Dingoes or Dogs Allynbrook Sheep Losses Higher Taxation Urged
A suggestion that tame packs of dogs, and not dingoes, were responsible for the loss of stock in the Allynbrook district, were made by Mr. R. R. White, in a…
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Farming & the land, 1939
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Keen Competition at Firm Rates Wool Sales in Sydney SYDNEY
Of 7070 bales offered at auction at the Sydney wool sales to-day, 6380 were sold at auction. An additional 2335 bales were sold privately. The selection was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child Burned to Death Tragedy on Victorian Farm Father Saved Baby Melbourne
Gwendoline Grace Olds, 3, was burned to death when a four-roomed house on a farm at Skene's Creek was destroyed to-day. Her father had just returned from the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Farm Worker Died in Heat Wave Wife's £250 Compensation SYDNEY
A claim for £540/16/ was made in the Workers' Compensation Court today by Mrs. Lund Martha Moulds, of Windsor, from Sydney Gosper, farmer, of Windsor,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Farmers' Debts New Procedure Planned Treasurer Explains Bill Sydney
A bill to enable, in the words of the Treasurer, a comprehensive attack on rural reconstruction in New South Wales, was introduced in the Assembly to-night…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Expert on Soil Erosion Suggests Less Intense Wheat Farming MELBOURNE
The only cure for erosion was to lessen the intensity of wheat production, to go in for more pastures, and to sow soil-binding plants long the ridges, said Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sydney Sheep Show and Sales Sydney
The annual sheep show to be held at the Royal Agricultural Society's Showground from June 21 to June 24, has attracted record entries, the number…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Margarine for Butter Hamburger Shops Fined SYDNEY
After having asked for butter, he received margarine on a hamburger roll, said Health Inspector Beeston at the entral Summons Court…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Firm Rates Sydney Wool Sales SYDNEY
A miscellaneous selection comprising 6980 bales was offered at the Sydney wool sales to-day. Sales at auction totalled 5620 and 33 were sold privately…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Big Deficit N.Z. Butter Finance Wellington (N.z.)
The Government's scheme of selling butter and cheese at a guaranteed price has resulted in an enormous deficit which will have to be met by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Growers Want Wheat Price Stabilised at 4s CANBERRA
Representatives of Australian wheat-growing organisations to-day interviewed the Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, and the Minister for Commerce,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wheat Industry Scheme Prepared for Fixed Price CANBERRA
Representatives of the wheat industry will confer with the Minister for Commerce (Senator G. McLey) to-morrow to discuss with him proposals for the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →No Flat Rate Aid to Wheat Growers Interim Payments Sydney
Interim payments under the Wheat Industry Stabilisation Act were announced by the Rural Bank Commissioners to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wool Bounty Urged Growers' Council Urges Allow Profit Margin Sydney
Owing to the serious position of the woolgrowing industry, the Australian Woolgrowers' Council has decided to ask the Government for a bounty on wool…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Poultry Farmers Charlestown Branch Meets
At a meeting of the Charlestown branch of the Poultry Farmers' Association, presided over by Mr. H. S. Wood, building fees enforced by the Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Suburban Round Deal in Cattle
If the Film Censor banned a picture, and the production, by some means, found its way on to the screen, thousands of people would rush to see it, if a book…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wheat Price Down Sydney
Wheat was quoted at 2/6 to-day, representing a drop of ½d a bushed. Grain merchants attribute the decline to millers having fulfilled their requirements and…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Better Demand Butter in London MELBOURNE
Two weeks of hot, dry weather is assisting consumption of butter and cheese, state the London office of the Australian Dairy Produce Board, in its…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →U.S. Wheat Production Shows Decline Washington
Winter wheat production in the U.S.A. is estimated at 523,431,000 bushels—a decline of 20,497,000 from the estimate of a month ago…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Season Wool Clip Brokers and Growers' Estimate MELBOURNE
The Australian wool clip for the 1939-40 season was estimated at 3,096,500 bales by a joint conference of the National Council of Wool Selling Brokers…
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