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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1939

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Wilcannia & District Hospital Wool Appeal

Western Grazier · Saturday 2 September 1939 · page 2

Graniers who have donated wool are—Messrs. D. J. Fitzgerald: John Parker; G. V. Bonney: P. H. Officer; C. J. Crosswell; W. H. Scott, E. Sullivan…

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Britain To Buy Our Wool Clip SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1939 · page 3

THE British Government is to buy the whole Australian wool clip during the war, and the Federal Government has appointed…

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Wool Clip Purchase

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Minister for Defence (Mr. Street) announced today that the Military Board had instructed commanding…

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£10 Million to Our Wool Cheque

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1939 · page 6

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Sydney's woolsellinK agents anticipate, that the British Government's decision to purchase the…

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Ben Bowyang Bill Came A Cropper Over An Eton Crop

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1939 · page 2

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Governments to Take Sugar and Wheat

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1939 · page 4

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—It is understood that the Federal Cabinet will announce tomorrow a decision to acquire all of Australia's wheat…

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Compulsory Wheat Pool For Remainder Of War

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 6

CANBERRA, Friday.—For the remainder of the war the whole of the Australian wheat crop will be purchased from the growers and…

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Price for Wool Clip Known Next Week

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1939 · page 4

CANBERRA, Friday.—The Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) will announce in the House of Representatives next week the average price…

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Stock Movements. 1[?] sheep crossed the common on [?] from [?] to [?] owner and H[?] charge

Western Grazier · Saturday 16 September 1939 · page 2

[?]—bullocks crossed the common on [?] from [?] owners and [?]…

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Rubberising Wool Fibres to Improve Strength

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1939 · page 2

FURTHER results of experiments in coating wool fibres with rubber are reported by the International Wool secretariat. The work has been conducted by Dr. C. M. Blow, of the Wool Industries Research Association, at the Torridon Laboratories at…

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14d. A Pound For Wool? SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 3

REPORTS reached Sydney this morning that the British Government was prepared to pay an average price close to…

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Pastoral Conditions In Australia

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1939 · page 2

THE following information as to the existing pastoral conditions in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australis, Western Australia, Queensland and Tasmania has been received by the Australian Woolgrowers' Council and forwarded to the Pastoralists'…

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Confidence in Wool Negotiations

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. E. L. Killen, president of the Graziers' Association, today expressed complete confidence in the Central Wool…

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Young Woman Attacked At Cattle Station

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday—With terrible head injuries, Frances Macpherson(25) yesterday staggered from the homestead of Elgin Downs cattle…

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Australia's Wool Clip for Britain Believed Price Settled Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 September 1939 · page 3

MELBOURNE wool interests believe that the negotiations about the price for Australia's wool to be paid initially by…

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Wool Competition

Western Grazier · Saturday 30 September 1939 · page 2

The 1913 Wool Composition two by the For West H[?] is [?] Hang [?] have been received and [?] expected…

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Nearly 13½d. A Pound For Wool SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 3

DETAILS of the contract between the Commonwealth and British Governments for the disposal of the Australian wool…

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Wool Price Not Yet Decided, Says Minister

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday, —The New Zealand Minister for Marketing (Mr. Nash), referring to reports that the price Britain would…

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Guns (For You), Butter (For Me)

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 October 1939 · page 2

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Wheat Price

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Although he refused to indicate the price which Britain was paying for Australian wheat, the Minister for Commerce…

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