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

Farming & the land, 1951

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Charged with Cattle Stealing

North West Champion · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 8

Robert Anderson, of Garab, was before Moree Petty Sessions on Tuesday charged on two counts of stealing two Hereford cows, the property of…

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Private Detectives to Halt Sheep Stealing

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

Some south-western Queensland graziers are engaging private detectives to try to catch rustlers who they say are stealing hundreds of…

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Police Court Fine for Sheep-stealing

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 10

A fine of £10 was imposed on W. E. Anderson at the Police Court on Wednesday when he pleaded guilty to stealing a sheep from a railway truck…

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Sheep-Stealing Gangs at Work MELBOURNE, Thurs

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 1

Goulburn Valley graziers are keeping a 24-hour watch over their sheep, following the theft of 150 sheep in the…

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Not Guilty Plea to Charge of Stealing Wheat

North West Champion · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 3

Christopher W. Gerratty pleaded not guilty at Moree Petty Sessions on Tuesday, to a charge of stealing one bag of wheat from Calimpa Siding on or about…

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Guaranteed Price For Wheat

The North Western Courier · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

Progress has been made in discussions between the Minister and the Australian Wheatgrowers' Federation to further the proposals…

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Board to Shift Wheat

North West Champion · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 5

The Australian Wheat Board began to [?] Number 12 Pool wheat in the Moree district today. As a reslut of recent complaints Mr…

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Growers Want Prompt Payment for Wheat

North West Champion · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 1

North-Western farmers and settlers on Thursday decided to ask the Federal Government to amend the Act governing payments for wheat to give the Wheat Board power to raise finance on the security of the wheat…

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Repeal of Wool Sales Deduction Act Urged

North West Champion · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 5

A move to have the Wool Sales Deduction Act repealed as from June 30 next was made at Moree on Thursday. Mr. F. Crawford (Mount Russell)…

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Synthetics Becoming Threat to Wool Says Professor McMILLAN

North West Champion · Monday 2 April 1951 · page 2

A warning that the high price of wool would lead to the greater use of synthetics, was given by Professor J. R. A. McMillan, Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture, Sydney University, at the Fifth Zone Conference of the…

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Sheep Stealing on the Border

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 4

Graziers in the Yelarbon-Goondiwindi area believe an organised gang is conducting large scale sheep stealing…

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Young Sheep Prices are Rising

Manilla Express · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 4

Buyers bid freely for quality lots of young sheep at auctions last week. Indications point to higher values as shearing…

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Pastoral and Agricultural Property

North West Champion · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 11

At the Palm Court, Max Hotel. Moree on Wednesday. April 18, "Romaka" comprising 1,565 acres stead farm, with about 2,000 acres of…

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Australia's Wool Cheque

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 3

The National Council of Wool Selling Brokers of Australia have, in statistics recently compiled for the first eight months of the current…

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Lambs and Wool

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 4

Seasonal conditions during the past 12 months have unquestionably hampered pastoral production. The worm infestation over a wide area of New…

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Bulk Handling Of Wheat

North West Champion · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 13

The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. E. H. Graham, has announced that he will give top priority this year…

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50,000 Cattle From Northern Territory

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 2

About 600 horses passed through Newcastle Waters during the holidays to start the annual overlanders' run from Western Australia to…

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Consumption Of Wool Rises

North West Champion · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 14

World consumption of wool in is estimated to have been 15 per cent. higher than world reduction, Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report…

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Money Sought For Wheat Research

North West Champion · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 11

The Federal Government will be asked to take steps to place in a trust fund for research work in the…

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Wool Subsidy Likely in December. Melbourne

North West Champion · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

The Minster for Commerce and Agriculture, Mr. McEwan, announced last night that the Government had tentatively fixed December 31, 1951, as the…

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