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Broken Hill & the Far West · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1952

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Wool Prices Firm at City Sales

Barrier Miner · Saturday 4 October 1952 · page 3

Wool prices were maintained at firm levels at Sydney sales on Thursday, with finest lots and skirtings showing a hardening tendency under keen competition from…

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Wool Jacket

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 3

Australian Wool Board Photograph Mandolin shaped leaves are the main feature of this heavy while f[?]annet pocket by Jacques Heim. It is widely balted with [?] and worn over a slim black wool [?]…

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Theft of Sheep

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 2

The theft of 118 sheep has been reported to the police from Wirryilka Station, between Broken…

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118 Sheep Missing From Station. Rustlers in District?

Barrier Daily Truth · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 1

Leonard Ross Boham of Wirryilka Station, near Menindee, has reported to district police that 118 prime wethers have been stolen from a paddock at the east end of his…

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French Designers are now Favoring Wool

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 9

Broadcloth of all types, varying from paper thin to heavyweights and from mat to shiny surfaces, is the most popular wool fabric in Paris this season. It is used for models for all occasions; but is of particular importance for elegant evening fashions…

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Wool - and Schiaparelli

Barrier Daily Truth · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 5

Co[?] read grey [?] wool makes [?] original [?] with a short box lachat [?] double bro[?]ed with pearl…

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Farmers' Fire Claims on Railways

Barrier Miner · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 2

Sydney.—Mr. Norman Jenkyn, Q.C., said in the Supreme Court that farmers in the Wagga district had sued the Commissioner for Railways for £2,000,000…

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Wool Dress —By Dior

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 4

[?] Australia Wool Board Photograph A navy blue wool dress by Christian Dior, featuring cross…

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Wool Coat by Jacques Heim

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 3

[?] Australian [?] Photograph Helm styles tis handsome [?] is while blanket cloth and [?]…

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Jobs for Migrants on Farms

Barrier Miner · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 7

Canberra.—A total of 2350 migrants' had been found farm jobs since March, the Immigration…

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Sheep Are Located

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 1

The 118 wethers missing from Wirryilka Station between August 10 and October 2, were found yesterday…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Tuesday 14 October 1952 · page 4

Sydney, October 13.—Rates for the best spinners wools and broader types of Merino were from [?]ar to five [?]…

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Pleuro in Cattle

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 7

Melbourne.—Three fresh outbreaks of pleuro-pneumonia in cattle had been reported in Victoria, the…

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Wool Firm at S.A. Sales

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 15 October 1952 · page 12

Adelaide—Prices at the resumption of the Adelaide wool sales today were "very firm on yesterday's opening…

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Wool Sales

Barrier Daily Truth · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 1

Adelaide, October 16— The market at today's wool sales was very firm on yesterday's rate with the U.K…

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Italian-Styled Swimsuit in Knitted Wool

Barrier Miner · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 9

A DARK red knitted wool swim-suit with black trimmings (This model was shown at the…

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Dresses in Wool

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 9

A semi-town dress in grey wool jersey which features the unusual combination of draped bodice…

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South African Wool

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 3

South Africa's wool cheque for the 1951-62 session, which ended on June 30, is estimated by the…

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Wool Trader Dies at 102

Barrier Miner · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 8

London, Sunday. — Mr. Theodore C. Taylor, the world's oldest woollen trader, died today at the age…

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Basic Wage Case: Evidence On Sale Of Wheat And Coal

Barrier Daily Truth · Monday 20 October 1952 · page 1

Sydney, October 19.—The serious threat to Australia's food position would worsen unless costs were reduced…

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