No Germans Among Wool Appraisers Prime Minister's Challenge Melbourne
Referring to allegations that some of the wool appraisers were German, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said to-night that he had made further…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Farming & the land, 1940
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For the Man on M Land Contract Price For Butter British Ministry for Food Purchase "Fair and Reasonable"
In the opinion of the board of directors of the Commonwealth Dairy Produce Equalisation Committee, the contract for the sale of Australian butter to the British Ministry for Food was fair and reasonable, said the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Alleged Shooting Army Young Man Committed for Trial On Charge of Shooting at a Dairy Hand With Intent
At the Narandera police court on Wednesday, before Mr. T. H. Doolan, P.M. Cecil Roy Robinson (26) was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mrs. Kipling's Estate Bequest for Fairbridge Farm Schools London
Mrs. Kipling, wife of the famous Rudyard Kipling, left an estate valued at £165,486. After sundry bequests, she left the residue of the estate to her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →40 Square Miles Fire-swept at Brobenah Heavy Losses on District Farming Properties Volunteers Effect Remarkable Check in High Wind
RACING THROUGH THE BROBENAH DISTRICT YESTERDAY IN FRONT OF A HIGH WIND, FIRE SWEPT A TRACT ESTIMATED TO BE EIGHT MILES EAST AND WEST AND FIVE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH. MANY VALUABLE FARMING…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Master Farmer to Be Honored Big Field Day at Yanco
THE high standard of farming in the M. I. A. is to receive a further splendid advertisement on Friday March 8 when at a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Claimed Crippled by Tractor Fall Welfare Farm Incidents Described Conflicting Evidence Before Compensation Commission
INCIDENTS at the Riverina Welfare Farm were described in evidence before the Workers' Compensation Commission this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Successful Farm Clearing Sale
A very successful clearing sale on account of Mr. R. Curry, son, on Wednesday of last week is reported by Messrs. I [?] and Hitchens, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Apples and Pears Marketing of Crop No Change to Be Made
In spite of demands by sections of apple and pear growers in various States for a revision of the Federal Government's compulsory…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Extensive Fire in Brobenah District 400 Sheep Perish Leeton
Late last night a fire which had been razing on a five-mile front to the Brobenah district and was advancing in the direction of the town…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Britain's Farmers Free Sixty-six Ships Record Sugar Beet Crop
More than half Britan's annual wartime requirements of sugar will be supplied this year by her own sugar beet Industry, thanks to a record 1939 crop,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Dairy Farmers Want Higher Butter MURWILLUMBAH
The Tweed District Council of the Primary Producers Union decided to support the proposal that mass meetings should be held in dallying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →South African Wool Realises More Than Australian Melbourne
The Australian Woolgrowers' Council received information to-day that South African wool sold to Great Britain averaged 11½d a lb (South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Griffith Farmer Missing Police Drag Canal Griffith
Lazaro Negro, aged 56 years, a well-known Italian farmer of Griffith, has been missing from his home since 6 o'clock on Wednesday morning, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SHEEP and Wool Classes
The sheep and wool classes held in Leeton began last Monday, February 26, in the big pavilion at the Showground. These classes are held…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →No Germans Among Wool Appraisers
Referring to allegations that some of the wool appraisers were German, the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) said in Melbourne on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Record Australian Crop Yield of 215,000,000 Bushels Advance of £21,729,000
At the conclusion of the fortnightly meeting of the Australian Wheat Board the chairman (Mr. Clive M'Pherson) announced that on the figures of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farmers and Settlers Wagga Branch Meeting Inability to Purchase Wheat Except in 200 Bag Lots System Criticised by Members
At the monthly meeting of the Wagga branch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, held at the Australian Hotel, Wagga, on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hud Country Party Temora Electorate Council's Annual Meeting Movement Strongly Criticised Dissatisfaction Over Wheat Prices
The annual meeting of the Temora Electorate Council of the United Country Party was held at the School of Arts, Temora, on Saturday afternoon last. The president (Mr. W. R. Heffernan) presided over a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Pastoral Cup Retained by Temora
Temora retained the Pastoral Cup on Sunday last by defeating Ardlethan 236 runs to 203…
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