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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1938

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COONABARABRAN P. & A. Association First Meeting of New Committee Encouragement for Junior Judges Cups for Wheat and Fodder Competitions

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 10

The committee of the Coonabrabran P.A. and H. Association met on Friday evening last, when there was a very satisfactory attendance. The president, Mr. L. J. Failes, extended a welcome to the new committee and expressed the…

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Junior Farmers' Club Supervisor Visits the District Interesting Information

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 2

As briefly mentioned in last issue, Mr. Reg. R. Nock, B.Sc. Agr., Supei visor of the Junior farmers' Clubs in the…

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Dubbo District Centres WONGARBON Agricultural Bureau Protest Against "Exaggerated" Crop Reports

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 2

At a meeting of the Wongarbon, blanch of the Agricultural Bureau on Friday night, it was decided to write to the Minister for…

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Valets to Vealers School Boys Have No Time Mr. Clyne's Statement Junior Farmers' Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 7

Boys had enough to do at school without being made housemaids for hens for valets for vealers, said Mr. T. J. Clyne at the annual…

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New Zealand Farmers on Tour Visit to Wellington

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 10

It is pleasing to note that Wellington has been included in the proposed tour which is to be taken by a number of New…

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The Weather Changeable Conditions Good Crop Prospects

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 8

After the recent cold, wet weather a warm change set in during the week-end, which was very acceptable…

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The Farm Home Painting on the Farm Preparation of the Surface

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 12

The proper preparation of surfaces for painting is more important than is generally supposed. They should Be…

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Australia's Oldest House Elizabeth Farm House, Parramatta

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 18 August 1938 · page 7

Built in 1793, Elizabeth Farm House, the oldest existing house in Australia, looks little the worse for the battering of the storms of one…

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Wool Report

The Western Herald · Friday 19 August 1938 · page 9

Pitt, Son & Badgery reported on the 12th August:—With only another fortnight to go before the opening of the wool selling season…

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Wool Fibre Menace Attempt to Check It Melbourne, Friday Night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 1

To check the growing fibre industry, the Federal Council of the Graziers' Federation will shortly ask the Federal Government to seek trade agreements…

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Will Japan Buy Australian Wool? Opinions Differ Japanese Firm's Representative Says No Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 1

The Chairman of the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association (Mr. G. O. Parnham) expressed the opinion to-day…

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Death of [?]Dickygundi Farmer Found Shot at Home Had Been Worried

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 August 1938 · page 1

Hearing the report of a shotgun at her home at "Kensington," near Dickygundi, about midnight on Thursday, Mrs. Warren rushed…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 4

Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report:—The opening sales for this 1938-39 wool selling season will take place in Sydney on August 29th, and…

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Wool Market

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports:—The clip is now coming forward from the early [?]hearing districts in fair volume…

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Premiers Conference Price of Wheat Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 1

The South Australian Premier, Mr. Butler, referring to the Premiers' Conference, to begin in Sydney next Friday, said that there was…

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Wellington Tourist Bureau Meeting of Members Visit of New Zealand Farmers

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 August 1938 · page 3

A meeting of members of the Wellington Tourist and Publicity Bureau was held at the Council Chambers on…

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Gaol for Grazier Stole Sheep Skins

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 1

Oscar Smith, grazier, of Burrendong, near Wellington, was sentenced to three months' gaol with hard labor, in the Wellington…

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Price of Wheat To-day's Market Quotations Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 1

The Sydney wheat market was a shade easier today. Bulk parcels were quoted at 2/9¾ (Sydney March basis) and bagged lots at 3/2½ per…

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Old Man's Death Follows Exertion When Drafting Cattle Heart Failure the Cause

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 1

Evidence that exertion in chasing cattle and holding one of them in a fence, might have helped to cause the death of John…

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Farmer's Death Dickygundi Tragedy Inquest Opens at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 August 1938 · page 1

At Dubbo this afternoon, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. I. B. Mackenzie) opened an inquest concerning the death of Charles…

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