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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1930

4,350 stories in Riverina's papers · page 65 of 218

Duty on Tractors Farmers' Opposition Will Increase Production Costs Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 2

Opposing a proposed increased import duty on traction engines before the Tariff Board to-day, Mr. C. G. Coleman of William Adams and Co.,…

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A Farmer’s Point of View

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 April 1930 · page 3

Look, then, into things heart, and write Over the hill came literally horden of men with grim and set faces, some carrying red flags, and others [?]…

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Commercial Wheat Market Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 4

A private wheat agent in Sydney has received the following cable from Broomhall: "Afloat quoted 403; sold Westralia part cargo…

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Merino Sheep for Russia Expert Relates Experience

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 7

Memories of the steamer Thalatta's sensational dash from Sydney with a cargo of merino sheep shipped for Russia just at the eleventh…

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Levy on Wool Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 2

The president of the Graziers' Association, Mr. F. H. Tout, said to-night that the [?]recommended in the Graziers' committee was 26…

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Wheat London Report London, April 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 4

Wheat cargoes were fully steady on the bullish weather reports from the United States. Sellers were occasionally 3d. higher, and parcels…

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When Sowing Wheat Points to Consider

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 6

For some years past the rate of seeding for wheat has been on the increase, but there are some who have found that there has been a…

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Wool London Sales London, April 3

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 4

At the wool sales 10,355 bales were offered, including 3554 Victorian, 302 N.S.W., 394 Queensland, 5 Scuth Australian, and 3502 New Zealand,…

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Wool More Hopeful Tone Get-together Policy

The Daily Express · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 7

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., Ltd., write under date Sydney, April 5:-- The market has closed firmly this week with every indication of…

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Marketing of Wool Australia and South Africa Cape Town

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 2

Wool producers and sellers will confer on April 24 with Mr. Deveroux, who is going to Australia and England with a view to arriving at an…

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N.S.W. Wool Statistician's Estimate Decline of Per Cent in Value Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 1

Although 3,000,000 more sheep were shorn in New South Wales this season the value of the clip is nearly 40 per cent, last year. This…

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Dairyman Killed Thrown Under Motor Lorry Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 April 1930 · page 4

Daniel Davies, aged 30 years, a dairy-man of New Lambton, was killed instantly to-day when he was thrown from a horse, under the wheels of a…

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American Wheat Crops Reduced Yield Forecast. Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 1

Four leading grain statisticians have released thir annual reports in which is expressed the probability, of a short wheat crop due to the dire…

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Darbalara Station Mb. Brown's Bequest to Sir A. Knox Home of World Famous Dairy Cattle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 4

'Darbalara Station, near Gundagai, one of the bequests made by the late Mr. John Brown to Sir Adrian Knox, the former Chief Justice of the High…

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Local and General Wheat Returns

The Daily Express · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 2

The wheat returns, supplied by the Railway Superintendent for the Junee railway district, compiled up to March 29, show the total…

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Northern Territory Suitable for Sheep Great Expansion Predicted

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 1

The report by Messrs. A. L. B. Lefroy and H. Evans, who, in June last year, at the request of Mr. Abbott, who was then Minister for Home…

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Wheat Pool Bill Introduction Deferred Canberra

The Daily Express · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 1

As the result of a conference between the Minister for Markets (Mr. Moloney) and a representative of the Western Australian voluntary…

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London Wool Sales Spirited Market London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 3

The 5000 bales of wool submitted at the London sales were chiefly from Australia, and the smaller offerings met with a spirited sale. Active…

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Wool Prices Then—And Now MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 April 1930 · page 1
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Five years ago a Ballarat district grazer realised 33d a lb. for his clip. Last week a similar clip—a fine class of comeback—brought only 8½d…

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