Severe Sheep Losses In England
London, April 29. — Revealing that four million sheep perished during the winter, the Minister for Agriculture. Mr. Williams, said that some areas lost…
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Farming & the land, 1947
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No Alarm At U.S. Wool Plan
CANBERRA.—Australia would deal with obstacles to the development and stability of the woollen industry when they arose, the Minister for Post-War Reconstruction (Mr. Dedman) told a press conference…
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Official reports of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association, Adelaide Abattoirs Cattle Market:—The supply of cattle yarded today…
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Ottawa.—In the face of unprecedented world demand. Canadian flour mills produced more wheat flour in 1946 than ever before. The mills used 121,824,394…
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Four million sheep, 20 per cent of the total in England, are estimated by Mr. Williams, Minister for Agriculture to have died in the winter freeze-Up…
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Paris.—Frost destroyed the young wheat in many districts in France and damage was estimated at 5,000,000 acres but some of this area may have been…
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Because of the unexpectedly heavy volume of sales in the final part of the 1945-46 woolselling season, stocks held by Joint Organisation at June 30…
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New York.—The threat to U.S. importers of Australian wool presented by the move for a new sliding U.S. duty scale may prove to be no more than a…
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A group of young men and women tram Ceylon. Nigeria, the Gold Coast, Tanganika and the West Indies, now studying social science in Britain, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tamaroa To Run At Eagle Farm
BRISBANE. — After Young Veilmond had shown brilliant sprinting form in trials at Eagle Farm yesterday, Tamaroa's…
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^ilE Federal Government should waste no time in representing forcefully to the United States Government the injustice and in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dr. Booth Honored At Canberra Much Travelled Wool Man
Accompanied by Mr. Douglas T. Boyd, Chairman of the Australian Wool Board, Dr. Edgar H. Booth, Chairman of the International Wool Secretariat, London, visited Canberra recently, and was the guest at a dinner given in his honor by the…
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New York, May 6.—More American men and women than ever will wear clothing made from Australian wool, says the New York…
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Canberra, May 6—International trade organisation talks at Geneva have reached a critical stage so far as Australia is concerned following a report…
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London: shipments of Dominion wool would shortly be sent from Britain to Germany under the new processing scheme, a spokesman for the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Wool News Paris Designers Use Wool for New Touches of Embroidery
Wool, always popular among smart Parisiennes for every hour of the day, has found a new role in this Mecca of Fashion. It is being used for trimmings, smart accessories and unique touches of embroidery…
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Wool legislation said to have been agreed upon at a secret session of U.S. Senate and Republican leaders could, it adopted by Congress, impose "import…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trade Talks Reach Critical Stage U.s. Tax on Wool Is Main Cause
Canberra, May 6—International trade organisation talks at Geneva have reached a critical stage so far as Australia is concerned following a report…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aid For Britain's Flood-Stricken Farmers Government Offers Price Inducements
The formers of Britain arc making impressive efforts to get their flooded lands back into cultivation. It is evident, however, that if the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Huge Drop In Tas. Apple Crop
Hobart, May 8. — Tasmania's apple crop, normally eight and a half million bushels a year, will scarcely total two millions this year, the smallest on…
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