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Farming & the land, 1931

3,443 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 173

Five Requests Farmers See Ministers

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

A deputation of farmers waited on the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Dunn), and the Minister for Lands (Mr. Tully requesting—…

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Farmhouse Robbery. Woman Threatened by Masked Man Yass

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1931 · page 1

"If you sing out or move I'll blow your head off," said a masked man, armed with a sawn-off shot gun, to Mrs. Keys at the home of Mr…

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Wheat Price 4/- for Home Consumption Aid for Necessitious Farmers

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

The State Parliamentary Labor Party decided on Friday that action will be taken to fix the price of wheat for local consumption at 4s a bushel…

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Farmers Meet at Narandera State Government's Scheme Opposed Wheat Certificates Advocated

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

More than 400 farmers and traders from the districts surrounding Leeton and Narandera, assembled at Narandera on Saturday afternoon to…

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The Price of Wheat Big Meeting at Narandera Over 200 Farmers Present

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

The meeting convened by the Narandera branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association and the Chamber of Commerce for Saturday afternoon…

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Wheat Prices Coolamon Farmers and Traders Protest Against Treatment OVER 300 Persons Attend Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

A meeting of farmers and traders was held at Coolamon yesterday to discuss the position in connection with the marketing of wheat and other…

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Labor Caucus Suggestion to Assist Wheat Industry

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

At a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour party it was decided that immediate application should be made to the Loan Council by the Premier…

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Wheat Advance. Bank agree to pay 2s 4d

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

The Commonwealth Bank has offered 2/4 a bnshel f.o.b. advance on f.a.q. wheat, subject to the right of reduction after a given…

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Queensland Wheat Home Consumption Price Negotiations Continue Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

The Premier (Mr. Moore) said today that he was unable to say what price the wheat farmers of Queensland would received for this season's…

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Pastoral Workers' Union Declared Bogus by A.W.U. "Campaign of Spleen" Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

The annual meeting of the Queensland branch of the Australian Workers' Union declared the Pastoral Workers' Industrial Union a bogus…

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Wheat Advance 2/4 A Bushel F.O.B. Official Announcement Talk of Loan for Next Harvest

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

The chairman of the Commonwealth Bank Board (Sir Robert Gibson) intimated to the Prime Minister (Mr. Scullin) on Thursday afternoon…

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Who Wouldn't Be a Farmer?

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 3

Who wouldn't be a farmer and till the arid soil, With quivering muscles throbbing from Incessant toil…

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Co-operation and Marketing Dairymen Weather Trade Difficulties

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 4

Farmers' from Casino to the Far South Coast attended the annual meeting of the Producers' Distributing Society, held at Bega on…

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Maize As a Dairy, Ration

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

The New South Wales Maize Grower's Committee recently asked the stock and brands branch of the Department of Agriculture whether maize…

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Australianities on the Farm

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

How I wish I were out on this glorious morn With old Micky McGill as lie scuffles his corn…

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Farmers' Field Day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

A farmers' field day will be held on February 3, when pasture experiment plots, established at Mr. A. R. Martin's dairy farm, Urana road, Wagga,…

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Farm Work for Boys Scheme for Camp Training

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 2

A plan to place unemployed youths and young men on the land will short ly be placed before the Government. The Lord Mayor (Alderman…

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Butter Scotch

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 4

One lb. blown sugar, ¼ lb. butter, ½ oz. ground ginger, essence of lemon. Dissolve the sugar in the saucepan, add the creamed butter and ginger,…

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Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 1

A private wheat agent, in Sydney has received the following cable message from Liverpool: "Unchanged sold Victorian loading India 18/3…

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