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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Crop Of Injuries During Week-End

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 12 May 1947 · page 1

Week-end sporting activities, especially the cycling, netted more than the usual crop of casualties, eleven in fact. Greatest number was yesterday at the…

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Repercussions Of U.S. Wool Tariff

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 13 May 1947 · page 4

Geneva, May 12. — Dominion delegates to the international Trade conference think that present negotiations will fail if America increased wool…

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Fewer Canadian Cattle, Sheep, Etc. (By Air Mail)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 6

OTTAWA.—Evidence of a decline in the numbers of cattle, sheep, and horses on Canadian farms was provided by the…

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Wool and American Market

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 1

Washington, May 14. — Republican leaders in the House of Representatives in conference yesterday tentatively agreed to delete from pending wool…

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Farmer, Wife And Children Killed In Crash

Barrier Miner · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 5

MELBOURNE. — A dairy farmer, his wife and their two children were killed instantly when their car collided…

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Pastoral Progress

Western Grazier · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 2

The recent experiments carried out in the Wilcannia district snow the degree of attention that it is being paid, by those most Intimately…

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Improvement of Wool Quality Importance of Regular Sheep Classing

Western Grazier · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 3

The production of synthetic fibres is not likely to return to pre-war level or some years, but there can be no doubt about their eventual come-back…

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Wool and American Market

Western Grazier · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 2

Washington, May 14.—Republican leaders in the House of Representatives in conference yesterday tentatively agreed to delete from pending wool…

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Wool Sales In Sydney

Western Grazier · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 1

Sydney, May 13.—The average price of wool sold at the Sydney wool sale; during April was 27.91 pence per lb for greasy and 43.96 pence per lb for…

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World Wool News Board Gets Good Scoop On U.S. Wool Bill

Western Grazier · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 2

An example of the efficiency of the international wool news service recently established between the Australian Wool Board and its associates overseas was provided recently. The fact that the United States is now the second largest importer of…

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Color Bloom in Wool: Fair Ilse Wives Work Overtime

Western Grazier · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 1

In the wool Industry, is elsewhere, color can mean money. The post-war swing from drab austerity to highly collored garments has caused a boom in…

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U.S. Duty On Wool May Not Be Imposed

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 1

Canberra, May 15—News that American Congress might not impose the fifty per ant ad valorem duty on wool imports was good but that did not…

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Injuries To Wife Farmer Awarded Damages

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 16 May 1947 · page 1

Sydney, May 5.—An Albury farmer, who had claimed fifteen hundred pounds damages from the Transport Commissioner for the loss of his wife's…

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World Wool News Wool Cool in Summer

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 4

New York (by air mail)—Wool will soon be the leading summer fashion fabric for American women, said Mr. Morton Savell. managing director of…

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Annual Wool Handicraft Exhibition

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 8

The annual Wool and Handicraft Show of the Country Women's Association will be held in the Palais de Danse on…

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The Federal Pastoral Award Conditions In The Shearing Industry

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 3

In conformity with the following decision made by the Federal Executive Council of the Australian Workers' Union, viz.—…

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Conference On Wool United States View

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 20 May 1947 · page 1

Canberra. May 19.—Dr. Coombs, leader of the Australian Delegation to the International Trade Conference at Geneva today conferred with the…

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Wheat for Linseed Oil

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 2

Canberra, May 20.—The Government was exploring all possibilities of making a reciprocal arrangement with the Indian Government for the…

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Boycott on Wool Selling Centres

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 21 May 1947 · page 6

SYDNEY.—Woolbuyers have revived their opposition to decentralisation of the wool sales system in N.S.W. and plan to…

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Modification Of U.S. Wool Bill

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 1

Washington, May 21.—The cacus of the Republican Party has agreed to modify the wool bill to meet at least party the State Department's objection…

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