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Farming & the land, 1927

9,231 stories in Sydney's papers · page 76 of 250

Farmer and Co.'s Dinner

The Sun · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 7

The executive officers of Farmer and Company, Limited, were entertained by the directors of the company at dinner last night. Mr…

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Sydney's Bellicose Debt Collector G. Randal Gets Angry With Farmer Talk of Debtors' Prison All Tosh

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 9

IN the methods of G. Randal, accountant and debt collector, Hunter St., Sydney, there is no finessing. He goes…

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Tips and Jockeys for Warwick Farm and Kensington Cup Meeting Punters Will Back the Jockey Not the Horse Best Rider for the Warwick Handicap

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 3

JOCKEYSHIP WILL BE the deciding factor in the chief event at Warwick Farm this afternoon. THE CONDITIONS PROVIDE for the competitors to be ridden by apprentices who have not ridden ten winners…

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Poultry Notes By Ap[?]ment, Daily Official Organ at the New South Walees P[?]ury Farmers' Association. Pooling the Farmer Efficiency Cost Control Is Needed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 12

POULTRY FARMERS are greatly displeased with the Voluntary Fool Executive because of the manner in which it jumps from pillar to post whenever…

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Lectures to Farmers

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 12

The Department of Agriculture has arranged for the following lectures and demonstrations during the week: Theresa Park, February 28, Mr. R…

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Frightful Smash Farmer and His Family Tragic End to Picnic Wellington (N.z.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 1

George Mellroy, farmer, was driving a car with his wife, four young daughters, and a maid, over a railway [?]ossing at Ongarue last night,…

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Warwick Farm Queenslanders May Win Double HIGHLAND--PLAID

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 4

Highland, in the Glenfield Handicap, and Plaid, in the Nursery, are expected to credit their Queensland owner, Mr. T. M. Ahern…

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Farmer and Co. Ltd. Bon Voyage--Welcome Home

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 February 1927 · page 7

The executive officers of Farmer and Company, Limited, were entertained last evening by the directors of the company at dinner in the oak luncheon…

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DOWN ½d Butter Again Cheaper Big Surplus

The Sun · Sunday 27 February 1927 · page 4

Butter will be ½d a lb. cheaper to-morrow. The wholesale price, will be reduced to is 6½d (172s 8d a…

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Buoyant Wool Values Will Bring More Wealth to New South Wales

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1927 · page 15

Keen competition among foreign buyers for Australian wools, sustained the recent good prices in last week's sales. Clearances were again eminently…

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Big Guns Make Appearance at Warwick Farm

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 February 1927 · page 7

The Glenfield Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday afforded several owners an opportunity to give some of their charges whom they hope to show to…

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The Dying Dairymaid Conflicting Allegations Against Father's Employee Sensational Inquest at Scone Coroner's Advice to All Parents

Truth · Sunday 27 February 1927 · page 15

Viola Goodworth was a 19-year-old lass who lived on a dairy farm at Brushby Hill, a few miles from Scone. Early this month she went down into the shadows of death with a passport that was not vised by Mother Grundy, and she failed to return…

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Quiet on the Farm Three Runaway Victories Punters in Trouble

The Sun · Sunday 27 February 1927 · page 6

With most of the big operators and practically all the most notable punters away in Melbourne, those who were left behind had an engagement of quite minor importance at Warwick Farm yesterday…

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Trade Review London Conditions Wool, Apples and Butter London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 9

Business on the Stock Exchange has been somewhat irregular. Gilt-edged securities have been adversely affected by temporary monetary stringency as…

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Wheat

Evening News · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 6

In introducing the Bill for compelling the subdivision of large country estates, Mr. Dunn put forward the argument that the area under wheat had not increased [?] the last few…

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Wheat Loading

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 4

Additional wheat fixtures reported during the week-end included the Danish motorship Nordhval, and a British India steamer. The Nordhval loads…

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Produce. Butter Again Reduced

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 13

It was officially announced on Saturday that a reduction of /0½ per lb. in butter rates had been decided upon, to take effect to-day. Choicest is now 172/8 per ewt…

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Breadstuffs. International Wheat Trade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 13

As an instance of how the British coal strike upset the international wheat trade a recent publication of the Food Research Institute of Stanford University, California…

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Homebush Sales Lighter Supplies Sheep Values Held

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 10

Sheep sold to a stronger demand at Homebush this morning, and the free competition influenced values a alight advance being shown…

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Sheep Killer Sleigh Dog "Went Bush" Albury

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1927 · page 10

A wild dog, which for some months past has been killing sheep in Dora Dora district, and for which a big reward was offered for its scalp, was…

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