Death Op Wool Body Chairman
Melbourne.—The chairman of the Australian Wool Realisation Committee (Mr. J. F. Murphy) died in Melbourne yesterday, at…
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Farming & the land, 1949
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Wool Man Dead
MR. J. F. MURPHY, Australian Wool Realisation Commission chairman, who died in Melbourne un Tuesday. He…
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Melbourne.—Wool brokers believe that buyers operating on behalf of Japanese interests caused the sharp rise in crossbred values…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →£100 Million Wheat Crop
Canberra, January 20.—This year's Australian wheat crop sold overseas and locally, should realise more than £100 million. Mr. Pollard, Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wool Stocks Decreasing
Sydney, January 18.—Stocks of wool accumulated during the war are rapidly decreasing. It is expected that by the middle of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →All Time Record Wool Prices Wool Clip Estimate
Sydney, January 20—An all-time record average of 55.76 pence per pound was paid for greasy wool sold at auction in Australia in December. The previous…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£75 Million for Wheat
Canberra.—Australia's exportable surplus from this season's wheat crop would be worth about £75.000,000, despite the fall of 7/…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sheep in New Guinea Do Well
Canterra, January 17.—Ti[?] Acting Minister for External Territories (Mr. C. Chambers in Lac today said that he would try to have shipping [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melb. Wool Market Opens Firmly
Melbourne, January 18—Bradford and the Continent: were the principal buyers at the opening of the wool sales in Melbourne yesterday. Keener interest was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool Subsidy Repayment Is Demanded
MELBOURNE.—The Wool Heail[?]ation Commission has made a demand on a number of woollen mills for repayment of subsidies on wool stocks held by them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wool News U.K. Exports Rise
During 11 months, of 1948 the United Kingdom exported the vast total of 105.582.000 square yards of woollen and worsted piece goods and carpets, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Agricultural College At Wagga Experimental Farm
"Approval has been given to my proposals for [?] establishment of an Agricultural College at the Wagga Experiment Farm and the first course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£450 Millions For Britain's Farming Expansion Rapid Increase In Output Of Agricultural Machinery
During the next four years, £456 millions sterling will be [?] in Britain's forms. This is the figure given in the Government, interim report on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Soviet Requires Wool in Good Condition
Russian buying of wool is generally of a rather inflexible character. Programs ana limits appear to be set by factors other than the actual market…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Orders For U.S. Wool Clip
Orders totalling nearly 10 million lb. have been taken by wool brokers in Boston for wool from this year's U.S. wool clip, even before it is shorn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Flying Saucers" Cause Dairy Stir
Canberra.—Residents of Tarcutta (NSW) have been astonished by the misbehavior of a milking machine at Mr. Laurie Wilkinson's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney Record Price For Wool
Sydney.—Wool sold at Sydney sales brought the Sydney record price of 150¼d. a lb.Previous highest Sydney price was 150d.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Record Price For Wool
HOBART—The Australian record price of 171¼d. lb. was paid by an American buyer for two bales of extra…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Markets Cattle Section
Official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association. Abatton's Cattle Market. Monday. The number of cattle yarded today was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Metal Detecting in Cattle
A metal detector used extensively during the war is now proving its peace-time value by helping in the problem of tracing metal and other substances swallowed by cattle while grazing Dr Eugen Kormendy famous Hungarian veterinary Professor. is now in England and is…
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