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Sydney · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

7,889 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 250

Woman Who Had Made Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…

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Woman Who Had Hade Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 5

THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror…

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Gardening Notes by "Legume" Make Sure of Onion Crops

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

With the recent acute shortage of onions fresh in mind, gardeners should make sure that they have a bountiful crop next season. Sowing time is here, and…

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Woman Who Had Made Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 6

THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…

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Woman Who Had Made Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…

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Woman Who Had Made Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast I5-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…

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Woman Who Had Made Slaying Her Business Dreaded Death Herself The Story Of The "Baby-Farmer Of Reading"

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 6

THE woman was a quaking mass of fear. Her vast 15-stone bulk trembled and shook with dread. Beads of ice-cold sweat oozed from her puffy face, fish-belly white with terror,…

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Japs buy our wool TOKIO

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 3

Australia would send 200,000 bales of wool to Japan during the coming year, Japanese Trade Minister Heitaro…

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Conference at Cold Comfort Farm Conference at Cold Comfort

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 1

ON a sunny morning in the midst of the Second Dark Ages, Flora…

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Price Of Butter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

Sir,—No doubt many housewives—like myself—are wondering why butter is only 1/6 per lb in England and 2/3½ (country…

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Australia's Spectacular Recovery In Sheep

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

Favoured by a run of good seasons, Australia is making a spectacular recovery from the devastating drought losses that occurred between 1944 and early 1947. WHEN adverse seasons…

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Wool Sales in London

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

Continental buyers continued to take the greater proportion of offerings at the London wool sales last week…

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Less Wool for 1950-51

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 13

During 1950-51 world stocks of wool will fall below the 1949-50 levels, according to the U.N. Food…

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Farmer Seeks A Housekeeper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 3

LONDON, Feb. 5 (A.A.P.). —An Australian farmer, Alfred Taylor, living on a 70-acre farm near Melbourne, has…

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Farmer Seeks London Widow

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

LONDON, Sun. (A.A.P.).--An Australian farmer, Alfred Taylor, living on a 70-acres farm outside Melbourne, has written…

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Big Wheat Crop, Says Minister

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The 1949-50 Australian wheat crop was expected to total 215,000,000 bushels, the Minister for…

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Big Wheat Crop, Says Minister

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The 1949-50 Australian wheat crop was expected to total 215,000,000 bushels, the Minister for…

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Big Wheat Crop, Says Minister

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The 1949-50 Australian wheat crop was expected to total 215,000,000. bushels, the Minister for…

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Big Wheat Crop, says Minister

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The 1949-50 Australian wheat crop, was expected to total 215,000,000 bushels, the Minister for…

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Big Wheat Crop, Says Minister

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 2

CANBERRA, Tuesday.--The 1949-50 Australian wheat crop was expected to total 215,000,000 bushels, the Minister for…

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