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  2. GENERAL NEWS

    Until the financial situation compelled drastic economies in all departments last year, special allowances were paid by the Education department to ...

    Article : 203 words
  3. Harvest Prospects

    Below are appended the annual estimates by our district correspondents regarding the prospects for the 1931 harvest. The average return, estimated at 18½ bushels per acre, has been considrably reduced by the failure of crops in the southern and mixed farming ...

    Article : 517 words
  4. THE PISTOL.

    The man with the greying hair slowly withdrew the pistol from the capacious pocket of his coat and carefully examined it. It glittered in the ...

    Article : 185 words
  5. MINIMAY.

    Most disappointing are the crops for many years. The recent rains will increase the wheat crops and the average is estimated for oats, at 15 bushels, and ...

    Article : 45 words
  6. WOMBELANO.

    Owing to the wet winter and the dry spell following, the late sown crops throughout the district are very short and thin and are hardly worth cutting. ...

    Article : 58 words
  7. MURRA WARRA.

    The crops around hero should yield about eight bags per acre. For the past four years the heads were plentiful enough to have yielded well, but ...

    Article : 216 words
  8. WILLENABRINA.

    On Sunday and Monday, November 15 and 16, 21 inches of rain fell in this district; the rain came a little late, still it will do a lot of good to the ...

    Article : 175 words
  9. PIMPINIO.

    The wheat crops around this district are not quite so good as usual, but those which were sown early should yield well. With favorable weather, ...

    Article : 77 words
  10. LAWYERS AS STONE-BREAKERS.

    Two unusual manifestations of the surge of private economy are reported from Europe. The Vatican's "'Peter's pence" revenue, which before the war ...

    Article : 114 words
  11. EXPORT OF FRUIT.

    The W.A. Premier (Sir James Mitchell), following a complaint by a deputation representing the fruit growers of Western Australia that it was now ...

    Article : 97 words
  12. QUANTONG.

    The early own crops are well up to the average, whilst those that were sown late will be, in most cases, disappointing, as practically no rain fell ...

    Article : 73 words
  13. PACKING OF APPLES AND PEARS.

    The Minister for Markets (Mr. P. J. Moloney, made reference to the statement which appeared in the press regarding the methods of packing ...

    Article : 431 words
  14. Advertising

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  15. HAVEN.

    The crop prospects in the. Haven district for the current season are as follow:—Wheat, 835 acres, 17,500 bushels, 7 bags; oats, 927 acres, 1500 ...

    Article : 34 words
  16. MURTOA.

    Crops in the Murtoa district have made a wonderful recovery since the recent heavy rain. The area under wheat, within about a five mile radius ...

    Article : 109 words
  17. BETTER TIMES AHEAD.

    In expressing an opinion of the economic conditions. Mr. R. D. Young, of Minyip, said that although the Wimmera and Mallee had suffered most ...

    Article : 119 words
  18. INTEREST OF AUSTRALIAN CONDITIONS IN GERMANY.

    Surprising German interest and knowledge in Australian affair, have been revealed by the wireless talks and lectures by Professor Lodewyek, of ...

    Article : 145 words
  19. TOOLONDO.

    The area sown in this district it very shall, owing to the wet winter. The hay crop will be very light, and as to grain there will be very little ...

    Article : 54 words
  20. JUNG.

    After personal observation and interviewing a good many of the successful farmers in the district, I have struck what I consider a fair average. ...

    Article : 183 words
  21. ULLSWATER.

    Probably not since 1914 have crops throughout Ullswater and neighboring districts promised such poor yields. Oat crops, even when sowed on ...

    Article : 263 words
  22. NURRABIEL.

    Crop prospects around here are any thing but bright, only a very small area being good. Nut so much has been sown as in the last two seasons. ...

    Article : 101 words
  23. INFLUENCE OF THREE INVENTORS.

    What a tremendous influence the lives of three notable men, in M. Faraday, T. A. Edison and T. B. Dunlop, have had on the civilised world. ...

