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Riverina · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1948

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Junior Farmers to Visit U.K.

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Three Australian Junior Farmers, all under 21, are to visit England. A selection committee sitting in…

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Heavy Apricot Crop Handled at Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 4

"At present we're surrounded by apricots and can think of nothing else," Mr. Higgins, of the Griffith Cannery said last week…

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Royal Show Wheat Entries

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 5

Although originally intended that the wheat entries for the 1948 Royal Sister Show, prize money for which amounts to £490, should close on…

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209 Tumut Dairymen to Receive Over £36,000 Record Pay By Tumut Butter Factory

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 5

Including the December payments to 209 suppliers of cream in 209 suppliers of cream in the Tumut district, the Tumut Co-operative Dairy Co. will pay…

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Stole 25 Bales of Wool

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Thomas Bruce Buckman, 23, a motor driver, was chawed in the Central court today with stealing 25 bales…

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Stealing of Wheat and Oats Prevalent

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Hundreds of pounds worth of wheat and oats were being stolen by the bag from paddocks in Riverina, said Wagga police…

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Bright Wool Outlook America's Large Consumption

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4
Also in The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser

Reports from abroad favour the view of bouyancy in wool values. Top markets in Bradford, the United States and in the and on the Continent point to the…

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The Wheat Harvest Lt.-col. Bruxner Critical

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 8

Speaking at the pre-Christmas session of the N.S.W. Legislative Assembly, Lt.-Colonel Bruxner (Leader of the Country Party) said:…

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Men Convicted for Stealing Bagged Wheat and Oats

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Hundreds of pounds' worth of wheat and oats were being stolen by the bag from paddocks in Riverina, said Wagga…

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No Riverina Wheat Entries For Royal Show Yet

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

No Riverina, farmers have yet entered in the field wheat competitions to be held at the Royal Easter Show. This was stated…

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Tumbarumba Dingo Shot Killed £1,000 Worth Of District Sheep

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 6

A dingo, believed to have killed £1,000 worth of sheep in the past seven years, was shot at Tumbarumba on Friday morning…

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"Wool on Wheels" Exhibition to Tour Country Shows

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

For the first time in Australia, and probably in any other woolgrowing country, a mobile display unit has been established by the Australian Wool Board and is now travelling on a continent-wide basis publicising wool from the…

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How Dairy From Will Gain From Trade Agreement Farmers May Safely Plan for Expansion

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 5

Australian dairy farmers should find encouragement in the agreements reached with other countries by the Australian delegation at the Geneva Conference, and announced by the Ministers for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) and Customs (Mr…

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Batlow Asparagus Farm Employees Corrected Statement On Gundagai Meeting

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

Mr. H. V. Smith, general manager of the Batlow Packing House co-op. Ltd., advised the "Tumut and Adelong Times" yesterday that the…

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Several Men Quit Work At Gundagai Asparagus Farm Demand 40-Hour Week at Stop-work Meeting Batlow Co-op. Has Signed 44-Hour Agreement with A.W.U.

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

Fifteen casual and three permanent workers at the asparagus farms at "Dalkcih," Gundagai, quit their job last, week following a stop-work…

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To Train Ex-servicemen Welfare Farm Inauguration Ceremony

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 3

As previously announced the Hon. E. H. Graham, Minister for Agriculture, will attend the official inauguration of the training scheme at the…

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Team of Farmers for World Tour Winners of Rural Bank Competition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

THE three practical New South Wales farmers, who won the Rural Bank's Progressive Farmer Competition from 105 contestants, will soon leave on a six months' world tour. The three winners were: Mixed…

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Wool

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

Winchcombe Carson, Ltd., wired us yesterday: There was strong general competition from Yorkshire, the Continent, Australian millmen, and…

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Further Wheat Stealing Charges

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 1

A man was arrested at Ardlethan last Friday and two others at Mirrool on Saturday on charges of stealing wheat from an Ardlethan property…

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