Much Local Wool At To-morrow's Sales
AN outstanding feature of the Adelaide wool sales for this season which will be held to-morrow will be the unusually high…
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Farming & the land, 1937
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Barrier Miner Wednesday, June 9, 1937. Use Wool, Not Substitutes
MANY people may have been surprised to read in "The Barrier Miner" yesterday that woolgrowers are hoping that there will not be any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Substitute for Wool New Product of Gzech Factory Has Natural Qualities London, June 9
What may turn out to be a serious rival of Australian wool was discovered by the chief investigation officer of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Final Wool Sale Good Clearance Made ADELAIDE
The final wool sale of the season was completed to-day and realised about £500,000. There was a 90 per cent. Clearance, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pine Wool
Chemically treated pine needles have worked out in Germany as a substitute for wool for certain purposes very successfully. By varying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Was Mentioned at Inquiry Wealthy Farmer Found Dead SYDNEY
WITH his head almost blown to pieces, and a shotgun with, one spent cartridge in the breach lying near by, tho body of: John Frederick…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →News In Brief Wool Clip Estimated At 2,860,000 Bales
SYDNEY, Monday.—A conference of woolgrowers and brokers estimated the new Australian clip at 2,860,000 bales. State totals were estimated as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farm Horse Wins Big Steeple Auckland (N.z.), June 16.—
Irish Comet, an old farm horse, came to town and left it with the big Great Northern Steeple prize. Almost 14 years old, Irish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool And Wheat Returns
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The value of New South Wales wool and wheat this year is expected to exceed last year's return of £40,000,000. It may…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier [?]iner Monday, June 28, 1937. Wool Substitutes and Production Costs
NO one interested in the welfare of the woolgrowing industry can afford to contemplate the increasing lise of textile materials made of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Exhibition On July 14
The Country Women's Association will conduct its annual wool exhibition commencing on July 14. The exhibition will be opened by the State…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rise in Price of Butter Govt. Concerned SYDNEY
STATE Ministers are much concerned at the sudden increase of a penny a pound in the price of butter decided on by the dairy produce…
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Following the rise last Tuesday in the price of butter in Sydney, a corresponding increase was made locally, to 1/8 and 1/9 a pound. Local…
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[?]-operation with the botanist, [?] making marked [?] in production [?] to be [?] into [?] stream of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News In Brief Wool Industry Working Weak
SYDNEY, Monday.—It is reported in union circles in Sydney that emplovers of wool and basil workers favor the introduction of a 44-hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wholesale Shooting of Sheep
HOBART, Monday.—Last week the bodies of 24 sheep were found in an isolated spot in the New Norfolk district. They had all been shot in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attractive Display Of Wool Work
A few years ago home made woollen garments were a scarcity, but nowadays there are numerous articles that can be made with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Small Wool Carryover Prospects For New Season ADELAIDE
With a carryover of only 4,04[?] bales from the season that has just closed—the smallest total for some years—the prospects for the 1937-8…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News In Brief Record Wool Cheque
SYDNEY, Thursday. — Amounting to approximately 66 million pounds, Australia's wool cheque for the season ended June 30 was the largest…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Farmer Hires Train to Move
AUCKLAND (N.Z.), July 9.—A Taranaki farmer ordered a special train to transfer his stock, chattels, and household furniture from…
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