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Murray · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

1,691 stories in Murray's papers · page 42 of 85

Commercial Opportunities in New Guinea Private Enterprise Interested in Prospects for Tropical Crops

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 3

Private concerns both from the Australian mainland and overseas are showing increased interest in the developmental opportunities…

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Parallel parking again crops up at council meeting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 June 1952 · page 5

Mayor (Ald. Bunton) at last night’s City Council meeting thwarted a surprise move to reintroduce parallel parking in Albury streets. Ald. Heath moved for parallel parking when a petition signed by 1000 Albury residents for concrete cycle guards to prevent damage to…

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Wool and Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 2

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. (incorporating the business of Wilkinson & Lavender Ltd) wired under…

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Cattle on [?] Conargo Clerk [?] Complaints

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 4

“During the [?]plaints were again [?]garding cattle on the [?] the Lindi[?]…

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Housewives will boycott higher priced butter

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The NSW Housewives’ Association would boycott butter when the price rose to 4/0½ a lb. in July, the…

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Attempted-to-Sell Lice-Infested Sheep

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

Harold Maitland Ware (Stock Inspector for the Narrandera Pastures Protection Board) v. Herbert G. Elwin, attempting to…

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Wool cheque down by £328 million

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Wool sold in Australia during the 11 months of the wool selling season ended May 31 showed a decrease in value of £328,705,444, compared with the realisation for the same period of last year. The…

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Wool Profits And Taxation (To the Editor)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 5

Sir,—Although the Taxation Department is of opinion that a distribution received by a wool-grower under the Wool…

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Wool Classing Tuition To be Resumed At Henty

The Observer · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

Messrs. O'Malley and McLeod, officers attached to the Sheep and Wool Classing section of the Albury Technical College, informed members at the monthly meeting of Henty F. & S. Association on Tuesday that they have…

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Merino Export Ban Wool Growers Must Take Action

The Pastoral Times · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 7

The bulk of Australia’s wool growers would have to seek a lifting of the merino-export ban before the Government…

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“Butter may vanish from our tables within two years” (Earlier Reference Page 1.)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: The salient fact was unless the dairying industry got a new stabilisation plan Australians would not be eating butter within two years. Mr. J. M. Rea (Warmambool), chairman of the…

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Farmers Ordering Super Early

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 June 1952 · page 1

"New South Wales primary producers have been placing their superphosphate orders for the 1952-53 season very early,"…

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Albury Housewives say “we must have butter, no matter what it costs”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 June 1952 · page 14

The new increase in the price of butter to come into force on July 1 has met with an indifferent reception from Albury housewives. Most contacted yesterday…

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Butter boycott planned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sun.: An Australian-wide protest by housewives against the proposed increase in the price of butter…

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[?]Ike Talks Politics Down on the Farm

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 June 1952 · page 5

NEW YORK, Sun.: General Eisenhower yesterday strolled [?]bout his 190 acre farm near [?]tysburgh, Pennsylvania, in…

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Deniliquin Sheep Sale

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 4

The Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd., Deniliquin, report holding a highly successful sale of merino wethers at the…

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Worst Floods in Years Swamp Victoria: Man Swept Away Thousands of sheep, cattle are drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: A man was drowned, scores of families forced to flee their homes, thousands of head of cattle and sheep drowned, and more than a dozen townships isolated when the…

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Wool and Stock

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 2

Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Co. Ltd. (incorporating the business of Wilkinson & Lavender Ltd) wired under…

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Butter Up From July 1

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 7

The retail price of butter to the Australian housewife will increase by about 11d per lb on July 1 next…

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Butter Subsidy Scheme [?] Minister Seeks Clarification

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 7

[?] Cabinet will consider a request from State [?] for Agriculture for a clear statement on the [?] Government’s intentions in regard to the [?] over the next five years…

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