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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 39 of 120

Wool Appraisements Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 6

Winchcombe Carson Ltd. report that 6250 bales of wool were appraised in their catalogue to-day. The results inducted: L. R. Toole (Burraga),…

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Three Drowned in Queensland Floods Destruction of Farms £1.000.000 Damage to Sugar Crop Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 4

John Allen, his son aged 10 years, and his daughter aged 8 years, were drowned to-day in a creek 30 miles from Collinsville, where their home…

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Wheat Despatched From Southern Railway District Week Ended April 6

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 7

During the week ended last Saturday 6296 bags of wheat were received through railway gates in the southern railway district, making the total…

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Butter in Britain Plentiful Supplies, Says Returned Traveller High Duty on Sugar Darwin

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 2

Australians in England have sufficient butter to last them for three years declared Mr. N. A. Esserman, of the Australian National Standards…

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Latest Nazi Seizures Australian Comment Danish Dairy Produce for Germany MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 2

The commonwealth Department of Information, in an official bulletin to-day, described as ludicrous Ger­many's explanation of her acts of…

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Snake Fights Terrier Battle on Irrigation Farm Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 7

Angeio Ramponis fox terrier dog fought and killed a brown snake measuring 5ft. 6in. long on a farm near Leeton to-day after a protracted…

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Cootamundra Sheep Sale

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 4

Messrs. George Thompson & Co., Cootamundia, in conjunction with the New Zealand Loan & Mercantile Agency Co. Ltd., Sydney, report…

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Wool Report

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 4

The Farmers und Graziers Co-operative Co. Ltd, reports on the 5th instant. We submitted our 19th Appraisement Catalogue of 5 , 170 bales on…

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Wool Appraisements

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

Winchcombe. Carson, Ltd., wired yesterday:--6250 bales of wool were appraised at our Sydney catalogue on Wednesday. The results included:--…

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More Butter Also Brisbank

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

The opinion that the invasion of Denmark might result in Britain re­quiring more Australian butter was ex­pressed by the secretary of the…

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Sydney Sheep Show Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 1

All the great sheep studs of New South Wales, Victoria, and South Australia are preparing their teams for Sydney's annual show, which will be…

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Wheat Prospects Northern Hemisphere Crops Possible Price Improvement Payments to Growers

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 6

At the conclusion of the fortnightly meeting of the Australian Wheat Board, the chairman (Mr. Clive M'Pherson) said that the board had…

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The Leeton Bakery Messrs. Wheat Ley & ROSS

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 5

TRADITION has been described by a famous English writer as that particular characteristic of a man which arouses deep…

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Sydney Sheep Show Australia's Finest Display Expected Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

All the great sheep studs of New South wales, Victoria and South Australia are now preparing their teams for Sydney's annual show which will…

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Mice in Wheat Country No Major Plague Expected

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 7

Mice are still very prevalent in the western district of New South Wales, reports Mr. E. C. Powell, agricultural instructor at Parkes, but they are…

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Shot At, Knocked Armed Man Down Hard Labour For Assailant Affray on Dairy Farm

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 8

WHEN a drunken man aimed and fired a pea-rifle at him from a distance of five yards, the bullet whistling close by him, a…

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The M.I. Dairy Farmers' Co-op. Society Chairman of Directors H. H. CUTHBERT, Esq. Manager T. W. NAPTHALI, F.I.D.M. Secretary A. C. BEAUPEURT, A.F.I.A., A.I.I.S.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 4

THIS reviewer should like to be able to write of this business in the form of a story of the courage, faith and tenacity of the two men who occupy the present managerial and secretarial positions, Messrs. T. W. Napthali and A. C. Beaupeurt…

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Wheat Advance Mr. Dunstan Asks Fob Increase Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

The Premier (Mr. Dunstan) is making representations to the Prime Minister for another advance for the wheat growers who, he said to-night, were…

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Fertilisers for Farms Trains May Be Run [?] COUNTRY Mr. Kilpatrick's Inquiry in Assembly SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 5

So that farmers, particularly those in the wheat growing areas, can obtain fertiliser, the Railway Commissioner is preparing to cancel trains serving the…

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For the Man on the Land Dairying in Riverina Comparison with Other Areas Value of Herd Recording

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 7

The development of the dairying industry in Riverina areas was discussed by the senior dairy instructor (Mr. A. W. Walker) yesterday. Mr. Walker was appointed to this district last January, having been transferred from…

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