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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

1,371 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 69

[?] Army Doctor Was Dyed-in-wool Red Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 August 1948 · page 5

Australian army captain in a field ambulance on Bougainville, who was a “self-confessed member of the Communist Party,” had preferred writing Communist pamphlets to attending to wounded men…

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Wagga Cattle Market

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 14

WAGGA, Thurs.—The associated Agents of Wagga report having held their usual. fortnightly cattle market today, Total of 1540 head were…

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Importance of Sheep Classing

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

Every breeder would be better off if he discarded all sheep of ices than average standard in his flock-- in many cases the Increase…

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District Sheep Sell Well At Newmarket

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

Increased competition from country butchers for fat sheep at Newmarket this week brought closing rates firm to 1/ dearer than last week. Among…

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Wheat To be Shifted Next Week

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Wheat at present stowed in the country would to the seaboard early next week, the Minister for Transport…

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Increased Coal Production for Wheat Transport

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA) said last week that the Joint Coal Board had promised to make an additional allocation of 1000 tons of coal weekly available to the New South Wales Railways to be specially earmarked for transporting the…

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Growers to Decide on Wheat Scheme

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

SIDNEY, Thurs.—A ballot among: NSW wheat growers on the wheat stabilisation scheme would be taken before any legislation…

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Wheat Debate Stifled -- Treatt Seeks Funds for Growers Government Blocks Move

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 6

State Opposition Leader (Mr. Treatt) tried unsucessfully in the Legislative Assembly to persuade the Government to allow the House to discuss urgently a motion that the Government should immediately relieve wheat farmers of financial loss arising from its failure to…

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Junior Farmers' Anniversary Held at Munybala

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

Munyabla Junior Farmers' Club celebrated its seventh anniversary in the form of a banquet.' Ex-members were invited and it pleased the…

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Junior Farmers' Field Day At Wagga

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 3

On August 4, members of Munyabla Junior Farmers' Club attended a field day at the Wagga Experimental Farm. The field day was organised by the…

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Culcairn Farmer Fined for Not Destroying Rabbits

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 August 1948 · page 5

Stanley Soy Hartwig, farmer, of [?] Creek, Cul[?] was fined £10 in Albury court yesterday when he was charged…

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Commercial Special Cattle Sale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 14

Younghusband Ltd. yarded 1963 good quality store cattle at Wodonga yesterday, a portion of the penning being in conjunction with the Gippsland and…

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New Award Benefits 50,000 Pastoral Workers Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 12

A NEW award issued to-day to cover 50,000 pastoral workers in all States, with the exception of Queensland, provides, among other benefits, the payment at doable rates for work performed on…

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Rotting Wheat Dumped to Prevent Erosion

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 2

TAMWORTH, Friday.—Rotting wheat had been dumped in truck loads in [?]es along the Werris Creek-Tamworth road to prevent erosion,…

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Mr. Chifley Unearthed Ramp In Wool And Rabbit Skins Four Countries Named : Secret Sales to America Purchases On Behalf Of Bermuda Gave First Clue CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 August 1948 · page 1

THE Prime Minister personally unearthed the “black” wool ramp through which Australia has been deprived of countless dollars. By clever sleuthing and shrewd deduction, he established two months ago that traders from Bermuda, France, Italy and Holland were buying rabbitskins and other…

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New Pastoral Award

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 4

MR. J. R. Donovan, Federal Conciliation Commissioner, in Sydney on Friday, announced a new award covering the pastoral industry. Approximately 500,000 pastoral workers are affected by the award, which will operate from August…

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Wool and Stock Reports

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 2

Owing to a strike of buyers' drovers, there was no stock market on Thursday at Homebush. The stock yarded for sale were sold on Friday,…

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Wheat Stabilisation -- Ballot of Growers

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Hon. E. H. Graham, MLA) stated that the wheat stabilisation scheme recently considered by the conference of Commonwealth and State Ministers for Agriculture in Canberra would be submitted to a ballot of growers in New South Wales…

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Our Butter and Cheese to Feed Arabs Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 3

THE Commonwealth Government will forward wheat, cheese and butter for the relief of 33,700 Arab and…

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Valuable Time Lost in Shifting Last Wheat Harvest State and Federal Buck-passing

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 August 1948 · page 1

"The Federal and State Governments have been so busily engaged during the past few months in passing the buck backwards and forwards to each other, that they have had little time to devote to the urgent matter of moving last year's wheat" said Mr. C. B. Cutler,…

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