The Case for the Farmer Against P P Board
A farmer criticizes the Rabbit Board for harsh inspections and prosecutions. He argues landholders bear the burden of rabbit destruction with high costs for labour, traps, poison, and netting. He urges inspectors to verify work and seek affordable aids to help farmers remove rabbits and protect crops.
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Mtr Butler
Goodwell & Rawson
Irmy
Tan
Rawton
Beya
Uf Lemat
Forbes
Bistory
Grv
Butler
Fortes PP
All Round Increase in Forbes Railway Trade Jan 1933
Forb es railway station figures for January show broad gains across categories with higher goods volumes and travel against January 1932. Tickets and freight receipts rose, while clear shifts in livestock, wool, chaff, and bale movements reflect a busier month, offset by reduced passenger travel due to a concessionary ticket policy.
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Forbes
Huameda
Poteele
Bien Pevewe
Wheat Load Record Claimed by Coolamon Farmer
A photograph in The Land shows a load of 200 bags of wheat weighing 16 tons 6 cwt drawn by a motor truck to Wyanga railway station from the estate of the late T. Radford. George Hutcheon of Springwood Head Coolamon disputes the record and provides a weighbridge ticket showing 361 bags weighing 16 tons 12 cwt delivered to the silo. loaded by Mangelsdorf with 1d horses.
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Wyanga
T. Radford
George Hutcheon
Springwood Head
Coolsman
Cariatmas
Mangelsdorf
The Portland Vase and Its Storied Journey
The Portland Vase, an ancient Roman glass cameo, was found around 1650 in a marble tomb near Rome. It was displayed in the Barberini Palace, passed to Sir William Hamilton in 1770, later bought by the Portland Vase collection, and eventually housed in the British Museum. The vase, about ten inches tall, features dark blue glass with cameo figures and was damaged in 1445 but restored.
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Portland
Bear
Rome
Dorberini Palace
Willan Hamilton
Driileh Museum
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Aeny
Pal Tae
Uncle Toby
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Clarence Strest
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Alwa
P.P. Board
Cocky
Busi
Coolamon
Advanx - Forbes
Alan Breaden
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Water
Lever Brothers Limited
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