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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

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Sheep Buried for 33 and 41 Days

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 3

The snowstorm of unusual violence which set in suddenly on January 7 buried many sheep under snow in the Border district. Some remarkable…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. for the Man on the Land

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 6

These Notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on the experience of the Department No. 317…

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Glen Innes Butter Factory. To Be Rebuilt. Glen Innes

Daily Observer · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 5

The annual meeting of shareholders of Glen Innes Co-op. Butter Factory was held in the Town Hall on Thursday afternoon. There was a large…

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Wheat Certificates. Attitude of the P.P.U. General Secretary

Daily Observer · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 3

Commenting upon the report appearing recently in the press with regard to the decision of the brokers to open a corn exchange in Melbourne, to deal…

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Excluded From Will Wallabadah Farmer's Application Refused. "Able to Maintain Himself." SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. Justice Harvey in the Equity Court to-day had before him an application under the Testators' Family Maintenance Act, when David Fuller,…

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Farmers and Settlers' Association at Dungowan

Daily Observer · Saturday 2 June 1917 · page 4

Speaking at Dungowan to a large audience, on Tuesday last, Mr. Coghlan said:—"There are some men not very far from here who complain that the…

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Wheat Certificates. Advances to Necessitous Farmers

Daily Observer · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. Gudgeon, district secretary of the P.P.U. has received information that as a result of the representations made by the general secretary of his…

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Wheat Handling. Definite Scheme for Conference. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 4 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. W. C. Grahame, (Minister for Agriculture) has returned from Melbourne. He said it had been decided that a definite scheme regarding wheat…

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District Sheep and Cattle

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 4

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., report that buyers were in good attendance at the opening sheep sales at Homebush last Thursday, but…

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Wool & Produce Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 3

John Bridge and Co., Ltd., report under date 2nd June:— Wool: So far no official notification has been made in respect to the…

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State Silos for Wheat

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1917 · page 3

It was proposed at the Federal Wheat Commission's sitting in Melbourne on Friday to provide for the storage of a third of the wheat crop in…

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Wheat Certificates

Manilla Express · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 2

Mr. Gudgeon, district decretary of the P.P.U., has received information that as a result of the representations made by the general…

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Red Triangle Sheep March

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 2

Mr Evan Jenkins and Mr. Adams have volunteered their services to manage a sheep march, starting from out Cryon war, and all stock owners…

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Agricultural and Pastoral Notes. For the Man on the Land

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 4

These notes are issued every week, under the personal supervision of the Hon. W. C. Grahame, M.L.A., Minister of Agriculture, and are based mainly on…

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New Butter Prices. Merchants Protest Against Disparity. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 6 June 1917 · page 2

The new butter prices came into force in Sydney to-day. The associated merchants throughout the Commonwealth intend to make a…

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Markets. Wool Report

The North Western Courier · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 1

The A.M.L. and F. Co., Ltd., report under date 6th June, 1917:—No appraisements took place in Sydney during last week, it having been…

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The Wool Market

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 6

Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., report under date 5th June:—Appraisements are proceeding in Brisbane at present, and the final…

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Butter Companies Fined. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

The Commonwealth "Government Gazette" gives the names of four butter companies and two establishments in New South Wales which have been fined…

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Wheat Position Lamentable. Sydney, Friday, 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 5

Mr. Trethowan, M.L.C., declares that the position in regard to the wheat, stacks is altogether inmentable, and exceeds anything the…

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Wheat Operations. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2

In a statement to-day setting out the position of the wheat pool, Senator Russel said that threequarters of the wheat in the present season's pool should be…

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