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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

3,431 stories in Riverina's papers · page 61 of 172

Pastoral Industry. Shearers' Pates. Basis of £3/8/ a Week

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 2

The Full Court of the Arbitration Court made a new award for the pastoral industry, on Friday. The judgment was given on the…

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Wheat Commission Evidence at Lake Cargelligo Lake Cargelligo

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

Giving evidence before the Wheat Commission to-day Mr L. K. Schultz, farmer, suggested that farmers should be granted a moratorium until they…

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Meeting of Dairyman Cheese Factory Mooted Addresses by Messrs Sheldon and Scott

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 4

A meeting of dairymen, convened by the recently formed Dairymen's Association, was held at the Mechanics' Institute on Friday last for…

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Welfare Farm Inquiry Hearing Postponed

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 May 1934 · page 3

The inquiry in connection with the suspension of Mr. Hector J. Melville, from the position of senior instructor at the Yanco…

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Wheat Commission Farmers' Debts Writing-down Urged Mr. Chanter's Suggestion Lake Cargelligo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 2

John C. Chanter, president of the Wheatgrowers' Union of New South Wales, also of the Wheatgrowers' Federation, was the principal witness…

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Italy's Wool May Curtail Australian Buying London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 May 1934 · page 3

The "Yorkshire Post" says that private advices hint of a possible very substantial curtailment of Italy's direct buying of wool in Australia next…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 5

Messrs. Schute, Bell & Co,, Ltd. under even date, report:— Interest in the wool trade is centred on the London sales which open…

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Annual Wool Review

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. have just published their annual wool rev[?] for the last year. The season has been one of the most remarkable ever…

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Adelaide Sheep Sales Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 6

Sheep opened cheaper at the midday sales to-day. Firm lambs were cheaper, Mutton s[?] to 3[?] per lb; lamb 5[?]…

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Chicago Wheat Chicago

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 2

Chicago wheat options are qu[?] May, 77 7-8 cents a bushel; September, 78½ cents; New York cash [?] cents…

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Double Tragedy on Dairy Farm Man and Wife Dead Newcastle

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 1

A shocking tragedy involving the deaths of a nan and his wife occured this morning at a farm house between Tarro and Minimi The victims were…

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Price of Wool 10 Per Cent Fall in London

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 5

The price of wool in London fell 10 per cent. When the wool selling series opened on Tuesday. Offerings amounted to 7992 bales, which…

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Wheat Sowings Decreased Acreage in 15 European Countries Rome

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 6

The International Institue's preliminary report regarding wheat sown at the beginning of April by 15 countries, cultivating four-fifths of the total area…

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Wheat Commission Evidence at Lake Cargelligo Cost of Production Lake Cargelligo

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 4

The Wheat Commission, after a short sitting this morning, left for Parkes. C.G. M'Fadyen, wheat grower of…

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Price of Wool 10 Per Cent. Fall in London Irregular Market London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 1

The price of wool in London fell 10 per cent, when the wool selling Series opened to-day. Offerings amounted to 7992 bales, which included 133…

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Stored Wheat in 1929-30 SEASON West 'Australian President's Analysis a Statistical Compilation Rather Than a Solution of the Question

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 3 May 1934 · page 3

"The report of the Royal Commissioner (Mr. S. Bennet) is more remarkable as a statistical compilation than a solution of the much vexed…

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Wheat Commission Farmer's Heavy Loss Sold Wheat Under Bank's Orders PARKES

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

Evidence of the heavy loss which he sustained as the result, of carrying out the orders of the Rural Bank in 1931 to sell the whole of his wheat at…

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"Wool Review"

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

Of the 45th annual review by Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., we have received an advance copy. The season has been one of the most…

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Wheat Evidence at Commission Farmer's Heavy Loss PARKES

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 1

EVIDENCE of the heavy loss which he sustained as the result of carrying out the orders of the Rural Bank in 1931 to sell the…

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Sheep Blowfly a New Jetting Mixture

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 5

The blowfly pest should shortly be abating, but to the sheepowner its control is always a more or less present problem, and any advance in…

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