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Farming & the land, 1933

12,157 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250

Boy's Suicide Farmer Lightly Chastised His Son AUCKLAND

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 11

William Gross, aged 13, son of a country farmer, was lightly chastised by his father for refusing to do a small task. The boy then procured…

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Farmers' Relief Act Plans Jobs for Supervisors

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

The recently-created Farmers' Relief Board met at the Treasury yesterday, and Reviewed the proposed organisation to bring the provisions…

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Valuable Crops Destroyed Hundreds Fight to Subdue Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Over 400 fire-fighters, many of whom came from Savemake and other towns 20 and 30 miles distant, to-day fought a…

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Supervisors Will Be Appointed Farmers' Relief Board Met Yesterday

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

The members of the recently-appointed Farmers' Relief Board met at the Treasury Buildings yesterday for a preliminary review of the proposed…

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Our Most Successful Wheats One important result of the R.A.S. wheat competitions in N.S.W. has been to draw attention to the varieties which hace shown the greatest adaptability to the seasonal conditions. Pride of place this season is taken by Yanddla King

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 34

DURING the eight years of the Royal Agricultural Society competitions there there has been quite an interesting rise and decline in the…

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What Wool Dairying

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 34

SHEEPOWNERS are apt to argue that the poorer prices prevailing for wool and fat lambs do not warrant the expenditure on quality rams necessary for the…

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Commercial. WOOL

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 7

Messrs. Schute, Bell and Co., Limited, report:—Interest is centred in the opening of the sales next week, when a good selection will be offered, consisting of…

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Wool Exhibition

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 11

EDNA DUNN (Rylstone).—Early in November the Country Women's Association had a wool exhibition in the after Memorial Hall. In [?] We went to it and had a most enjoyable…

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James Ruse Pioneer Settler and Wheat Farmer

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 2

On the 21st November, 1789, a solitary individual might have been seen wending his way across the stump littered fields on the outskirts of the newly settled…

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Have Good Cattle Wallamba Dairymen Believe in Herd Recording

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

THE Wallamba River district, although small in sire, has many first-class herds. Keen dairymen have been developing their properties along sound…

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Grass Fires. Crop and Wheat Destroyed. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 10

About 1000 acres of crop grassland, large quantities of bagged wheat, and some fencing were destroyed by a fire which broke out on Mr. Phibbs' sharefarming allotment on…

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Interest and Exchange. Pastoral Company's Experience

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 11

Mr. E. W. Parker, chairman of directors of Dalgety and Co., Ltd., in his address at the annual meeting of the company in London recently, discussed from the experiences of the…

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Commercial. Wool Report

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 23

Messrs. Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd. report:—The series opened on the 3rd January will extend until 2nd February, and during the month a total…

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Did the Chinese Sheep Bite?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

THROUGH the smoke of war and of propaganda it is impossible to tell how the fight, began which left Shanhaikuan a smoking ruin. There seems to be a suspicious likeness, between the alleged aggressions of the Chinese troops here…

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Bulk Wheat for Europe

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- For the first time in the history of the industry a cargo of bulk wheat will be shipped from Melbourne to…

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Breadstuffs. Wheat Market Firm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 11

The wheat market yesterday was very steady. Very little wheat was offering, and shippers and millers were in some cases anxious to cover their requirements. Buyers were offering…

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Grower's Hard Luck Crop Spoiled for Show by Wheat Root Grub

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

MR. BERT BOXSELL, of "Cherry-wood," Cullings Mines, via Wallendbeen, had hard luck with his wheat crop in the competitions this season. It was…

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Beef Cattle World and Meat Markets

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

Despite a big supply, cattle sold satisfactorily at Homebush to-day (Thursday). Yearling beef was worth 30/-, light-weight 23/-, good trade…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

The State Marketing Bureau have supplied the following quotations and information:— London Values…

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9913 Bales To-day's Wool Sales

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 12

Under good general competition two selling agents brought forward a total of 9913 bales at today's wool sales. The first sellers, the New Zealand Loan…

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