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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1929

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Are Your Frocks Ready for the Dancing Season Keep Their Sunburn Smart London Women Eton Crop Is "Dead" London, January 2

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1929 · page 6

THERE has been little new in the fashion world lately, owing to the King's illness, which practically stopped all…

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Butter Supplies Increasing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 16

Production of butter still shows considerable increase, and buyers are operating sparingly in anticipation that quotations will be lower in the near future. Prescotts, Ltd., reports…

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Wheat Vessels. Latest Movements

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 4

The following are the latest movements for vessels loading wheat:— Benton left Westport, N.Z., on February 7 for Newcastle, in order to load…

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Breadstuffs. United States Winter Wheat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 13

The international wheat market is considerably influenced by prospects of the United States winter wheat yield, so that it is of interest to note the accrage for the 1929…

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Cattle Killed by Weed Destroyer Murwillumbail

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 10

EIGHT head of cattle were discovered dead all a farm near the Queensland horder. It [?] they were the properly [?] Mr. C. Purce. A…

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Wheat Oversea Australian Cargoes are Dearer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 16

LONDON, Saturday.--Wheat cargoes are mostly steady, though Australian are a shade dearer. A sale is reported by the Eastlea to Bombay at 449 a quarter…

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Homebush Sales Both Markets Firmer Shortage of Cattle

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 10

Competition at the early sheep sales et Homebush to-day was again very active, and good trade sheep and lambs in some cases showed a rise on last day's high figures. Other…

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Wiping Out Cattle Tick Present Control Methods Criticised

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 17

The present system of treating adjoining holdings for the control of the tick was described by Mr. T. C. King at a recent meeting of the…

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Wool Cargo Record Esperance Bay Full

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 12

THE Esperancc Bay, of the Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line. which left Fremantic at 2 a m. to-day, took 13,240 bales of wool for Hull and London…

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Chicago Wheat Options. New York, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 13

Chicago wheat options are quoted as follow:—March, 124 cents per bushel (up ? cents): May, 127¼ cents (unchanged); July, 129 cents (up ? cent)…

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Country News It Pays Top-dressed Pastures Sheep Thrive Grenfell

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 11

Experiments in the top-dressing of pastures have been carried out in the Grenfell district, particularly on tho property of Mr. W. W. Ingrey, who…

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"I Shot Her !" Tale of Straying Cow Farmer for Trial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 1

Sergeant Taylor met Robert Blackburn, a farmer, at Liverpool on January 23. "There's a dead cow on your…

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Farmer's Loss Through Rain Alpion Park

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 10

ALBERT TIMES Suffered a [?] immediately the draught had [?]. He [?] the long dry spell with a [?] but during the…

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Flood's Trail of Devastation and Death Lull in Downpour Losses of Stock and Crops Families Rescued in Boats

Evening News · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 10

THE flood waters have left a trail of devastation behind them at many points on the North Coast, and further floods are possible as rain is still falling at many pieces on the coast, although it has ceased for the time being…

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Training Farm. New Building at Scheyville. Foundation Stone Laid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 15

There wns a large attendance on Saturday afternoon at the Scheyville Government Training Farm, when the Minister for Labour (Mr. Farrar) laid the foundation-stone of a block…

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North Coast Flooded. Two Men Drowned. Enormous Damage to Farm Lands. Kempsey, Taree, and Gloucester Inundated

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 11

The torrential rains which fell in the North Coast districts, between Gloucester and Grafton, during the past week, caused heavy floods on Saturday in the Manning, Macleay, Nambucca, and Bellinger Rivers. The Manning and Macleay Rivers overflowed their banks, and caused…

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Wauchope's Fears. Port Macquarie Isolated. Farmers in Peril. Wauchope

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 12

Wauchope now presents a scene of desolation after the floods. Rain fell continuously on Thursday night, and it was still raining yesterday…

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Swept From Roof Farmer Is Drowned Flooded Manning Grafton

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 9

News was received from Coopernook, on the lower Manning, that a farmer George Falla, was washed off the ro[?] of a house, on Oxley Island, and…

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Body Found Flood's Gallant Victim Lying in Debris Farmer Drowned in Manning River

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 9

"And close behind is the fierce Flood King; In the pride of his strength he comes; Where the tangled masses of driftweed swing Like dead men up in the gums."…

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