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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1917

2,134 stories in Riverina's papers · page 71 of 107

Charges Against Wheat Board

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 2

The Australian Wheat Board has been, or is likely to be, asked a question, the answer to which the whole community will be keenly interested…

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District Court. Saturday, July 14, 1917. (Refore His Honor, Judge Bevan.) Trespassing Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 4

J. Egan, hotelkeeper. of Ganmain, sued Philip Nolan for £69 6/[?] as rent of certain lands. Nolan, in a counterclaim. sought from Egan the recovery…

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France Day. Cootamundra'a Contribution. Over £1,000. Sheep Sale brings £240. Thirteen Recruits, Too!

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 3

Cootamundra was on fete on Saturday. It was the final rally day for France…

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Settling Soldiers. Farmers and Settlers' Resolution. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 4

The Farmers' Conference this morning discussed the question of setting [?]urned soldiers on the land. A number of motions from ten separate district…

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Teh Farmers' Conference. SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 16 July 1917 · page 2

To-day at the Farmer and Settles Conference, Mr. Reilly, of Gunbar proposed that the holders of [?] and c.l. land who fulfilled the [?]…

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Wheat Reinfested

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

A Berrigan report states that despite the fact that precautions were taken, the wheat restacked in the Government railway sheds is again badly…

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Price of Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

Attempts arc being made in wine quarters to induce the Australian Wheat Board to reduce the price of wheat for consumption in this country:…

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Competitions in Wheat-growing

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

The Farmers and Settlers" Conference on Saturday accorded a sympathetic hearing on a request that Mr. Walker (Lindley, Walker, and Co.) be…

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Wheat Storage. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

The Cabinet sat for several hours to-day discussing, with the assistance of experts, the wheat storage problem. No finality was reached…

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Sale of New Wool Clip. Welcome News for Woolgrowors

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write:-"The Prime Minister's announcement last Thursday that the British Government has bought the whole of the new wool…

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District Court. Monday, July 16. (Before his Honor Judge Bevan.) Trespassing Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

In the case heard on Saturday, in which James Egan. hotelkeeper, of Ganmain, sued Phillip Nolan for £696/. for the rent of certain land. Nolan…

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Public Opinion. New South Wales State Wool Committee. to the Editor

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 2

SIR.—It has come to the notice of this committee that letters have been written to wool growers asking them if they are prepared to sell, on…

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Farmers and Settlers. Conference Resolutions. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 4

At the Frames and Settlers' Conference to-day, a nation was carried that any price for wheat under 4/ per bushel at country railway station would not…

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Farmers Discuss Land Matters

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 17 July 1917 · page 4

At the Farmers and Settlers' Association Conference on Saturday, it was affirmed that the selector of leased land should have the right to ask for…

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Prime Sheep

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 4

What is described as of the finest lots of sheep produced in the Adelong district has just left the property of Mr. George Hayes, senr., of "Havilah,"…

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Improved Cattle Demand

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd. report that rates showed a trend in owners' favor at Homebush last Monday. Only 1,250 head were…

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Wheat Company

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

The formation of the wheat pool has had at least one desirable effect, inasmuch as it has been a great factor in bringing about the formation of a…

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The Rock. Wheat Figures

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 4

The wheat despatched for the month of June was:—The Rock, 20,707 bags; Tootool, 13,510: French Park, 2523; Milbrulong, 28,143; Napier, 1326…

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New South Wales Sheep. Official Estimates

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 4

The Government statistician lias is sued official estimates of the autumn and winter lambing, based on information supplied by the chief inspector of…

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Farmers Face to Face. With Big Problems. The F. & S. Conference

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 18 July 1917 · page 2

Although the farmers are "up against it," as they were reminded by Mr. F. B. Falikner, Federal members for the Hume, there was no sign of…

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