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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1940

2,390 stories in Riverina's papers · page 63 of 120

£60,000,000 for Wool Decentralised Marketing of Cup Opposed Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 June 1940 · page 6

Mr. K.M. Neill, chairman of Golds-brough Mort and Co., Ltd., said to-day that the Australian wool clip had realised approximately £60,000,000. He…

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Appeal to Farmers to Keep Fat Cattle in Reserve London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 1

Mr. R.S. Hudson, Minister for Agriculture, in a broadcast to-night appealed to farmers to keep fat cattle on the hoof throughout the winter as…

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Australian Wheat 160,000,000 Bushels Surplus Shipping Shortage Delays Transfer Abroad Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 2

Up to Thursday last only 33,000,000 bushels of Australian wheat had been exported owing to shortage of shipping space. This…

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Wool Rationing Begins This Week in Britain Loss of French Custom Control of Wines LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 4

The new rationing period for wool begins next week. It is expected that the Wool Control Board will decide on the issue of temporary civilian rations…

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Donors of Sheep

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 2

At the first Patriotic Stock Sale the following names of donors of sheep were omitted: Mr. J. Briggs 3, Mrs. O. Beaum[?]ester 2, Mr. Gibbs 1…

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Preparing Sheep Skin Vests

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 1

The making of sheepskin vests for members of the fighting forces is one of the many war efforts of the Country Women's Association, taken up…

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COMMERCIAL Wool Report

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 4

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-oprative Co. Ltd. (Sydney) reports on the 27th instant— We submitted our final…

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Sheep Case Squashed Lengthy Hearing

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 4

At the May P.M's. Court, Henry Wilson, drover, Lockhart, unsuccessfully sued John Kennedy, farmer and grazier, Pleasant Hills, £15…

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Huge Riverina Wheat Storage

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 2

Throughout the Riverina there is still a tremendous amount of the 1939/40 wheat crop still to be transported. Figures made available by…

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Drover Fined Sheep Did Not Travel Regulation Distance

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 5

A fine of £8, with 8/- costs, in default 17 days' imprisonment, was imposed oh Leo Dunley, a drover, at the Young Police…

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Australian Wool Required for U.S. Army

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday: The United States Defence Commission is negotiating with Britain for the purchase of large quantities of Australian…

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Australian Wool Required for U.S. Army Washington

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 1

The United State Defence Commission is negotiating with Britain for the purchase of large quantities of Australian wool, which could be used for the…

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Wool Agreement's Value Far-sighted United Kingdom and Commonwealth Deal

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 3

Australian woolgrowers have had good reason to be thankful for the contract between the United Kingdom and Australian…

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Farmers & Settlers' Association Sandigo Branch Annual Meeting

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 1

The annual meeting of the Saudigo blanch of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the Sandigo Hall on Wednesday…

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How Junior Farmers May Help Australia's War Effort Supervisor's Helpful Advice

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 5

The Central Western Supervisor of the Junior Farmers' Movement (Mr. R. S. Grieve) in his monthly report to headquarters, gives a comprehensive record of the conditions now prevailing in rural areas, and their relation to the Junior Farmer movement. He…

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Air Minister to See Welfare Farm? Probable Inspection This Week: Shire Presses Barracks Proposal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 1

IT is probable that the Minister for Air (Mr. Fairbairn) will personally examine the Riverina Welfare Farm at Yanco this week, following the proposal which has been made that it should become the barracks for the personnel of the No. 8 Elementary Flying School, shortly to be…

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Wool Report

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 5

The Farmers & Graziers' Co-operative Co. Ltd. reports on June 27:— We submitted our final Appraisement Catalogue of the 1939-40 season…

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Australian Wheat Sales Carry-over of 60,000,000 Bushels Expected Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 4

A report by the Australian Wheat Board to the Agricultural Council today reveals that a safe estimate of Australian wheat sales this season is…

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Agricultural Problems Conference at Canberra Organisation on War-Time Footing Huge Exportable Wheat Surplus Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 4

The Australian Agricultural Council was to-day faced with the problem of organising Australia's primary industries on a wartime…

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Crop Conference

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 July 1940 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Minister for Agriculture, Mr. Reid, who returned to Sydney today from the Canberra conference, were a scheme…

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