    Article : 274 words
  24. VICTORIA 97 YEARS OLD.

    Thursday, November 19, was the 97th official birthday of the State of Victoria In the dim grey light of the dawn of November 19, 1834, an ...

    Article : 99 words
  25. KALKEE.

    The recent rains have made a wonderful improvement in the wheat crops of this district. The hot weather experienced a few days previous to the ...

    Article : 406 words
  26. NEUARPURR.

    Hay cutting will be general in this district in a few days. The oat crops as a whole are almost a failure, and only in isolated cases will they be ...

    Article : 156 words
  27. BRIMPAEN.

    Crop prospects are almost out of the question as there are very few crops to be seen. The continuous rain during the winter caused the crops that ...

    Article : 67 words
  28. THE KING EATS RENMARK ORANGES.

    His Majesty the King of England has caused the master of his household to send the following letter to Mr. C. Ritchie. of Renmark, who some time ...

    Article : 195 words
  29. CAVENDISH.

    This season it is very hard to give an average of the crops in this district. The very long wet winter resulted in the ground becoming ...

    Article : 108 words
  30. WAIL.

    The crops in this district are looking exceedingly well, especially the early ones, which have made great growth since the rain. The late once ...

    Article : 213 words
  31. SCREEN ACTOR TRIES FARMING.

    Working harder than any Hollywood star before and loving it is Victoria McLaglen, the smiling, broad-shouldered favorite of many a Fox film. ...

    Article : 121 words
  32. NORADJUHA.

    Some of the crops put in will hardly field anything and other are fair. The estimated average is: Wheat, 5 bags; oats 6 bags; bay, 1 ton; ...

    Article : 37 words
  33. CLEAR LAKE.

    The crop prospects for this district are not very bright. The area under crop is much below the average, owing to exceptionally wet weather ...

    Article : 94 words
  34. NATIMUK.

    On present inspection, crops in this district will show varying results to their owners. On file rich black soil many are up to the average, but on ...

    Article : 238 words
  35. USE FOR OLD PLOUGH DISCS.

    When plough discs are too small for further use they may be used in winter where no open fire warms a cold room. On a large, flat stone, place an old ...

    Article : 131 words
  36. GREEN LAKES.

    Crop prospects have brightened considerably the last fortnight, as the recent rains have greatly benefited the late-sown crops, and also the forward, ...

    Article : 123 words
  37. PALM TREE PUDDING.

    When you have sago for dinner, do you ever think of palm trees I You should, since the sago grains are formed front the starchy stuffing of the ...

    Article : 291 words
  38. WAL WAL.

    The harvest for the district is very disappointing, owing to too much wet weather in the winter months. The acreage is considerably less than the ...

    Article : 86 words
  39. LUBECK.

    This district prospects for harvest this year will be light; crops are only from poor to fair. Last week's rains will help to improve the yield. Hay ...

    Article : 116 words
  40. HONORED ON HIS 60TH BIRTHDAY

    The vice-captain of the Kaniva cricket team (Mr. Theo. P. Kelly), on behalf of the players presented the captain (Mr. George Reed) with a leather ...

    Article : 38 words
  41. GREENLAND DAM.

    Crops in this district have made a remarkable recovery since the break in the weather on November 15, when just over two inches of rain were ...

    Article : 214 words
  42. WARTOOK.

    This is about the worst year for crops ever experienced in this district, in fact none are worth harvesting. Extreme wet conditions all the winter ...

    Article : 108 words
  43. NHILL.

    Farmers trained to grow wheat under the conditions of the Nhill A. & P. Society's crop and fallow competitions the first of their kind established in ...

    Article : 342 words
  44. McKENZIE CREEK.

    Owing to wet conditions during the sowing season, the area under cultivation in this locality is far below that of other years, and as a number of ...

    Article : 152 words
  45. WEST WAIL.

    Owing to the excess of rain in the early part of the season, and the dry spring, the crops in the district are varied. The early crops. or those on ...

    Article : 118 words
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