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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1949

1,330 stories in Murray's papers · page 67 of 67

Butter Rationing May End in Britain

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Wed: Britain’s butter ration is not likely to suffer if rationing is abolished in Australia…

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Ministers Not to Discuss Butter Price

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 15

ADELAIDE, Wed.: Because the Commonwealth Government had decided to continue the 2½ a lb. butter subsidy,…

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N.S.W. Record Price for Wool, 161d

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed: A State record price for the season of 16id a lb for greasy merino was established at today’s wool…

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Butter Rationing Should End?

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday : Butter rationing and the ban on cream were unnecessary, the secretary of the Milk Zone…

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Cool Weather Saved Rust Losses in District Wheat Crops

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 6

Albury district wheat growers had been saved from very serious losses with rust in their crops this year because of the cool weather and the…

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'Japs Suspend Wheat Purchases

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 1

TOKIO, Thursday : Japan has suspended purchases of Australian grain pro tem after ordering last month 21…

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Commends Irrigation for Growing Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 9

“The use of irrigation for wheat growing is a sounder proposition, acre for acre, than fat lamb raising under…

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Correspondence [The views expressed by our correspondents are not necessarily those of this newspaper.] Bust and District Wheat Crops To the Editor.)

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 7

Dear Sir,—In respect to an article on the front page of your December 2nd issue, under the heading, "Rust Misses District Wheat Crops," I offer some…

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Japs Can Now Buy Wool

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 8

TOKIO, Fri.: Wool is among the commodities today released by General MacArthur from all allocation control, it was officially…

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Albury Wool Store Extensions to Cost £16,000

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 2

THE head of the N.S.W. Secondary Industries Division of the Public Works Department (Mr. Howard Dunstan) will visit Albury next week to discuss potentialities for secondary industries in…

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Beech Worth Escapee Recaptured Eating Meal in Farmer's Home

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 December 1949 · page 10

FOLLOWING receipt of a telephone message from a farmer's wife who answered his demand for a meal, Beechworth police last night captured John Greenwood, 45, who escaped from Beechworth…

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Over 300 Sheep Perish in Fire

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 December 1949 · page 10

WARWICK (Qld), Thurs: Over 300 sheep perished and 4000 acres of grass and timberland were burnt out in a bush fire which, after…

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