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Farming & the land, 1931

3,443 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 173

Barellan Farmers. Demands for Relief

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

A mass meeting of necessous farmers was held at Barellan on Sunday December [?] to demand adequate protection for farmers for the [?]…

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Dearer Butter SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 13

An increase of ½d per lb. will be made in the price of butter in Sussex Street on Monday, when all agents will charge 14 per lb. for…

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Our First Wheat Crop Where Australian Agriculture Had Its Beginning

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 19

To most visitors the Sydney Botanic Gardens represents something essentially ornamental--a leafy retreat from the bustle of the city, a…

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Canadian Wheat Private Finance

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 11

To meet the financial difficulties of Canadian farmers, a private corporation will be created in which transportation companies, industrial…

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Bleached Wheat and Federal Guarantee

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

With reference to the glut in the wheat market, Mr. Kilpatrick, M.L.A., in a telephone message to this office yesterday, said that the lower prices…

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Wheat Congestion Shipping Arranged Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 14

As a result of negotiations between the Department of Agriculture and two big wheat firms, it is hoped that several oversea shipments of…

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Wheat Unsaleable State of Chaos Developing

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 24

A most serious position is fast developing in regard to the storage of wheat. Trade in grain has almostc ceased in New South Wales and…

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Safe Blown At Wagga Butter Factory Thieves' Poor Reward

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

After many months of respite, Wagga was the scene of a safe-blowing incident at the week-end, when a small safe at the Murrumbidgee…

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Australia's Wool Clip Its Size of National Benefit

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 19

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., write: If wool markets could recover as quickly as the Australian pastoral industry can revive after a drought,…

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WHEAT The Federal Guarantee Quick Sale Necessary Canberra

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 19

In order to make the position as clear as possible the Acting Minister for Markets (Mr. Forde) issued the following statement regardin…

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Wheat Congestion Overseas Shipment Ministers To Confer At Week-end SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 4

As a result of negotiations between the Department of Agriculture and two large wheat firms, it is hoped that several overseas…

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Farmers' Debts to Fertiliser Companies. Nearly £2,000,000 Credit To Be Stopped. MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 6

A serious position is arising in the fertiliser industry owing to a succession of unfavorable season. During the last few years, the companies…

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Farmers' Debts To Fertiliser Companies Credit to Be Stopped Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 14

A serious position is arising in the fertiliser industry owing to a succession of unfavourable seasons. During the last few years, the…

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Help For Farmers Storekeepers' Move

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

The Wagga Storekeepers' Association has arranged a big conference, to be held at Wagga on January 14, for the purpose of forming a…

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Phenomenal Wheat Deliveries

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

Following on the recent heavy wheat deliveries at Coolamon a phenomenal scene was witnessed at Coolamon on Saturday morning, when 9551…

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Wheat Storage Difficulty

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

Many of the silos at Rivenina railway stations and sidings are filling rapidly as the result of the bumper harvest of wheat, and it has been…

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Tax on Flour. Bounty for Wheat

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The former Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Thorby) said to-day that he was strongly in favor of the proposed tax on flour, and that…

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Wheat Pool Simple Majority Legislation Promised Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture. (Mr Dunn) intimated to-day that in his opinion the only thing which would save the wheatgrowers was a…

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Farmers' Debts to Fertiliser Companies

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 2

"The position regarding farmers' liabilities to fertiliser companies in Victoria, unfortunately reflects the position in New South Wales," said…

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The Wheat Position Wheat Held on Farms Governments Guarantee Obscures Position

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 2

The Federal Government recently guaranteed a sum to wheat growers in order to bring the price to 2s 6d per bushel at country sidings, but it…

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