This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1954
Page
7
Asian dust samples detected radioactive after America’s Pacific H-bomb explosion. Rainwater from Calcutta on April 1 carried dust with radioactivity, but tests showed the level too small to harm humans or vegetation. Researchers caution of a possible risk if radiochemical data persist.
Dalgety s News Service reports the Cloncurry sale featuring Shorthorn and Poll Shorthorn bulls from Queensland and New South Wales. A total of 77 bulls sold at auction with high demand and satisfactory values to vendors. Top price was 458 guineas for Pall Shorthorn Milly Eminence. other well-known breeders and firms listed, with herd and poll bulls averaging various figures. The sale established Cloncurry as an annual fixture.
Mr Pridham, a world renowned oat breeder, died. A Department of Agriculture veteran since 1900, he helped develop wheat and oat varieties for Australia’s arid regions. Notable wheat lines include Waratah and Canberra. oat varieties Sunrise, Gular, Mulga, Guyra, Lampton, Lachlan, Weston. He held the Farrer Memorial medal before retiring.
A scan from the Western Run archive recalls 1933 school arts funding worries and a push for library rates under the Library Act. It also notes a shooting accident involving Mr Martin, a cemetery reporting incident, and a drowning at the Olympic pool. The piece covers club profits, electoral-era figures, and various cricket scores and local sports results from Forbes and surrounding towns.
Soldier settler Mr. E. J. Payn ter won a 1100 acre wheat and fat lamb block on Tondeburie and Bedford Park Estates. His April 1864 crop matured in four months due to grasshopper plagues and unusual weather, yielding a harvest at week’s end despite ground damage.
A report from Agricultural Gerviers Pty Limited's ethics division warns that improper use of 4-D hormone weedicide could kill up to 3 percent of crops. It stresses spraying at the correct time as crucial for effective results and cites concerns over skeletal weed control methods.
A new world class foundry in Adelaide, opened recently by the Premier, will boost Australia’s farm implement capacity. Horwood Buckley plants at Playford form part of Horwood Baskerow Ltd. The plant promises faster, more uniform castings with less dust and labor, widening casting size from light to several hundredweight and enabling soilsafe tillage tools.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.