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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1942

5,487 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250

International Farmers Union Urged

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

LONDON, Friday.-- Farmers who have so many common difficulties should get together to feed the world instead of…

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British and Free French Keep Pledges in Levant Nazi propaganda against British offset by aid in way of wheat and other supplies. (Reprinted by special permission.)

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 9 January 1942 · page 4

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Syria, Nov. 24.—When the Allies entered Syria last summer they promised the population that they would set up two Independent…

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Pastoral Changes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 9

The Rev. J. Mills has been appointed rector of St. Mary's, on the western line, in succession to the Rev. L. H. Broadlet, who is returning to…

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Wheat Prospects

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

Drastic reorganisation and changes in the economy of Australia's major primary industries have become necessary because of the deterioration in the shipping position. The problems accompanying these changes have been greatly…

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Substitute for Wool

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 2

According to advices received from Montreal, the San Francisco Pacific Lumber Company has obtained patent rights for a process…

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Overseas and Sydney Wheat Quotations

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

All overseas quotes are for Thursday, January, 8, 1941, and are to the nearest one-eighth of a penny. Values elsewhere than in Sydney are…

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Wheat Fuel For Cars CANBERRA

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 3

Australian cars will soon be running on alcohol produced from wheat. A large part of Australia's…

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Not Cattle Ticks On Wallaby, Snake, and Goanna

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 9

Ticks recently found on a wallaby, a green snake, and a goanna, have been identified by the entomologist of the…

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Farmers' Relief Act Rural Reconstruction Board

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 9

To give Urger representation to farmers under the Farmers' Relief Act, the Rural Reconstruction Board had been reconstructed, the Premier,…

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We Must Maintain Farmers From Taxation

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 14

AS the chill wind of war reaches Australia, stirring the curtains of every house in town and country, Australians are learning at last something of the cost of total war. In contrast with the first World War, we have to call on…

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Bride of Six Months Shot Dead on Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Mrs. Eileen Waddell (29), a bride of six months, was shot dead today following an argument at her home, a Nicholson River farm in the Gippsland district…

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Bribe of Six Months Shot Dead on Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Mrs. Eileen Waddell (29), a bride of six months, was shot dead today following an argument at her home, a Nicholson River farm in the Gippsland district…

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Bride of Six Months Shot Dead on Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --Mrs. Eileen Waddell (29), a bride of six months, was shot dead today following an argument at her home, a Nicholson River farm in the Gippsland district…

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Bride of Six Months Shot Dead on Farm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1942 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday. --Mrs. Eileen Waddell (29), a bride of six months, was shot dead today following an argument at her home, a Nicholson River farm in the Gippsland district…

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Woman Shot Dead on Victorian Farm

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 11 January 1942 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Mrs. Eileen Waddell, 29, was shot dead on a farm beside the Nicholson River, Bruthen, East Gippsland, last night…

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Farmers Improve Butter Quality

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

DAIRY FARMERS themselves were taking steps to reduce the quantity of lower grade butters, Mr. O.C. Ballhausen, chief, division or…

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Farmers Improve Butter Quality

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 4

DAIRY FARMERS themselves were taking steps to reduce the quantity of lower grade butters, Mr. O.C. Ballhausen, chief, division of…

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Dairy Cattle Prices Gambling on Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

ALBION PARK, Saturday.—To judge by prices paid at the clearingout sale on a local dairy herd, at least some farmers are optimistic…

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Wool Appraisement

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 3

The second half of the wool appraisement season starts in Sydney to-day with a series of 39,376 bales between January 12 and 19…

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Butter Producers Help Buy Bomber

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- A cheque for £3500 to help buy a bomber for the R.A.A.F. has been handed to the Minister…

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