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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 22 of 120

WOOL Albury Appraisements District Prices

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 3

The ninth wool appraisement at Albury was conducted by the associated woolbrokers on Thursday and Friday last…

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Foreigners Employed on Wool Appraisements Labor lEADER and Taxation Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 4

The leader of the Federal Labor Party (Mr. Curtin) to-day gave the names of eight Germans, nine Japanese and three Italians employed on…

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The Farm Home to Make Peach Conserve Conservation of Fruit As Pulp

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 4

The following seasonable recipes for punch conserve and peach pulp are given by the Assistant orchardist of Hawkesbury Agricultural College…

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Manslaughter Charge Sequel to Cyclist's Death Welfare Farm Teacher Succumbs After Yanco Road Collision Companion Also Struck; Deceased's Terrible Injuries

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 1

A CHARGE OF FELONIOUSLY SLAYING WAS YESTERDAY PREFERRED AGAINST A LEETON MAN, SUBSEQUENT TO THE DEATH AT MIDNIGHT ON SUNDAY IN THE LEETON DISTRICT HOSPITAL OF A MEMBER OF THE RIVERINA…

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Elder Branch of Junior Farmers' Movement Mooted

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 1

AT a special meeting of the Leeton and District Advisory Council of Junior Farmers' Club, It was announced that; at the annual…

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Orchard Cover Cropping and the Re-adjustment of Contour Levels

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 February 1940 · page 3

DURING preparation of the ground for the autumn-winter cover crop take the opportunity to carry out one of the most…

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Butter Price Contract Explained Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1940 · page 2

Directors of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee Ltd consider that the contract for Australian butter sold to Great Britain was…

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Sheep and Wool Classing

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 2

Mr. F. S. Cameron, who has been eleven years in Cootamundra—his headquarters as teacher of sheep and wool-classing—gave a most instructive…

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Wool Report

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 9

The Farmers & Graziers Co-op. Co. Ltd, report on the 15th inst. Our Appraisement Catalogue No 14 comprising 10,806 bales was…

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District Wool Clip

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 4

Results secured in Winchcombe Carson’s Sydney wool appraisement catalogue last Monday included A. E. Coggan, Jugiong, ewes 18.,…

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Wool and Shipping Transport Problem

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 4

The anomaly at present prevails that ample wool is available in Australia, but in the United Kingdom supplies for civilian…

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Wool Appraisers Employment of Neutrals Mr. Menzies' Explanation Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 8

Small numbers of non-British appraisers were employed in the wool purchase scheme because Australia was properly concerned with neutral…

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The Latest (Second Edition) Wool Prices Higher Values in Later Appraisements Better Class Clips Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 February 1940 · page 2

"The average price for greasy wool contained in the appraisements to the end of January had advanced to 12326, compared with 12.16d recorded to the…

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Near the Border Fires Sweep Over Hills Sheep and Cattle Lost Albury

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 4

At noon to-day a big fire started on the property of Mr. W Lowden, at Little Indigo, near Barnawartha. Swept by a gale travelling at close on…

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Wool Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 1

The Harrows and Graziers’ Co.-op Co. Ltd. reports on the 15th inst: Our Appraisement Catalogue No. 14 comprising 10,806 bales was submitted…

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Wool for Manufacture

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 4

The general secretary of the Farmers and Settlers' Association (Mr. Cambridge, M.L.C.) has been informed by the secretary of the Central Wool…

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Wagga Stock Sales Cattle Market Firm

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 3

The associated agents of Wagga (S. V. Best & Co., the A.M.L. & F. Co. Ltd., the Farmers & Graziers' Co-op. Co., Dalgety & Co. Ltd. and…

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Fined for Travelling Sheep at Night

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 6

At the Hay police court on Monday a carrier was charged with failing to produce a permit for stock in his possession and also with having…

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Wheat Production Revised Estimate: 210,450,000 Bushels

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 7

Another remarkable increase has occurred in the total wheat harvest for the Commonwealth for this season (1939-40). According to a revised…

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Lower Freight for Horses and Cattle on N.S.W. Railways Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1940 · page 3

The Commissioner of Railways (Mr. Hartigan) announces to-day that the rates charged for horses and cattle con­veyed in horse boxes by passenger and…

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