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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

3,278 stories in Riverina's papers · page 67 of 164

Ancient Wool Clipper May Be Used As "Hide-out" London, May 11

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

A veteran wool-clipper of the Australian trade has been chosen as the A.R.P. "hide-out" for more than 200 boys of the Greenwich…

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British Lads for Australian Farms

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

Men on the land in this district who hitherto have had much trouble in obtaining help should note that British boys willing to work on the…

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Lockhart Farmer's Brave Fight for Health

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 4

Our readers will note with sympathetic interest that Mr. Gerald Davis, the well-known farmer, o' Lockhart, and son of Mrs. T. H…

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Italo-German Military Co-operation Plane Types to Be Unified to Enable Exchange of Pilots and Bombs Interchange of Farmers Common Economic Programme LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

Signor Mussolini, Herr Milch (German Under-Secretary for Air) and General Valle (Italian Under-secretary for Air) have agreed,…

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Oil From Crops Resources and Prices Cost Estimates High

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 7

In reference to the general question of the production of liquid fuels in Australia the Minister for Supply and Development (Mr. Casey) has made…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 7
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co., Ltd., reports on the 26th instant:— In the absence of wool auctions in…

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Wheat Bounty Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) told the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) in the Legislative Assembly that it was the desire of the…

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Butter Substitutes Factory Managers and Secretaries Meet Excise Duty Urged Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 2

A motion urging the imposition of an excise duty of sixpence a pound on all vegetable and marine oils imported and used in the manufacture of…

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Wheat Despatched From Southern Railway District Week Ended May 27

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 3

During the week ended last Saturday 5661 bags of wheat were received through railway gates in the southern railway district, making the total…

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Wheat Bounty Policy of Prompt Payments Question in Assembly Defence and Reproductive Works SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 4

The Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) told the leader of the Opposition (Mr. Lang) in the Legislative Assembly to-day that it was the desire…

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Wool Report

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

The Farmers and Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on the 26th instant:— In the absence of wool auctions in…

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Butter Substitutes Adverse Effect on Dairying Industry Color Standard Suggested Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 9

The Minister for Agriculture (Major Reid) admitted to Mr. H. Bate (U.A.P.) in the Legislative Assembly to-day that margarine sales were…

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Tariff Hinders Use [?] Wool

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 5

The International Wool Secretariat in London (of which Dr. J. Clunies Ross…

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Sheep Classing The Opportunity Afforded Before Shearing

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

While the practice of sheep classing—the grading of the breeding flock and selection of sires for use in mating, with the object of…

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Wool Supply Position More Favorably Situated

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 3

Winchcombe, Carson, Ltd., reported on 30th: Unlike wheat and cotton, the future fortune of wool is not hampered by surplus carry-over stocks. The…

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Wool Supply Position More Favourably Situated

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

Unlike wheat and cotton, the future fortune of wool is not hampered by surplus carry-over stocks. The former are in…

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Wool Growing Potentialities of Intense Concentration

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

With reference to wool growing I would like to mention that although the quality and quantity of wool grown in Australia has made good…

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Butter Substitutes Factory Managers And Secretaries Meet Txcise Duty Urged

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 8

A motion urging the imposition of an excise duty of sixpence a pound on all vegetable and marine oils imported and used in the manufacture…

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Wheat Industry Deputation to Prime Minister 3/10½ Bushel CANBERRA

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2

A deputation of Labor members representing wheat growing areas waited on the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) and requested that the price…

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