An average yield of 17.93 bushels to the acre was obtained from the 2,686,057 acres sown with wheat in Victoria in 1937. This average was the highest since the ...
Article : 400 wordsWARRACKNABEAL, Wednesday —The necessity for a determined effort to solve the soil erosion problem was emphasised by the chief ...
Article : 374 wordsDelegates to the Farmers' Convention at Warracknabeal. From left: The vice-president of the Warracknabcal Agricultural Society (Mr. R. O. Gould), Messrs. O. Pietsch, J. A. Gould, H. Tarrant, and D. F. Robinson (president of the Warracknabeal Society). ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 44 wordsMr. A. L. Bennett, of Dookie, who has disposed of his farming interests, and who is leaving the district, was presented with a clock by members of the Presbyterian ...
Article : 1,066 wordsThe urgent need for a national campaign to eliminate tuberculosis from dairy herds, thus preserving the health of the community, was urged by Professor H. A. Woodruff, professor of bacteriology at the ...
Article : 1,315 wordsDARWIN, Wednesday.— "My first year as Administrator of the Northern Territory convinces me that I can report to the Government that the situation is not as ...
Article : 170 wordsA raid was made by thieves on the motor-boats and yachts at moorings off the Eastern Beach on Tuesday night, and four motor-boat owners lost goods to the ...
Article : 190 wordsA story of an urgent radio call for medical aid by a British tramp steamer and a meeting of two vessels in midocean was told by an officer of the Shaw, ...
Article : 240 wordsOwing to the water shortage at Korongvale the Railways Department is carrying eight or nine trucks of water daily from Charlton to that centre. Water supplies ...
Article : 171 wordsMORNINGTON, Wednesday.— The 29/22 Battalion, numbering about 300 men, is encamped at the racecourse property. The troops are under the ...
Article : 72 wordsThree intruders escaped from the home of Mr. Harold Reeves in Archibald street, Elsternwick, last night after Mr. Reeves had made an unsuccessful attempt to ...
Article : 99 wordsAUCKLAND, Wednesday.—"We will go back as ambassadors of New Zealand," said Mr. Olney, M.L.C., chairman of a party of 62 Victorian farmers, who have ...
Article : 103 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday.—In his address to-day at the inquiry into the Rodney launch disaster of February 13, Mr. F. P. Evans, counsel for the Maritime Services ...
Article : 120 wordsThe proposal to offer Albert Park to the Government for the erection of one of the proposed mental hospitals in the country was debated by the city council ...
Article : 79 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — The present generation is unlikely to see the skies 'thick with private aeroplanes," according to Mr. A. G. Berg, who addressed the ...
Article : 90 wordsDefective insulation was said to have caused the death from electric shock of James Elliott, plumber, of Humffray street, at an inquest held yesterday by the ...
Article : 186 wordsDeliveries of grain and produce at seaboard stations by rail from the country from the beginning of the season to March 26 compare with those for the same period of the ...
Article : 275 wordsSir,—Most farm hands in Victoria are overworked and underpaid. The nature of this type of work demands long hours in most instances, but that does not mean ...
Article : 162 wordsMr. H. F. Broadbent, accompanied by on aircraft engineer, will leave Brisbane by plane on Saturday for the Island of Flores to recover his machine, which was ...
Article : 111 wordsBecause it was alleged that the scaffold, ing was not in accordance with the regulations about 20 building workers who had been engaged in construction work on ...
Article : 122 wordsCANBERRA, Wednesday.—The subsidy of 10/ a ton payable by the Commonwealth Government in respect of artificial manure used in the 12 months ended ...
Article : 65 wordsORBOST, Wednesday.— Mr. F. W. Laurence of Richardson street Middle Park, was seriously injured in a motor accident five miles beyond Nowa Nowa. ...
Article : 119 wordsECHUCA, Wednesday. —William Blackler, manager of the Langi stud at Echuca West, took a racehorse for exercise and did not return for his evening meal. Mrs. ...
Article : 52 wordsSYDNEY, Wednesday. — An interim ordinary dividend of 4 per cent, has been declared by F. J. Palmer and Son Ltd., men's outfitters, compared with 3 per cent. ...
Article : 48 wordsMr. G. E. Gamble was elected president of the Victorian Institute of Engineers at the annual meeting in Scots Church Hall last night. Mr. E. H. Morris and Mr. E. ...
Article : 68 wordsA public inquiry will be conducted by the Milk Board as a result of an application by the Metropolitan Milk Producers' Association for an increase in the price ...
Article : 95 wordsAt the annual meeting of the Red Cliffs Rifle Club Mr. J. H. Ramsay was reelected president and Mr. J. Burns captain. ...
Article : 31 wordsThe 8.3 a.m. down train from Melbourne divided at Newport station yesterday. It was found that a screw-coupling pin was missing. At Ballarat yesterday ...
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Advertising : 344 wordsThe uippsinna Angling Club is supporting efforts being made to induce the Government to introduce a rod licence of 5/. At Bairnsdale a company is being formed ...
Article : 538 wordsAPOLLO BAY.—At the half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Apollo Bay Dairy Co. Ltd. the directors reported that butter manufactured for the half year was 16 tons ...
Article : 1,372 wordsBlood serum, although it had only a limited application, was an effective counter to an epidemic of measles, said the chairman of the Health Commission (Dr. ...
Article : 161 wordsIf it is true that "all the nice girls like a sailor," a story told to members of the Rotary Club by the First Member of the Naval Board (Sir Ragnar Colvin) ...
Article : 170 wordsThe Albury Amateur Cycling Club elected Mr. H. Flower president and Mr. J. C. King secretary and treasurer. Reports received in regard to the lambing ...
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The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), Thu 31 Mar 1938, Page 12
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