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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Pre-emption of Wool (To the Editor)

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 11 November 1950 · page 5

Sir,—Not only woolgrowers, but all Australians, are entitled to know what arrangements were made at the recent conference in London with regard to the…

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Jailed For Sheep Stealing

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 11

Geelong.—Information as to the prevalence of sheep stealing in Victoria was sought by Judge Stretton from Detective Byrne in…

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Wool in Danger

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 1

Melbourne, November 12.— Grasiers are concerned at the safety of more than 27 million worth of wood lying…

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Notable Synthetic Fibre To-oust Wool; British Claim

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 November 1950 · page 5

London, November 12.—Britain has produced a new synthetic fibre which is unshrinkable, mothproof, warm, looks like silk and dries overnight. The inventors claim: "What wool…

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Wool for Russia

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 11

Sydney.—Russia has asked the Overseas Shipping Representatives' Association to find tonnage for shipping of Australian wool…

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Americans Arrive for Wool Talks

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 2

Sydney, November 13.—An American wool delegation arrived in Sydney on Saturday night by BCPA for talks with the Commonwealth Government…

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Wool Brokers Hewe to Campaign for London Market

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 November 1950 · page 5

Members of the Committee of London Wool Brusers (Messrs. D. S. Williamson and S. C. Grant) are in the Broken Hill district campaigning to popularise the London wool market…

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Wool Prices Jump in N. Z.

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 November 1950 · page 2

Auckland (N.Z.). — Wool prices leaped more than 200 per cent. above last year's average prices at the first wool sale of the season…

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"Leave Wool Producer Alone" Comment On Wool Bill

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 3

Canberra, November 15.—Describing the Wool Sales Deduction Bill as iniquitous Mr. Clarey (Labor, Vic.) yesterday in the House of Representatives…

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Wool Record at Geelong; Lambs Top

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 8

Melbourne—Two world records —325d a lb for super fine lamb's wool and 21 6d. for super fine comeback—and a Victorian…

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"Wildest wool boom" staggers columnist Arthur Helliwell, writer of this article, is a columnist for the "People," a London Sunday newspaper with a 4,500,000 circulation. He is making a hurried trip round the British Commonwealth to see how migrants have fared since they left Britain. This article was sent from Murrumburrah (NSW)

Barrier Miner · Thursday 16 November 1950 · page 4

Here I am in the fantastic Land of the Golden Fleece bitterly regretting a sadly mis-spent youth in which I made the…

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Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

The official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association on the Abattoirs cattle market on Monday was: Due to the continuation of the rail…

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Markets Lambs and Sheep

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

The official report of the S.A. Stock Salesmen's Association on the Abattoirs lamb market of 8.11.50 was: Approximately 22.000 lambs came to…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 2

Adelaide, November 13,—The Adelaide wool B[?]okers association announced yesterday that S.A. woolgrowers would receive £5,[?],000 for 32, 743 bales of wool…

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"Leave Wool Producer Alone" Comment On Wool Bill

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

Canberra, November 15.—Describing the Wool Sates Deduction Bill as iniquitious Mr. Clarey (Lubor, Vic.) yesterday in the House of Representatives…

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Americans Arrive for Wool Talks

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

Sydney, November 13.—An American wool delegation arrived in Sydney on Saturday night by BCPA for talks with the Commonwealth government…

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Wool in Danger Melbourne, November 12.—

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 1

Graders are concerned at the safety of more than £7 million worth of wool lying un[?]ed in adding during the…

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Levy on U.K. Wool Industry For Scientific Research

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 3

For the purpose or carrying out scientific research, for benefit of the wool industry, a draft order has been placed before the United Kingdom Parliament…

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Minister's attack On "Wool Grab" "Political Hypocrites" Says Mr. Gra[?]am

Western Grazier · Friday 17 November 1950 · page 2

In an attack on what he called "this wool grab." the Minister for Agriculture (Mr. Graham) branded the Liberal-Country Party oppositions is "Political…

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Wool Bill Debate

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 18 November 1950 · page 4

Canberra, November 17.—Mr. Anderson (C.P. N.S.W.) In the House of Representatives yesterday charged the Opposition with using the Wool Bill to…

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