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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1951

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Rough Time for Fadden on Wool Levy Tells Graziers He was Generous To Them

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 1

Melbourne, April 4.—The Federal Treasurer (Mr. Fadden) was given a lively reception by delegates of the annual conference of the Victorian Country Porty at Ballarat today. Mr. Fadden was cheered by one section of the audience and…

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WOOL 25p.c. CHEAPER

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

Melbourne. — Wool prices again dropped to lower levels at the Melbourne sales yesterday. Merino fleeces were 5 per [?]nt…

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Latest Line In Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 3

Double-breasted gabardine coat made of finest lightweight wool. Note welt seams, wide lapels and large flapped patch pockets. (Australian Wool Beard Photo)…

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Looks Nice In Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 9

A suit by Mattli which has a a jacket in tobacco and black check velour and a pencil slim skirt of plain black wool. The…

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Wool Price Drop Pleases Copland

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 April 1951 · page 5

Canberra.—It was probably in the best interests of Australia that there should be a wool price drop now, said Professor Sir Douglas Copland. He was commenting on the 15 to 20 per cent. fall…

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Wool Tax Protest

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 2

Melbourne. — The Victorian Country Party conference decided unanimously to ask the Federal Government to repeal the Wool…

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Growers Accept Wool Tax Promise

Barrier Miner · Saturday 7 April 1951 · page 3

Adelaide.—The president of the South Australian Stockowners' Association (Mr. B. H. McLachlan) said that assurances by the Prime Minister (Mr. Menzies) on the wool sales deduction should satisfy all woolgrowers…

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American Farms "Grow" Concrete

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 10 April 1951 · page 6

A tourist morning through certain parts of the United States will find farms "growing" a strange crop of concrete slabs, boxes, and posts, says…

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Firmer Trend At Sydney Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 11 April 1951 · page 1

Sydney, April 10—A firmer trend in values for all descriptions of merino and crossbred was reported at today's wool sates. The hesitancy noticed…

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Wool Prices Lower, But Firm

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 12 April 1951 · page 1

Goulburn, April 11.—Although competition was fairly general at today's wool sales, the market ruled firm on late Sydney rates fur better types of…

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Sydney Wool Market Unchanged

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 1

Sydney, April 12.—Sydney wool wales continued today with the market unchanged at yesterday's level. The exception was spinners and best…

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U.K. weather hits crops

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 April 1951 · page 5

London, —Britain's spring crop sowing is seriously behind schedule because of rain and cold…

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Wool Scheme Feared

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 6

Sydney.—Dragooning men into large-scale organisations under Government [?]mination was characteristic of a regimented…

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Weinteriga Sheep Sent to S.A.

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 12

Large numbers of sheep are passing through Broken Hill en route to South Australia. About 5000 from Weinteriga…

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Labors Blunders Worse Than the Wool Tax

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 3

"Primary producers should not be misled by Labor's efforts to make political capital out of the wool tax," the secretary of the…

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Farm Laborer to Cabinet Minister

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 April 1951 · page 7

London, May 16.—Ernest Bevin, Britain's Foreign Minister, who died in London, led his country through its most difficult years after it gave him a harsh start…

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Elegant Wool Dinner Dress

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 4

dress The low neckline is inset with velvet, and a VICTOR STIEBEL designed this elegant wool dinner sweeping velvet fantail is featured at the back. All ofur of these dinner dresses were shown in "Haute…

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Shortage of Trucks for Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 2

Mr. A. J. Beston, secretary of the Pastoralists' Association of West Darling has received information from Mr. E. Wetherill…

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Wool Levy Pays Income Tax in Advance

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 18 April 1951 · page 11

Mr. R. D. Bakewell, chairman of the Australian Woolgrowers' Council and Mr. P. A. Wright, president of the Graziers' Federal Council, have issued the following joint statement to clarify the distinction between the current…

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In the Women's World Soft Sheath Line in Wool Designs

Barrier Miner · Thursday 19 April 1951 · page 9

Softened expressions of the sheath line make fashion news this spring in New York, where leading designers use a wealth of clever touches to avoid the skimpy look and to give an air of finish…

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