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  2. Country Section

    The Victorian f.a.q. standard for wheat for 1935-36 was fixed yesterday at 63½lb, to the Imperial bushel—the highest weight for 42 years. This is equal to the record established in 1893-94. Declaring the result, the chairman of the corn trade sectional ...

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  3. WHEAT STANDARD FIXED.

    —The weight of an Imperial bushel of "fair average quality" Victorian wheat of the 1935-36 season was fixed at 63½lb. at the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce yesterday. The Schopper one-litre scale was used for the first time to obviate the weighing of a full bushel. The chairman of the Victorian Millowners' Association (Mr. J. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

    Article : 82 words
  4. YACHTSMEN FIND FAULT

    HOBART, Friday.—"I have a clear conscience. I did nothing underhand, and nothing that has not been done by other boats," said Mr. W. P. Batt, helmsman ...

    Article : 241 words
  5. BUTTER EXPORTS

    A substantial decrease in the amount of butter shipped from Australia to Britain in the period July 1 to February 8, compared with the corresponding period last ...

    Article : 443 words
  6. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT

    At a special meeting of the Bendigo Agricultural Society on Friday, a discussion took place on the services and storage of the Coliban system, and it was decided ...

    Article : 420 words
  7. "RATS IN GAOL AS BIG AS HORSES"

    HOBART, Friday.—Jack Anderson, also known as Patrick Brady, was repeatedly admonished by Mr. Justice Clark, in the Criminal Court to-day, for disregarding ...

    Article : 256 words
  8. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT

    Arising out of a fatal accident which occurred on the Geelong road on the night of October 31, when Mrs. Daphne Matthews, of Mount Clear, a cyclist, was ...

    Article : 659 words
  9. SHIRE COUNCIL AND FARMERS' DEBTS

    Representatives of shire councils conferred with the Farmers' Debts Adjustment Board yesterday, and discussed the Farmers' Debts Adjustment Act. the ...

    Article : 349 words
  10. MALLEE FARMING

    OUYEN, Friday.—Supporting the proposal to hold another Mallee farmers' convention at Ouyen to survey farming practices, Mr. C. Black declared at a public ...

    Article : 238 words
  11. GEELONG AND DISTRICT

    The annual reunion parade of the Geelong Old Artillerymen's Association, which will be held at Queenscliff on Saturday. February 22, promises to be the largest ...

    Article : 400 words
  12. HELD AT BAY BY BULL FOR 12 HOURS

    PERTH, Friday.—Menaced by a bull at a lonely farm house, three miles from Cranbrook, 274 miles south of Perth, an elderly couple, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Sewell, ...

    Article : 171 words
  13. REMOVAL OF WEEDS FROM BARWON

    A special grant will be made to the Geelong City Council from the rivers and dreams fund to enable the Barwon River, Geelong, to be prepared for the Head of ...

    Article : 170 words
  14. COUNTRY ROADS

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 333 words
  15. ROAD ACCIDENTS

    An elderly man, whose identity had not been established late last night, had the base of his skull fractured when he was struck by a motor-car at the corner of ...

    Article : 125 words
  16. News from Cities and Towns WARRNAMBOOL & DISTRICT

    Mr. R. Murphy, of the teaching staff of the State elementary school, has been granted a [?]dentship at the Teachers' Training College. Before be left the school he was given a ...

    Article : 111 words
  17. Baby Girl Abandoned

    Found beneath a palm tree in Beaconsfield parade, St. Kilda, at 9.30 a.m. yesterday, a girl, aged about 10 days, was taken to the Berry Street Foundling Home ...

    Article : 73 words
  18. Liverpool Wheat Futures

    Liverpool futures are quoted:—May 6/0[?], July 6/2 5-16. ...

    Article : 16 words
  19. ARARAT

    Before Mr. D. G. Blair, P.M., at the Willaura ([?]urt. H. J. Fitzsimmons, licensee of the [?]ura Hotel, was fined £5 for having had the bar door unlocked on January 1 and £1 ...

    Article : 1,842 words
  20. TRAFALGAR MEADOWS

    TRAFALGAR, Friday.—At the annual meeting of the Trafalgar Meadows Drainage Trust the chairman (Mr. W. T. Smallacombe) said that tenders were ...

    Article : 276 words
  21. PRINCE'S HIGHWAY

    Sir,—Yours correspondent, Mr. A. M. G. Thom, is rather severe in his strictures on the Country Roads Board for not supplying this corner of the State with better ...

    Article : 492 words
  22. EGG-LAYING COMPETITIONS

    Following is the record of eggs to February 9 in the twenty-fifth egg-laying competition conducted at Burnley, begun April 1, 1935, concluding March 1:—Section A.—Teams of Six Birds— ...

    Article : 670 words
  23. RIVERINA

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 326 words
  24. EXPORT OF BEEF FROM AUSTRALIA

    CANBERRA, Friday.—Australia will maintain her total exports of beef during the first half of 1936 at 574,000cwt.—the same level as that for the corresponding ...

    Article : 211 words
  25. OTHER DISTRICTS

    APOLLO BAY.—Mr. Patten, formerly of Lake Boga, has been appointed home missioner in charge of the Apollo Bay district.—Before she left Apollo Bay Sister Watson, who has been ...

    Article : 1,331 words
  26. Conviction Set Aside

    SYDNEY, Friday.—The Court of Criminal Appeal to-day granted a new trial to Victor Marshall Pomfret, aged 38 years, labourer, who was convicted at the ...

    Article : 104 words
  27. PUBLIC WORKS TENDERS

    A tender has been accepted by the Public Works Department for the erection of a brick school building and clinic at Travancore Special School, Flemington. ...

    Article : 305 words
  28. Suffocated in Sand

    BROKEN HILL, Friday.—The jury at the inquest into the death of Edmond Kenny, sand pass runner, which occurred at the South mine on January 22, ...

    Article : 100 words
  29. Advertising

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    Advertising : 9 words
  30. Vocational Guidance

    The vocational guidance officer of the Education Department (Mr. G. R. Giles) will leave Melbourne on Monday for the Gippsland district. He will visit ...

    Article : 72 words
  31. Advertising

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    Advertising : 26 words
  32. Advertising

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    Advertising : 68 words
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