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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1950

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Prices Ministers Increase Price Of Aviation Spirit But Reject Butter Application

Barrier Daily Truth · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

Sydney, January 20.—The price of aviation spirit was increased by 4d. a gallon, turpentine by 3½d. gallon and distillates by 2d. a gallon by the all States prices conference today. The increases, granted on the grounds of increased…

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Wheat Sold to Spain

Barrier Miner · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 6

Melbourne.—Spain will buy 50,000 tons of Australian wheat ai 16/1 a bushel, the general manager of the Australian Wheat…

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Government Accepts Wool Plan

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 5

The Government has accepted the Australian Woolgrowers' Council's plan for joint organisation marketing of wool; but stipulates…

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Winter Clothing Prices May Be Up 40 Per Cent. Effect of Rising Wool Prices

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 4

Sydney. January 23.—Soaring prices at the Sydney wool sales last week mean increases of up to 40 per cent, in winter clothing prices forecast…

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Bronze-Age Wheat On Sussex Farm

Barrier Miner · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 7

London, January 25.—Archeologists have found a store of wheat 2,500 years old among relics of a bronze-age farm in Itford Hill…

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Austn. Record Wool Prices Being Secured In Face Of Increased Offerings

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 6

Sydney, January 24.—Record prices for Australian wool are not due to any reduction in production but are being secured in the face of increased offerings…

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Who Owns Wool Pool Millions ?

Western Grazier · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

The following has been issued by Burton Graham on behalf of the Associated Trustee Companies of Australia: The situation in relation to the…

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Australian Knitting Wool At 31/6 A Skein

Barrier Miner · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

New York, January 26.—Australian 3-ply knitting wool at 349 cents (31/6) a 2-oz. skein was advertised this week by Macy's, New York's largest department store…

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Big Increase In Aust. Wool Cheques Demand Exceeds Supply

Western Grazier · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 4

Sydney. Tuesday. — An increase of £5 million to £200 million—a record for the Commonwealth — is expectee from this year's wool cheque. Wool…

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Austn. Record Wool Prices Being Secured In Face Of Increased Offerings

Western Grazier · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Sydney. January 24.—Record prices for Australian wool are not due to any reduction in production but are being secured in the face of increased offerings…

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Wool Sales Reach Staggering Heights Week's Rite Readies 30 per cent

Western Grazier · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 1

Sydney. January 19.—Wool prices in Sydney today reached further records. The four days auctions of this week have seen values of top class wools…

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Laber Shortage Stops Wool Pay

Barrier Miner · Saturday 28 January 1950 · page 2

Sydney.—According to a shipping authority, overaeas buyers have not paid for more than 50,000 bales of wool because they fear prompt…

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Abolition Of Butter Rationing Urged By Producers Official

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

Sydney. January 29.—The abolition of butter rationing was urged on Friday by the general manager of the producers Cooperative Distributing Society (Mr. P. E…

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Wool Demand Keeps Meat Prices Up

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

Sydney. January 29.—Chairman of the Wholesale Butchers Association (Mr. C. W. Hodgson) said that the high prices being obtained for wool were keeping the…

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Wool For Summer Vogue

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 5

Chiffon and feather tweeds and voile wool are among the new and lovely lightweight wool fabrics which London designers have…

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Wheat for Spain Soon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 4

London, January 31. — Delivery of the 60,000 tons of wheat which Australia has sold to Spain should be completed by the end of April…

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Social Happenings Styles in Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 5

Chiffon and feather tweeds and voile wool are among the new lightweight wool fabrics which…

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Markets Cattle

Western Grazier · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

The official report of the S.A. Stock-owner's Association and Abattoirs cattle market on Tuesday was: Not only was the supply of cattle…

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Cabinet Approves ½d. Subsidy On Butter, Cheese

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

Melbourne, February 2.—The Federal Cabinet has approved the payment of a half penny a pound subsidy on butter and cheese. The Minister for Commerce and Agriculture (Mr. McEwen) announced this today. He said this decision was…

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