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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

1,729 stories in Murray's papers · page 64 of 87

Arrest Follows Shot by Farmer

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

An alleged dispute about a cottage on a rice farm, near Murami, led to the appearance of 68 years old George Marinus Neilson in the…

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Wodonga dairyman opposes 40-hour week

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1951 · page 2

A 40 hour week in the dairy industry would greatly retard production, president of Wodonga branch of the VDA (Mr…

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Unionists Say Butter Increase Warranted

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.: Waterside workers, seamen and other unionists today agreed that Queensland farmers were entitled to a butter…

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Queensland refusal on butter prices request

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 7

CANBERRA. Tues.: Be Commonwealth Government had asked the Queensland Government to transfer its price-fixing…

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Commercial Melbourne Wool Sales

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 15

New Zealand Loan and MA Co. Ltd. have received the following telegram from their Melbourne office: “Offered 4800 bales; compared closing sales last…

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Wool rises in South Africa

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 2

CAPETOWN, Tues.: The price of wool rose by 10 to 15 per cent over last Thursday’s levels at yesterday’s wool sale in Capetown…

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Queensland Govt. to Seize Butter in That State

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 3

BRISBANE, Tues.: Following a decision by the dairying industry on Friday to withhold butter for local consumption unless the State Government came into line with the three…

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Jap wool buyers to visit N.Z.

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 16

TOKIO, Tues.: The leader of the New Zealand Mission to Japan (Mr. B. L. G. Challis) last night announced that his…

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Wool Jumps to 129½d in Perth

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 5

PERTH, Tues.: Prices jumped as much as 15 per cent at the Perth wool sales today, bringing rates to the same level as those at the…

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Higher Wool Values Cause Most Shares to Rise

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 14

SYDNEY, Tues.: An increase in wool values caused most shares on the Sydney Stock Exchange to rise substantially today. In the leading industrials,…

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“Wool Back to Sound and Confident Trading Basis”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: The 20 per cent, rise in prices at yesterday’s wool sales in Melbourne had marked a return to a…

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Nsw Dairymen Perturbed at Kiewa Milk for Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 10

Milk suppliers from Illawarra—Dapto to Nowra—at a largely attended meeting discussed the application of the Dairy Formers’ Milk Co. to the NSW Milk Board for permission to extend the winter milk contract for Kiewa…

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Tallangatta Farm Sold for £8008

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 9

Mr A. G. Thomas’ 308-acre Tallangatta Valley dairy farm was sold at Wodonga auction yesterday to Mr W. Counsell,…

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How Budget Affects Farmers

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1951 · page 12

CANBERRA, Tues.: The Postmaster-General and Minister for Civil Aviation (Mr H. L. Anthony) today explained how the…

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Butter Men to Meet in Secret

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Wed.: A secret meeting of butter producers and manufacturers will be held m Sydney next week. The meeting will decide on action to force the…

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. .Cheaper wool the answer

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: The answer to synthetic fibres was cheaper wool and big reserves, Sydney woollen merchant, Mr Charles R. Parsons,…

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We Are Short of Wheat

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 10

CANBERRA, Wed.: Australia may not be able to fulfil its commitments under the international wheat agreement, Mr Anthony,…

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Fibres Will Outstrip Wool in Usa by 1953

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 1

SANFORD (Maine), Wed.: US production of synthetic [?] by the end of 1953 will [?]trip the annual United…

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Farmers’ Field Day at Rutherglen Tomorrow

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 2

A field day will be held by the Department of Agriculture at Rutherglen Research Station tomorrow. Visitors are invited to…

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Want repeal of U.S. dairy import ban

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1951 · page 10

OTTAWA, Wed.: Canada and [?] other countries, Including Australia and New Zealand, will retaliate against the United States…

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