The Legislative Council last night shelved the Grain Elevator Bill by carrying an amendment that the matter be referred to the Public Works Committee. ...
Article : 34 wordsThe Australian casualties to end of last week are officially announced as numbering 41,668. Details show that 347 officers and 6424 men are dead; 271 ...
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Advertising : 56 wordsIn the week to March 29 nearly a further 500,000 bags of Australian wheat were shipped, and some more had been disposed of locally. But an additional ...
Article : 111 wordsLatest weather forecast for N.S.W.:—Fine generally, except for scattered showers on the S.W. slopes and in Riverina; west to south-west winds. ...
Article : 755 wordsIn the course of a controversy in a southern electorate one of the correspondents puts forward the contention "that because most of the votes cast at a previous election were polled in the town booths, the seat should not now be handed over to the Progressives." ...
Article : 553 wordsAccording to a return made available by the Victorian Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Hagelthorn) the total receipts from Australian wheat up to March 29 ...
Article : 85 wordsThe task with which the authorities are faced in connection with the shipment of wheat is evidenced by a statement made by Mr. Fraser (Deputy ...
Article : 162 wordsThe session of the State Parliament may not close until the Arbitration Amendment and Railway Control bills have been passed. ...
Article : 695 wordsAnother large sale of Australian wheat has been made to the Allies' Food Commission. It is stated that the amount of wheat involved is about 2,960 000 ...
Article : 81 wordsWheat for export—agreements between the handling firms and the Government:—Mr. M. Abbott asked the Minister for Agriculture:— ...
Article : 802 wordsROYAL Commissions are becoming as common as rabbits or prickly pear, but that they all cost money, taken out of the taxpayer's pocket, seems to be the least vital point in their constitution. A commission of three Labour members of Parliament is at present touring the State, inquiring ...
Article : 485 wordsIt is not improbable that police court prosecutions will take place as a result of certain claims made for the 3d per bushel additional compensation for wheat ...
Article : 81 wordsA question was put to Mr. Grahame, Minister for Agriculture in the Legislative Assembly, whether, in view of the fact that the recent rains enabled farmers ...
Article : 80 wordsWhen the campaign for sheepskin vests was at its height, certain doubts were raised as to the acceptability of these gifts to soldiers in the trenches. ...
Article : 89 wordsIn our issue of 31st March, the name appears of Robt. Warren & Son, Narraburra, as having donated £2 to the fund. This should read Richard Warren and ...
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The Land (Sydney, NSW : 1911 - 1954), Fri 7 Apr 1916, Page 8
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