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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 69

Poultry Farm Picketed

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday : Carier Bros. poultry farm at Werribee, where 21 employes are on strike over the dismissal of a…

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Farmer’s Narrow Escape

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 June 1948 · page 5

WAGGA, Monday : An Oura farmer, Stanley Dunn, aged 37, had a narrow escape front death today when a tractor he was…

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Wheat Stacked Bt Street

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 10

BURKBURNETT (Texas), Tu.: Thousands of bushels of wheat valued at 200,000 dollars, are lying on roped-off streets here because…

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Wheat Agreement Bill Passed without CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 3

The International Wheat Agreement did not contain everything Australia would have liked, but was the best obtainable under the circumstances, the Minister for Defence (Mr,…

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Alleges Top Secrets Breach Minister's Charge on Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tues. The Minister for Commerce (Mr Pollard) in the House of Representatives tonight, accused…

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Walbundrie Farmers Important Resolutions

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 June 1948 · page 14

At the annual meeting of the Walbundrie branch of the Farmers and Settlers’ Association the president (Mr. E.J. H. Barker) presided…

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Albury Sheep Market

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 2

The Associated Agents, selling in the following order: New Zealand Loan, J. D. Turner & Co, Goldsbrough Mort, Dalgety & Co, Farmers…

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Butter at 3/8 a Lb

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 11

WARWICK, Wed-: The retail price of butter in Australia would be 3/6 per lb. if the 40 hour week were applied in the dairying…

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Somerset Success at Sydney Sheep Show

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 3

Mr. D. B. Milthorpe, of Somerset Stud, Jerilderie, is a Merino breeder who has met with outstanding success in the small…

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Russian Quietness Eases Wool Values

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed.—Russian interests did not operate to any extent at the opening of the 10th series of the Geelong wool sales today and…

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MR. McEWEN, M.H.T., Denies Minister’s Charges on Wheat Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 5

The deputy leader of the Australian Country Party (McEwen), who is indisposed, and b absent from Parliament referred tonight to a reported speech by the Minister for Commerce (Mr Pellard), m the International Wheat…

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Farmer Remanded on Cheque Charge

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 June 1948 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.: Described as the son of a well-known family, Trevor Windeyer, 26, farmer, was remanded at the Central Police…

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Melbourne Wool Sales

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

The MELBOURNE WOOLBROKERS report that at the thirteenth series of wool sales in the 1947-48 season, held on May-31 to June 3, the average price,…

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Wool Fashions in London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

Empire wool growers now in England are visiting factories and fashion houses to see what is being done with products sent by Empire countries. In this photo some of the growers are seen inspecting fashions in Saville Row…

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£50 to Fight Wheat Case

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 4

At its meeting on Tuesday night, Henty branch of the Fanners and Settlers' Association subscribed £50 to the fighting fund of the…

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May Wool Averaged 44.66d

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Higher prices which ruled for wool during May are reflected in statistics Issued by the National Council…

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Sydney in Wool Week Some Impressions

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 2

Sydney in what we will call "Wool Week", is a most interesting place for country people, and no doubt that is why there are so many bush folk…

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1945-46 Wheat Harvest Refunds This Year Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 5

Contributions by wheat farmers to the wheat stabilisation fund from the 1945-46 harvest will be refunded to growers before the end of the present year, according to the acting Commonwealth…

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Selling Lice Infested Sheep An Offence Under The Stock Diseases Act

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

A dealer who has repeatedly offered lice-infested sheep for sale was prosecuted recently at Parramatta Court for selling lousy sheep at the…

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District Farmers Want Communist Party Banned

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 June 1948 · page 1

"That the Federal Government be asked to again impose a ban on the Communist Party and declare that organisation illegal, as by their activities all over the world they are seriously endangering our existing…

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