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How do you fit a header into a sea container?

IT MIGHT sound like a bad joke, but three workers in Merredin recently dismantled eight old New Holland headers and packed them into five sea containers, a feat that took them nine days.

New road opens in Kellerberrin

THE project of relocating the main street of Kellerberrin has reached a major milestone with the new road section opening last Tuesday.

Wheatbelt farmer morale at “shocking” low

WAFARMERS will hold a crisis meeting on Friday, March 19, to make a public appeal to State and Federal Governments about the pending disaster about to hit the WA Wheatbelt.

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Narembeen team 10th in Rottnest Channel Swim

A TEAM of swimmers from Narembeen recently came 10th in the 100+ category in grueling conditions in the 2010 WAtoday Rottnest Channel Swim.

Boys represent Merredin at Country Week

SEVEN boys from the Merredin Junior Basketball Association travelled to Perth recently for the under 16s Country Week at Perry Lakes Stadium.

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