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Farming & the land, 1948

2,398 stories in Riverina's papers · page 34 of 120

Australia's Wool Offer Under Relief Arrangements

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

LAKE SUCCESS, Friday: Secretary-General Lie announced today that the Australian Government offered raw wool,…

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Better Pastures Mean Better Products Importance to Sheep Owners

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

Except in areas handicapped by insufficient rainfall, the top-dressing of pastures in New South Wales with superphosphate has an important…

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Pierre Balmain : Dine at Home in Wool

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

Beige wool crepe makes this dinner-at-home frock with a rolled down neckline, rucked sleeves and accordion-pleated skirts…

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Wool Carbonising Works Foundation for Other Secondary Industries

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

HOW uniniviting, even unpleasant, a sight to the uninitiated are the disclosed contents of a bale of heavy conditioned wool…

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Jacques Fath : the 1910 Line Draped in Wool

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 6

Dove grey wool crepe makes this Intricately draped dress with a period line which has taken Paris by storm. Note the large 1910…

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What of Wheat? World Agreement And New Zealand Deal

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

While Australian primary producers, and especially wheatgrowers, are awaiting anxiously the promised Government announcement of…

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Restrictions Lifted Movement of Cattle and Pigs Into M.I.A.

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 1

ADVICE has been received from the Division of Animal Husbandry that restrictions over the movement of cattle and pigs…

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Quality of Wheat. Five Classes of Grain Segregated at Receiving Stations

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 3

The chemist's branch of the Department of Agriculture has received many inquiries as to the value for milling into flour, of the various…

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Farmers Study Oversea Methods on World Tour

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1948 · page 4

The Rural Bank's team of three practical farmers, with a manager and economist who recently left for abroad will make…

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Wool For Japan

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

TOKYO, Friday: An official from General MacArthur's headquarters will soon proceed to Australia to make final…

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Sheep Shearing One of "Dirtiest Jobs in Industry"

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Michael John Fitzsimmons, shearer, to-day told the Federal Conciliation Commissioner (Mr. Donovan)…

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Two South Coast Junior Farmers in Team for England

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: Two South Coast youths, Jack Martin, 20, of Albion Park, and Ken J Henry, 19, of Numbaa, have…

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Interest Cut on Some Loans to Farmers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 April 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Reduced interest rates on some loans to primary producers were announced today by the Minister for…

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Records Wool Revenue Market Steadier

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 7

The Australian clip this season is expected to total 3,061,000 bales and approximately two thirds of that quantity has been…

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Farmer's Severe Injuries

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 2

Mr. N. M. Nixon, farmer, aged 55, of "Kyeamba Meadows," received a fractured left collar bone, several fractured…

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Shocking Accident Near Grenfell Farmer Loses His Left Hand

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 April 1948 · page 1

Mr George Holland, of "Good" Hope" between Grenfell and Goolagong, met with a bad accident last week by which he lost his left…

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"Pollard Plan" Soon for Wheat Industry

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: The Federal Government is considering introducing new wheal stabilisation legislation,…

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F. & S. Protest Against Wheat Agreement

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A strong protest against implementation of the International Wheat Agreement has been made by…

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Aust. Wheat for N.z.? Reduced Rates Unlikely

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Tuesday: The Federal Government does not propose to sell any wheat to New Zealand at reduced rates…

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New Zealand Wheat Feeler Diescribed as "Wishful Thinking"

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

CANBERRA, Monday: The Federal Government does not propose to sell any wheat to New Zealand at reduced rates other than that already provided for aider the New Zealand-Australian Wheat Agreement…

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