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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 54 of 107

Wheat Storage

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 2

Though it sounds much like shutting the stable door after the horse has gone, there is some consolation in the fact that a Commission has been…

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COMMERCIAL. Wool

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

A.M.L. and [?] report under date [?] Appraisement were continued in Sydney last week, the…

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The Wheat Pool

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 1

According to the Australian Wheat Board statistics, 66,271 thousand bags of wheat were held in the Commonwealth on Monday. The Wheat…

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Storage of Wheat. Commission Appointed

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 1

The adjourned conference of the Premiers and other Ministers of the wheat producing States, which had assembled at the invitation of the…

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The Mice Plague. Question of Removal of Wheat

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

The Berrigan "Advocate" says: "Mice are still playing great havoc in the railway station yard at Berrigan, where agents…

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Wheat Stackers. Strike at the Rock. Section of Men Dissatisfied

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

Men engaged in re-hagging and restacking wheat at The Rock. to the number of 50, went out on strike at noon on Saturday. They were being…

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Flour Instead of Wheat Contract with Britain Work Ahead for Mills

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

The British Government has agreed to purchase as much Australian flour as the mills of the Commonwealth are able to produce over and above the…

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Wool Loading Held Up. Steamer Takes General Cargo. Port Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 3

Today a gang of stevedores and laborers objected to loading wool on a steamer at 1/9 per hour. They asked. 2/. In order to avoid delay…

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Farmers' Experiment Plots. Federation and Hard Federation?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

In a brief review of the "Agricultural Gazette" of the results obtained with wheat last season on the farmers experiment plots,…

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Agricultural Education. Farm or College?

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 4

In the course of an article published in the "Argus" Mr. Hugh Pye, principal of the Dookie Agricultural College, Victoria, says:—…

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Mice At the Wheat Stacks

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 1

The mice are very severe at Uranquinty, more especially on the wheat stacks. Two stacks have been wrecked by them, and several other are in a…

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Abundance of Wheat. Petrograd

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 2

M. Kekeshov, Minister for Roads, told the Peasants' Union that the railway stations throughout the country were gorged with wheat, waiting…

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Wheat for Allies. Australia's Position. Washington

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 4

Mr. Hoover. emphasising the necessity for increased production. said that the Allies require 500,000,000 bushels of wheat next harvest in order…

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Wheat Stackers. Trouble Accentuated. Men Holding Out

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 3

Further developments occurred yesterday in connection with the trouble with the men engaged in re-bagging and re-stacking wheat at The Rock, and it…

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Dairy Registration

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 30 May 1917 · page 2

A correspondent in the country. asks:—Is it necessary to haw a dairy registered to send cream to a butter factory?-Yes, every dairy must be…

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A Cattle Stampede

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 2

I had an exciting adventure while I was engaged in superintending the laying down of water pipes in Queensland. After work was done…

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Wheat Scrip. Warning to Farmers. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 4

The Prime Minister, Mr. Hughes, is issuing a warning to farmers not to negotiate with an American firm that is trying to secure wheat scrip…

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Wheat Stackers. Men Resume Work

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3

Following on the award announced in the Industrial Court on Tuesday, the men who had ceased work resumed yesterday and the re-bagging and…

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Wheat Strike at the Rock

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3

The wheat strike at The Rock appears to be far from a settlement. On Monday the agents decided to obtain labour from other parts as…

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Wheat Market. London and Chicago. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1917 · page 3

Wheat is nominal. Ten thousand quarters of Australian parcels on passage sold at 83/. At Chicago, in wheat futures, July…

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