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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 36 of 164

Wool Display German Housewives Regret Inability to Buy London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 3

Deprivation of wool has only made Germans more wool-conscious, the South African representative on the International Wool Secretariat, Mr. A…

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Temora Farmer Acquitted

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 March 1939 · page 4
Also in Cootamundra Herald

Eric John Bede Coleman, a farmer, of Temora, was acquitted on a charge of having lit inflammable material within 25 yards of felled timber in the…

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Cattle Rustlers Busy in England Farmers to Fight Thieves

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

Alarmed at the growth of cattle rustling in England, particularly in the eastern countries, farmers are uniting to fight the thieves. This week Suffolk farmers started their special "Livestock Theft…

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Grong Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

Messrs. Lloyd Bros, report having conducted their monthly stock sale at Grong Grong on Tuesday last, when they submitted a yarding of just on…

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£100 Sheep-dog Trials

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

The £100 Sheep Dog Trials, which wore inaugurated so successfully ut the 1938 Royal Easter Show, will prove even more attractive at this…

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Sheep Dearer at Leeton

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

Messrs. Dalgety and Co. Ltd., in conjunction with their Leeton agents, Messrs. Allen and Wright, conducted their usual monthly stock sale in the…

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Melbourne Wool Auctions

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

The Melbourne Woolbrokers report that the average price realised for greasy wool sold in Melbourne during the week ended 18th March,…

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Liverpool Wheat Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

A private wheat agent in Sydney received the following cable message from Liverpool: "Wheat 21/3; martet firm: demand quiet."…

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Griffith Sheep Sale Postponed Until Friday Next

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

Owing to the recent heavy rain the special sheep sale, which was to have been held by Messrs Dalgety and Co. of. Griffith, yesterday, has been…

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Wool and Manufactures Prices and Mill Output

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 5

Winchcombe, Carson Ltd. report:—Inquiry for wool, has been sustained despite quietness in the Continental Futures top market. The lack of…

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Wool Sales Strong Competition in Sydney Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

Under very strong and general competition from Yorkshire and the Continent, fair demand on Japanese account, and some support from…

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Italy Mares Inroads Capturing Wool Trade Bradford, March 3

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 6

Greatly increased competition from Italy and Germany to having a disturbing effect in British markets for woollen textiles…

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WHEAT Affected by European Crisis Sydney Values Higher SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

The possibility of European conditions becoming worse has not been overlooked by the wheat Interests in London. Cables…

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Wheat Market Affected by European Crisis Sydney Values Higher Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 1

The possibility of Enropean conditions becoming worse has not been overlooked by the wheat interests in London. Cables received by…

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Man Wounded on Corbie Hill Farm Alleged Self-inflicted

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

REMARKABLE circumstances surround the admittance yesterday to the Leeton District Hospital of a Corbie Hill man…

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Council's Building Ordinances to Cover Residential Farms Arrangements for Extension of Control Being Made

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 4

BY a decision of the Willimbong Shire Council at its last meeting, arrangements are now being carried out to allow the Council to extend its building ordinances to the residential farms adjoining Leeton and Yanco…

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Storm Water From Yanco Road Inundates Residential Farms

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 2

BLOCKHOLDERS on the residental farms facing the old Commission Offices were flooded out on Sunday, as a result of…

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Junior Farmer Movement New Constitution Provides For Larger Representation of Parents on the District Advisory Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 March 1939 · page 3

WITH three part-time supervisors in this district—one at Yanco, another at Whitton and the third attached to Leeton…

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Cattle Theft Station Hand Attacked

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1939 · page 4

As the result of the theft of five bullocks and an assault on a station hand, police from Bathurst and Orange are searching for a man in rugged…

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