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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1934

12,588 stories in Sydney's papers · page 60 of 250

Produce. Dairy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 11

Business opened after the holiday and weekend at fairly brisk levels among city dairy houses yesterday and all prices with the exception of honey, which is now [?] per [?]b…

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Outback Road. "Chasms and Slippery Dips." Farmer's Wife Appeals for Repairs. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

Hardships endured by women living in the back-country were graphically described in a letter headed "An S.O.S. to the shire clerk from the wives and mothers of Naminbah…

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Pire on Farm. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

The District Coroner held an inquiry at Nullamana into a fire which destroyed a hay shed, a farm waggon, and 16 tons of hay on January 15. Neither the building nor the…

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Cow Falls on Farmer. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

Charles Henry Oke, farmer of Bolong, near Nowra, was riding on a slide to-day when a dog start[?]ed a cow, which jumped on te the moving slide and fell on Oke. fracturing his…

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Crops Spoiled. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

What promised to be a record potato crop throughout the district has been ruined by the recent floods. Potatoes are fast rotting in the ground…

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Labour Party. Victorian Conference. Move to Woo the Farmers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

The annual conference of the Victorian Labour party decided to-day to make application for special leave to appear against the decision of Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, who…

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On the Land Junior Farmers. Exhibits at Royal Show. to Be Staged Next Year

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

The monthly meeting of the council of the Royal Agricultural Society was held at Endeavour House, the president (Sir Samuel Hordern) Deing in the chair…

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Crop Prospects at Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

A general survey of the fruit crop prospects in the Young district indicates that the apple crop will be light this ycr. and the prune crop will be moderate, but the grade of prunes…

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Farm Inquiry. Punishment of Boy[?] Shire President's Evidence. (From Our Special Reporter.) Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

When the inquiry was resumed to-day by Mr. Mcculloch, S.M., into the charges against Mr. A. W. Parsonage, superintendent of the Riverina Boys' Welfare Farm at Yanco,…

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"Hit as They Ran" Says Witness Alleged Attack On Farm LEETON

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

DESCRIBING the incident as "something not one of us will ever forget," Leslie Henry Levine, journalist, in evidence before the Yanco Welfare Farm inquiry today, declared that he and members of a football team…

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Many Lectures for Farmers Topics of Interest

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

The Department of Agriculture has arranged for the following lectures to be given during the ensuing week, under the auspices of the…

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From Farm to Market Tasmanian Potatoes Unchanged Drop Of £5 A Ton Registered In Carrots Swedes Down

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

Although the market for both Tasmanian Bismarck and Brownell potatoes was changed on the arrival of a fairly heavy…

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Oat Crops Destroyed Queanbeyan

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 6

Caterpillars are doing a great deal of harm to oat crops at Jerangle. Mr. Feeney had a fine crop ready to strip when rain interfered, and by the…

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Pastoral Men Are Reduced MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 6

THE Board of Reference for the pastoral industry to-day adjusted the wages for the year commencing March 1, in accordance with the decreased cost of living figures. Piecework rates for shearers in the eastern States for, flock…

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Bluestone for Pinkeye in Sheep

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 40

J. C. BORTHWICK. Congi. Woolbrook, writes:—As pinkeye—an eye disease causing blindness — is very prevalent everywhere amongst stock of all kinds,…

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Sheep Stealing Charge Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 6

William Cecil Colley, son of a well-known district grazier, pleaded guilty at the police court to a charge or sheep stealing, and was fined…

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Fined for Sheep Stealing. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 14

William Cecil Colley, 23, a grazier, was fined £ 10 at Bathurst Police Court for having stolen three sheep at Stoney Creek, near Duramana. Colley pleaded not guilty, but during evidence…

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Wheat Commission. Consultations in Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 12

The Royal Commission on the wheat industry yesterday conferred with Mr. J. S. D[?]can (Commonwealth Public Service Inspector for New South Wales), who had been deputed…

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The COUNTRY The Wheat Commission

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 37

THE decision of the Federal Government to add to the personnel of the Wheat Commission is wise, because the ramifications of the inquiry are likely to be so extensive and the need for…

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Hopes of Wheat Sales Fade

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Australia's prospects of transacting much business in wheat with the East this season are slowly fading with the…

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