Tor Downs Sheep Sold At Parkes
MR. Jim Parker of Tor Downs, Menindee, consigned 2.364 sheep to Parkes for sale on Friday, February 6, comprising 2,166…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land
Farming & the land, 1948
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BRISBANE — Prices at the opening of the fifth series of current season's wool sales yesterday were 15 to 30 per cent…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Stray Cattle Enter Gardens; Pound Urged
THE need for a new pound was stressed by the herdsman (Mr. J. Wilks), at last night's Council meeting…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →France Gets Big Wool Credit
London, February 24.—Credits of £15 million [?]erling have been arranged by Lazard Brothers and Co. Ltd. and British binkers to finance wool by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three New Wool Price Records
The most remarkable values of the pest-war wool boom were established at the Brisbane wool [?] on Monday when about 16,000 bales Tealised more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Paris Features Glittering Contrasts In Wool Evening Gowns
Glittering or brilliant contrasts against the mail background which wool provides so perfectly is one of the newest trends in evening fashions in Paris and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marketing of Wool Producers' Plan to Replace J.o
Plans for the marketing of wool when the present Joint Organisation express were drawn up at a conference of the Australian Wool and Meat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act Advances Available to Farmers for Land Reclamation
The Sell Conservation (Amendment) Act, 1943 which will be administered by the Department of Conservation, came into operation on January 1st 1948…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Britain Speeds Up Repatriation Of Prisoners All Out Of Untied Kingdom By July Except Those Who Choose To Stay As Farm Workers
Britain is accelerating the repatriations of all German prisoners of war still in the United Kingdom. All except those who choose to remain will have left for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →£120 Million for Wool
SYDNEY—The chairman of the Australian Wool Realisation Committee (Mr. Murphy) disclosed today that the wool cheque this year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"To a Farmer in Australia"
Sydney, February 27.—The Minister for Agriculture (Hen. E. H. Graham, M.L.A.) receives correspondence on a variety of subjects…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Sales
Sydney, March 2.—The market revealed the same conditions as at the previous days auction and there was again a tendency in buyers' favour for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tax Refunds for "Hard Luck" Wheat Farmers
Canberra, March 2.—Cabinet last night decided to set up an authority to deal with claims of wheatgrowers for tax refunds arising from bad seasons or…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tax Refunds From Wheat Fund Interest
CANBERRA. — Federal Cabinet has decided to set up an authority to deal with claims of wheatgrowers for tax refunds arising from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wool Market Unchanged
Sydney, March 4.—At the closing wool auctions for the week, the market was unchanged from the previous days sales with the exception of medium to coarse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World Wool News Displays in Five Capitals This Year
Wool exhibitions will be staged by the Australian Wool Board at Royal Agricultural Shows in five capital cities this year. The Board, whose international exhibition was an outstanding success at the Sydney Royal Show last Easter, will again be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farm Buildings From Air Raid Shelters Salvaged Steel In Britain To Help Farmers
Many of the new farm buildings, which are needed in Britain in order to further the plan for the expansion of the country's own food production…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wheat Contracts Affected By Lower Prices
MELBOURNE.— Australian Wheat Board officials have heard reports that the International Wheat Conference in Washington…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →World Wool News Displays in Five Capitals This Year
Wool exhibitions will be staged by the Australian Wool Board at Royal Agricultural Shews in five capital cities this year. The Board, whose international exhibition was an outstanding success at the Sydney Royal Show last Easter, will again be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wheat Export Trebled
Melbourne, March 6—From a record harvest of more than 200 million bushels. Australian wheat, exports this year will be more than treble last year's…
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