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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1947

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Dutch Farmers' Sons for Australia

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 4

Melbourne, January 12.—Some 50 farmers' sons will immigrate from Holland to Australia next May or June. It is hoped that they will be the advance party of…

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Heavy Fine On Pastoral Firm

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 8

MELBOURNE—For trading in lucerne hay above fixed prices Goldsbrough Mort Ltd. were fined £7,000 in the City Court today…

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Big Wool Cheque For Australia

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 3

AUSTRALIA'S wool cheque for the July-December period 1946 totalled £34,810,685. This compares with £30,334,558…

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New U.S. Drive To Restrict All Wool Imports

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 7

WASHINGTON, January 14— A new campaign to cut importations of wool and wool textiles has been onened by influential…

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Dairymen Get Subsidy Averts Stoppage of Supply

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 15 January 1947 · page 1

Sydney, January 14.—The threat of the withholding of milk supplies from Sydney, Newcastle, and Wollongong passed today when the executive of the…

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Sydney Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

Sydney, January 13—Although Continental sections dominated the market at the Sydney wool sales today, there was more activity on Yorkshire account…

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Australia's Wool Cheque

Western Grazier · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 2

Australia's wool cheque for the July-December period 1946 totalled £34,810,685. This compares with £30,334,558 for the corresponding period under the…

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Choice Wool on Offer

Western Grazier · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

Melbourne. January 13—A well-known Western District clip—WL & Co./JG—from Apeley, brought top price of 57d. & lb. in the first catalogue when…

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No Provision for New Wheat Silos

Western Grazier · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

The construction of new silos "—surged in the Legislative Assembly by Mr. W. A. Chaffey (C.P., Tamworth), who criticised the Government for its…

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Wool News New Economist for Secretariat

Western Grazier · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

Mr. David Robertson Wilson has been appointed Director of the Department of the Department of Economics. International Wool Secretariat, London, as from January 1. He…

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Wool Accessories Contribute to Parisian Elegance

Western Grazier · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 3

Detail is important by Paristan standards, and leading designers there are showing a fondness this season for wool accessories which lend a finishing…

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Lucky Escape For Farmer During Storm

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 4

MELBOURNE—Pinned under a dead horse, which was charged with electricity from 230-volt live wires, Mr. Joe…

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Wool Accessories Contribute to Parisian Elegance

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

Detail is important by Parisian standards, and leading designers there are showing a fondness this season for wool accessories which lend a finishing…

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Wants to Exchange Eye for Farm

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 4

NEW YORK, January 19 —An eye for a small farm is the offer made by Mrs. Marie Didion, 51, of Edinboro, Pennsylvania, who is…

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Japan Wants Australian Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 3

New York, January 23.—Revival of Japan's export trade in woollen goods depends largely on conclusion of an Australian wool deal, similar to that…

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Credit For French Wool Purchases

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 4

London, January 22.—The French banking firm of Lazard Preres hat announced that London banks have granted revolving credit of £12 1/2 million…

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Menace of Brands in Wool Board's Advice to Growers

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 3

In recent years' the menace of brands in wool has increased and the cost of removal of these brands have risen correspondingly. Since such costs must…

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The Pastoral Year And Outlook In Australia (The following is from "Dalgety's Annual Wool Review.") New South Wales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 4

The prolonged drought which made the 1944-45 season one of the driest periods on record ended in June, 1945. when substantial falls were recorded…

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Japan Wants Australian Wool

Western Grazier · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2

New York, January 22.—Revival of Japan's export trade in woollen goods depends largely on conclusion of an Australian wool deal, similar to that…

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Credit for French Wool Purchases

Western Grazier · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2

London, January 22.—The French banking firm of Lazard Freres has announced that London banks have granted revolving credit of £12½…

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