, together wth slow delivery of superphosphate, particularly on branch lines, and apparent lack of efficiency in the allocation of bulk…

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16,000 Bales to Be Sold Albury Wool Sales Next Week

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 2

Catalogues totalling 16,000 bales will be offered at wool sales next Wednesday and Thursday by Albury brokers, Dalgety…

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Wheat Agreements Explained

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Sunday: The terms of the five-year international wheat agreement reached at Washington on…

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