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Farming & the land, 1941

1,943 stories in Riverina's papers · page 32 of 98

Springdale Tractor Driver Farmer Fined

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 2

In the Temora Police Court, before Mr. F. Grugeon, P.M., the Narraburra Shire Council proceeded against Leslie Derrick, farmer, of Springdale, under…

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Leader of Labor Sound Farmer

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 May 1941 · page 2

Mr. W. J. McKell, M.L.A., Leader of the Official Australian Labor Party is a practical farmer. This was emphasised in the “Sydney Morning…

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"Guns Before Butter" Australians Must Accept Nazi Philosophy Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 4

If investors in Australia are going to quibble about interest rates, the Government will have to take action to conscript the whole of the wealth…

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Wheat Position Statement by Chairman of Board Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

At the conclusion of the meeting of the Australian Wheat Board to-day the chairman (Sir Clive M'Pherson) said that the combined totals of old…

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Departmental Service for Farmers Where District Agricultural Instructors Are Located

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 1

Many farmers are still unaware that a free advisory service is available to them through the Department of Agriculture. The Department…

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FARMERS & Settlers Wagga District Council Annual Meeting Election of Officers

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Wagga District Council of the Farmers and Settlers' Association was held in the M.P. and A.A. rooms on Saturday…

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Petrol Shortage Feared by Dairying Industry District Committees to Meet SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 7

The Dairy Produce Petrol Rationing Committee, which was established recently at the request of the Liquid Fuel Control Board in New South…

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Development of Dairying Instructor's Address to Rotary Club

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 3

Choicest grade butter manufactured in New South Wales last year was 92.9 per cent., as against 44 per cent, in Victoria and 47 per cent. in…

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Old Couple Murdered on Lonely Farm in North Mackay

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1941 · page 2

Herbert Edgar Blake, aged 69 years, shire clerk at Nebo, and his wife. Lizzie Maud, aged 74 years, were found battered to death close to their small form…

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Annual Wool Review

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 3

An advance copy of the annual wool review of Winchcombe Carson Ltd. contains a comprehensive account of wool trade activities of the…

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Wool for Japan Barter System Opposed

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: The Minister for Commerce, Sir Earle Page, replying to Japan's desire for bigger supplies of Australian wool to be paid…

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Wheat Stabilisation Scheme Organiser of Committee Appointed Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 May 1941 · page 2

It was officially announced to-night that Mr. F. H. Cullen has been appointed to organise local committees of wheatgrowers throughout Australia…

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Managing Director of Wool Firm Enlists

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 5

Mr. J. D. McLeod, Managing Director of Pitt. Son & Badgery, Ltd.. has enlisted in the A.I.F. An exacting wool season, which…

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Australian Wool Japan Desires Larger Supplies Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 3

Revealing that Japan wanted bigger supplies of Australian wool, to be paid for on the barter basis, the Minister for Commerce (Sir Earle Page) said…

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Wheat Acreages Applications to Be Severely Cut Canberra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 1

District committees in the wheat-growing areas throughout the Commonwealth will be appointed by the Government to ensure that farmers…

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Sea-boot Stockings Material Urgently Wanted an Appeal to Sheep Owners

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 2

Mention is often made among Red Cross and other war workers of seaboot stockings, of which many hundreds of pairs are urgently needed…

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Wheatgrowers' Relief Grant 1940-41 Season's Crop

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 4

The Rural Bank of New South Wales, which is the distributing authority for this State under the Wheatgrowers' Belief Act, 1941, advises…

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Farmers Charged Conspiracy Allegations Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 May 1941 · page 4

Frank Bach, aged 54 years, farmer, and his son, Frank Bach, were charged at the Toowoomba police court to-day that, between March 4, 1940…

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Wheat Acreages Farmers Warned Against "Bootlegging" Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 1

The Assistant-Minister for Commerce (Mr. Anthony) to-day issued a warning to wheat farmers against any "virtual bootlegging" of licenses…

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Wheat Growers' Relief Grant, 1940/41 Season's Crops

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 9 May 1941 · page 6

The Rural Bank of New South Wales, which is the distributing authority for this State under the Wheat-growers' Relief Act, 1941, advises…

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