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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Creeping Lake Floods Farms

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 4

Geelong—A "creeping" flood, already covering 12,000 acres of valuable dairy farmland, is invading Irrewarre, Beeac, Eurack, and Weering localities in the Colac…

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Social Happenings Italians in Wool Fabric

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 11

Emphasis is on beautiful wool fabrics at Italian autumn fashion shows and designers choose materials carefully, making the most of color and weave. A novelty this season is a fine wool fabric…

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Price of Wool Satisfactory to Yorkshire

Barrier Miner · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 8

Australian and South African wool sales opened substantially in line with those at the close of last season and this is regarded by the British trade as a…

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Judge of Sheep Dog Trials

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 6

Mr. A. Hudson has been appointed judge of the Sheepdog trials. This will be the first time Mr…

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Farmer Sent For Trial

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 11

Sydney.—The City Coroner (Mr. Forrest, S.M.), yesterday committed a poultry farmer for…

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Wool & Handicraft

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 6

The wool and handicraft section attracted some excellent entries, and they were favorably commented on by the judge. LADIES'WEAR SECTION—(Judges, Mesdames…

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Wool Prices Are Stable

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 September 1952 · page 5

The new wool-selling season has settled, down to a stability of values, which in Sydney was expressed by an…

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Cattle on Island

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 5

Darwen. — Wild cattle. survivors of a shipwreck. are vro&intng. a southern corner of Groote Eylandt…

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Wool up

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 2

Sydney.—Wool prices rose today at the first Newcastle sale of the season. Merino fleeces sold at 2[?]…

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Wool Demand Reviving

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 7

Having bought 250,000 bales of wool in Australia since the opening of the season three weeks ago, the…

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Wool in Fashion

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 9

Autumn fashions in New York offer new elegance, with the spotlight on richly textured wool fabrics in brilliant colors as well as in smoky tones and dramatic black. Honey…

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Wool Prices are Firm

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 September 1952 · page 1

Adelaide—Wool prices were "very firm on yesterday's rates" when the wool sales resumed in Adelaide today…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, September 24.—The second Adelaide wool sale opened yesterday with prices estimated to be 7½…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 4

Adelaide, September 15.— Prices were fully firm on yesterday's rates when the wool sales closed today with…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 6

London.—The[?] very strong when the London wool sales were resumed with an offering of…

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Adelaide Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 4

Adelaide, September 30.—The total realisation and average price of wool sold at last week's Adelaide sale…

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Strong Call for Wool in Cities

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 7

Continued strengthening demand for all descriptions of wool at sales last week at Sydney,…

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Wool Stoles in N. York Fashion

Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 9

Wool stoles aaa1 scarves continue to moke fashion news overseas and in New York they are shown with sports, casual or formal outfits in long, straight, and wrappy shapes or in the new…

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Strong Opening to London Wool Sales (N.B.—All prices are gives in Australian currency.)

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

A strong market developed for all descriptions as soon as the first London wool sales of the new…

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Wool Price Up Again

Barrier Miner · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 11

Sydney.—Top price at the current Sydney wool sales was reached on Wednesday when 126¼d lb was paid for…

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