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  2. WOOL FROM IMPROVED PASTURES Tests Show Heavier Fleeces

    Experiments under natural conditions in New South Wales to determine the effects of improved pasture on fine and superfine wools have shown that although the improved pastures led to greatly increased wool production ...

    Article : 423 words
  3. DUCK SEASON OPENING

    ON MONDAY Very few centres report favourably on prospects for the opening day of the duck shooting season, Monday next. The chief ...

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  4. NEWS IN BRIEF

    Tuesday, February 23, was the 32nd anniversary of Rotary International. The history of the movement was told by the executive chairman of the Australian ...

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  5. MEAT QUOTAS

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Arrangements for the 1937 export of beef and mutton were made at meetings of the Australian Meat Board in Sydney. The chairman ...

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  6. OLD PRINTS FOUND

    This old print was among the documents relating lo the early history of Ballarat found in a drawer at the Ballarat Town Hall by the town clerk (Mr. G. F. Morton). It bears the inscription, "Cobb and Co.'s Leviathan, drawn by eight horses and carrying 89 passengers, running between Ballarat and Geelong. ... [ILLUSTRATED]

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  7. £ 300 Gift to Hospital in £1 Notes

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—An elderly man wearing a straw hat walked into the office of the lay superintendent at the Adelaide ...

    Article : 69 words
  8. Bowls

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 878 words
  9. MILK CLUBS IN FACTORIES

    Efforts to have milk clubs formed in most of the large factories and business houses in Melbourne will be made by the Milk Board as the first objective of its ...

    Article : 333 words
  10. F.A.Q. STANDARD FOR WHEAT System Criticised

    Criticism of the fixing of an f.a.q. standard for wheat was expressed by the Acting Premier (Mr. Old) yesterday, when he commented on the complaint by Mr. ...

    Article : 175 words
  11. Excellent Clearance at Geelong

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 1,710 words
  12. N.Z. Growers Warned

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.— A warning to New Zealand wheatgrowers that the Government expected full cooperation in production was issued to-day ...

    Article : 76 words
  13. PUBLICITY PLANS

    The refusal of the Commonwealth Government to legislate for a compulsory levy on manufacturers to assist the international wool publicity campaign will ...

    Article : 202 words
  14. MARKET IN CHINA

    The possibility of building up markets in South China for Victorian primary produce was emphasised yesterday by Mr. G. F. Allen, who returned from Hong Kong ...

    Article : 187 words
  15. Rates Firmer in Sydney

    SYDNEY, Wednesday.—There was particularly keen competition from Yorkshire, and with good support from Japan and the Continent best lines of fleece and ...

    Article : 96 words
  16. POTATO-GROWERS DISTURBED

    As within recent months the Queensland Department of Agriculture has rejected two consignments of seed potatoes from Victoria on the ground that they ...

    Article : 173 words
  17. £1,000,000 ALKALI PLANT IN S.A.

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.— Addressing 200 business men at a Chamber of Commerce luncheon to-day, Lord McGowan, chairman of Imperial ...

    Article : 72 words
  18. Sale al Napier (N.Z.)

    WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.— At the third Napier wool sale 30,500 bales were offered, and competition was very keen. Prices generally were firm, but ...

    Article : 64 words
  19. LIGHT CAR CLUB

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    Detailed lists, results, guides : 283 words
  20. Minimum Price for Wine

    The Australian Wine Board yesterday announced a new determination for the minimum price for wine in respect of which bounty is claimed as follows:— ...

    Article : 76 words
  21. EXPORT CANNED PEARS

    The Canned Fruits Control Board yesterday increased minimum prices at which Australian canned pears may be sold to Great Britain. ...

    Article : 87 words
  22. London Sales

    The second series of the London wool sales for 1937 will begin on March 2 and conclude on March 12. The catalogue totals 75,800 bales, including the ...

    Article : 63 words
  23. Colombo Tea Sales

    Prices realised for tea at sales to-day were as follow:—Broken Orange Pekoe, common, 72 cents to 74 cents; medium, 88 cents to 1 rupee 15 cents; good, 1 rupee ...

    Article : 72 words
  24. Wimmera Farmers' Tour

    Members of the Horsham Agricultural Society will leave Horsham on March 1, and for a week will tour South Australia and nothern Victoria. They will visit ...

    Article : 41 words
  25. News from Cities and Towns

    Fifty Years Blacksmithing KYNETON, Wednesday.—Mr. William Dettmann, of Kyneton, ...

    Article : 79 words
  26. Miner Loses Sum In Notes

    CRESWICK, Wednesday.—Stanley Shellew, a miner, who is working a claim with Frank Malone, received the proceeds of a crushing at the ...

    Article : 109 words
  27. ARARAT

    Mrs. T. C. Crotty, who will shortly leave Ararat for Sale, was entertained by friends and presented with a gift. Before their marriage Mr. and Mrs. H. R. ...

    Article : 264 words
  28. BENDIGO AND DISTRICT

    Judge Magennis, in the Bendigo Court of General Sessions on Wednesday, released Leslie Arthur Taylor, aged 19 years, eucalyptus cutter, and Raymond William ...

    Article : 247 words
  29. INTERSTATE LIVE STOCK MARKETS

    ADELAIDE, Wednesday.—Fewer sheep and lambs were yarded at the abattoirs sales to-day. The quality was fair to good. Competition was keen, but lamba generally were a little cheaper, while ...

    Article : 229 words
  30. WARRNAMBOOL

    In response to a petition bearing 400 signatures of interested ratepayers, the Country Roads Board has asked the shire engineer to prepare an estimate of cost for ...

    Article : 125 words
  31. Butler and Cheese Quotas

    The secretary of the Victorian Dairy Products Board announced yesterday that the quota for butter for consumption in Victoria in March had been determined ...

    Article : 55 words
  32. MILDURA

    Mr. E. C. Peverill, secretary of the local Tourist Association, has received a letter from the South Australian Commissioner of Railways stating that he had consented ...

    Article : 82 words
  33. Advertising

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    Advertising : 349 words
  34. TRANSPORT BOARD

    The following licences were granted to road operators by the Transport-Board yesterday:— V. K. Carstairs, Lakes Entrance one ...

    Article : 230 words
  35. GEELONG AND DISTRICT

    The contents of the five reservolrs of the Geelong Waterworks and Sewerage Trust decreasad by 34,000,000 gallons during the week. The storage now is ...

    Article : 211 words
  36. OTHER DISTRICTS

    AVOCA,—H. Chapman defeated S. Wood, 6-2, 6-4, in the final of the Avoca Tennis Club championship.—The Back to Avoca celebrations resulted in a profit of £29/10/. The ...

    Article : 1,206 words
  37. BALLARAT AND DISTRICT

    Thomas Coon, aged 47 years, dealer, as charged in the city court on Wednesday with having had insufficiennt lawful means of support. First-constable T. ...

    Article : 238 words
  38. Large Properties Sold

    Among the largest pastoral property transactions that have taken place recently in the Commonwealth are the sales of Poorale, of more than 800,000 acres, on ...

    Article : 66 words
  39. CHARGES AGAINST MOTORIST

    Charies Constance, a young man, of Whalley street. Northcote, was fined £3 at the Northcote Court on Tuesday on a charge of having been drunk while in charge of a motor-car in ...

    Article : 73 words
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