Farmers Again Head List of Bankrupts
ACCORDING to the annual report of the Inspector General of Bankruptcy, farmers again topped the list of…
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Local Committees To Protect Interests of Soldier-Farmers Lightening Military Service
To protect the interests of farmers who have enlisted, or who are compelled to spend long periods away from their farms owing to attendance at militia training camps, local committees of practical men are being appointed throughout the country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Australian Farmers and the War
FOR the year that is before them the farmers of Australia might well take as their inspiration the declaration of the British Minister for Agriculture (Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith), "there must…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ban on Luxury Crops in U.K.
THE growing of all luxury crops in Britain is to be discontinued so that essential foodstuffs can be substituted on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Triennial Election For Dairy Board; Roll Closes March 1
THE term of members at present on the Australian Dairy Produce Board expires on April 30, 1940, and details concerning the triennial…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Breeding Farm Stock & VETERINARY News and Notes For the Pig Breeder Warrawang Stud
Mr. E. W. CHAPMAN, of Elderslie, now has his Warrawang Berkshire Stud well established, and exhibited at the Royal Easter Show for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Randwick Programme To-morrow. Warwick Farm Fixture. Petruch[?] Selected for Sprint. Rosy Morn's Chance to Complete "Hat-trick."
The Australian Jockey Club's Warwick Farm January meeting will be held at Randwick to-morrow, when seven events will be decided, the first being timed for 1.30 p.m. and the last for 5 p.m. The false rail will be in use for this fixture…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →On the Land Hatching Out of Season. Hints for Poultry Farmers. the Showing Season
From now on is the time to place eggs under incubation for the second, or "autumn" hatching. The first batch of chicks will then be out in February…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Warwick Farm Explosion. Electrical Sub-station. Police Investigating
A mysterious explosion partially wrecked the electricity substation at Warwick Farm at 2 a.m. to-day, and plunged the Liverpool district into…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Tractor Sets Crops Alight ORANGE
A runaway tractor at Garra, near Orange, yesterday started a fire that destroyed 25 acres of crops and stubble…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Palestine Problems Problems of Palestine Citrus Industry. Half of New Crop of 12 Million Cases Unmarketable
JERUASALEM, Nov. 18th. (J. T. A. Air Mail Service) Only half as many oranges and grapefruit will be exported from Palestine to Europe this year as…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wheat Market
Further inquiries were occasionally received yesterday for wheat for flour for export, according to the Australian Wheat Board. No business was reported, however, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Wheat Trade Quiet
Wheat trading was quiet yesterday. Millers bought to fill export flour orders, but produce merchants were not active…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wednesday's Wool Appraisements
Appraisements of clips on January 10 of the Australian wool clip purchase plan have been suplied by the Sydney Wool Selling Brokers' Association…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Good Prices for Tasmanian Wool
LAUNCESTON, Friday.--At the first wool appraisement, concluded today, the State allocation was 40,000 bales, of which 20,500 was Launceston's proportion…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wheat To Create Funds For Defence
Australian wheat sales would further improve our favorable trade balance with Britain, the Premier (Mr. Mair) said yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bradford Wool Tops. London, Jan. 11
Fairly substantial weights of merino tops have been allotted for export in the Bradford wool tops market. There is a prospect of an early resumption of shipments. Fair…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →England Buys Our Wheat Our Own Cable Service
LONDON, Friday.--The Ministry of Food announced today that they have entered into an agreement with the Australian Wheat Board for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sales of Wheat. Negotiations With Britain. Chairman Explains. Melbourne
The chairman of the Australian Wheat Board, Mr. C. Mcpherson, said to-day that, in the negotiations, concluded after an "anxious week," for the sale…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →On the Land Half-year's Wool Cheque. Higher Values Ahead. Best Clips to Come
The Central Wool Committee has announced that, from October to the end of December, 1,450,000 bales of wool were dealt with in Australia, and that…
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