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Farming & the land, 1941

1,943 stories in Riverina's papers · page 40 of 98

Alsatians Play Havac in Gundagai District Tourist’s Dogs Kill Sheep

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Two Alsatian dogs have run wild in the Gundagai district ando have played havoc with different flocks of sheep…

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40 Per Cent. Refund on Wool The Country Producers Expects to Continue Policy

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3

"To assist the man on the land, the directors of the Country Producers' Selling Co., Ltd. hope to continue each year to rebate 40 per cent. of the…

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Man Shot in Dairy

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3
Also in Daily Advertiser

Following an explosion in a dairy at the residence of his son-in-law. Mr. Roy Weir, 8 miles on the Leeton side of Narandera, at 10 on Saturday…

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Wool Appraisements Roster Arrangements

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

Schute, Bell, Badgery, Lumby, Limited. reports: Roster arrangements for the June wool appraisements have…

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Ten Sheep to Outfit One Soldier

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

Addressing members of the California Wool Growers' Association at its 80th annual convention, the president (Mr. Marshall Bond) stated that…

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Future of Wool Industry Tub Competition of Substitutes

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

The future of the wool industry was a subject which he was very diffident about discussing, said Dr. I. Clunies Ress, addressing delegates to the…

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Soil Nitrogen and Cover Crops Some Results on Farm 1781, BALLINGALL

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

THE experience of successful growers oh the M.I.A. emphasises the importance of keeping orchard trees well supplied with…

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Bullet in Head: District Identity Found Injured at Dairy Farm on Leeton-narandera Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

A VERY old resident of Narandera, where for many years he conducted agency businesses, Mr. Percy Hudson, who was shot in…

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Fine Merino Wool Quality the First Essential Breeder's Advice

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 6

"The persistent trend towards deterioration of quality and ever-increasing breadth of fibre in Australia's wool clip is one that sooner or later will be recognised as a…

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Wool for Japan Statement by Sir Earle Page Questions to Be Considered

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4
Also in The Tumut and Adelong Times

Commenting on the Japanese statement that Japan was seeking more wool from Australia, the Commerce Minister (Sir Earle Pape) said on…

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Maize Crops Southern Inland Competition Tumut and Gundagai Lead

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

This has been a splendid season for maize, record crops having been produced in many districts, and entries in the…

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Sacrifices Must Be Made Give 100 per cent. Co-operation to Government Statement by the Minister for External Territories, the Hon. T. J. Collins, to District Council of Farmers and Settlers' Association, Young, on

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

"I sincerely regret that because of Ministerial duties it is impossible for me to be with you to—day, more especially because I feel…

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Junior Farmers Hold Dance

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

A very successful dance and social was held by the members of the Wagga Junior Partners' Club at St. John's Hall on Monday night. June 2. A…

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Junior Farmers Club N.s.w. Wagga Annual Meeting

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

The annual meeting of the Wagga branch or the Junior Farmers' Club was held at the South Wagga School a short while back. There was a very…

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Farmers' Patriotic Stock and Produce Drive Leeton Showground Next Monday (King's Birthday)

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

With only a week to go, Messrs. Martin Rourke and Claude Jones are appealing to farmers to send in substantial donations for the 1941…

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Trial for Jaw-breaking Pending, Farmworker is Arrested on Second Bashing Charge Yanco Man Goes to Hospital with Broken Nose Duplicate Counts Now Against Young Local Man

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

ON bail, awaiting his trial at Narandera Quarter Sessions on a charge of occasioning actual bodly harm to a Leeton man who suffered a broken jaw in an alleged street attack, the arrest was made on Thursday of a district farm-worker on a further charge of unlawful assault…

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Tourists Alsatian Dogs Kill Sheep

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 2

Two Alsatian dogs ran wild in the Gundagai district, and played havoc with different flocks of sheep. It appears that a tourist who had…

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COOTAMUNDRA'S 15th Annual Sheep Show

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 2

The Cootamundra A.P.H. & I. Association, like the Sydney Sheepbreeders' Association, has during the past few months been weighing the pros…

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